Arno Gutleb

The next Risk Assessment COR Teleconference is scheduled for Thursday, October 16th at 10am EST, 2pm GMT, 4pm Amsterdam. The goals for the meeting and the dial-in information are below:

Goals:
1. Finalize the proposal for the Venice EU-U.S. workshop, which we will then send on to the COR Co-Chairs for further discussion next week.
2. Discuss…[Read more]

The Databases Working Group of the European NanoSafety Cluster distributed a survey on relevant databases earlier this year. Based on the input received, the group drafted a summary of their findings (http://figshare.com/articles/Summary_of_the_Spring_2014_NSC_Database_Survey/1195888). This was the first time that the group surveyed available…[Read more]

The next teleconference is scheduled for September 4th at 10am EDT/4pm CEST. The agenda and the dial-in details are given below:

Agenda:
*Debrief from the COR Co-Chair call last week, including upcoming changes to the COR structures and potential preparations for the next face-to-face meeting.
*Planning and brainstorming for the RA proposal of…[Read more]

The EU NanoSafety Cluster WG4 (Database) announces immediate availability of an online NanoSafety Database Survey https://tinyurl.com/wg4dbSurvey

This survey is a first in a biannual continuous effort and attempt to collect, organise and share up-to-date information about NanoSafety related databases worldwide. The resulting list of databases…[Read more]

I would like to share with you an opportunity to work with a new online journal from Nature Publishing Group called Scientific Data, which focuses on publishing descriptions of data. The goal of Scientific Data is to help authors publish content that promotes the scientific value and reusability of their datasets and, in turn, gives investigators…[Read more]