Oral Presentation and Poster Pitch at NanoTox 2024
From 23-25 September 2024, two partners traveled to Venice to introduce the audience at NanoTox2024 (11th International Conference on Nanotoxicology) to NABIHEAL.
Fiorenza Rancan from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin gave a presentation on “Ex vivo skin models for the assessment of dermal nanotoxicity”, and Julia Voglhuber-Höller of BNN had a poster pitch on “The Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design approach for alternative metal-free wound dressings in NABIHEAL”.
NanoTox 2024 took place in the historic centre of Venice at Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli. The conference attracted more than 230 participants from research and academic institutions, as well as from industry, governmental agencies, and experts from 30 countries around the world.
The conference provided a valuable platform for convening leading experts focused on the challenges related to safe and sustainable multicomponent nanomaterials (MCNM) by developing novel tools for evaluating human and environmental hazards, alongside strategies for nanomaterial characterization, classification, grouping, and read-across for risk analysis and sustainability assessment.
NanoTox 2024 created an optimal environment for sharing developments in the areas of ecotoxicity and risk management of advanced nanomaterials. Key discussions centred on the latest research concerning hazard and exposure assessments, as well as innovative strategies for risk management and governance. The event emphasised the importance of grouping and read-across techniques, along with New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for enhanced risk assessments. Additionally, participants explored sustainability assessments through Safe(r)-by-Design (SbD) and Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) approaches, ensuring that safety is prioritised from the early stages of material development. The conference also examined the molecular mechanisms of toxicity, focusing on nanocell circuits that drive Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP) and Modes of Action (MoA), in conjunction with big data management and modelling solutions that facilitate these advancements.
