NNCO to Schedule Nanotech-Related Meetings in Collaboration with EC

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is joining with
the European Commission over the next year to host meetings for the six
U.S.-EU Communities of Research (CORs) that focus on environmental, health
and safety concerns related to nanomaterials. CORs were established as a
means by which scientists can share protocols and identify research gaps and
obstacles. Before September 30, 2015, the CORs will hold teleconferences
and Webinars addressing (i) exposure through product life, with material
characterization; (ii) ecotoxicity testing and predictive models, with material
characterization; (iii) predictive modeling for human health, with material
characterization; (iv) databases and ontologies; (v) risk assessment; and (vi)
risk management and control. More details about the upcoming meetings will
be posted here. See Federal Register, September 18, 2014.

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