Past Events

 

European Biophysics Congress, Genoa, Italy
11th Jul 2009 to 15th Jul 2009
Conference Website
Francesca Baldelli will be presenting a poster on "Physical Interaction between Nanoparticles and Human Proteins".

Peter Sandin will also be presenting a poster on " Subcellular colocalisation after pulsed additions of differently coloured nanoparticles".
International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists, New York
14th Jun 2009 to 19th Jun 2009
Conference Website
Speakers: Iseult Lynch
2nd European Summer School in Nanomedicine, Lisbon, Portugal
12th Jun 2009 to 16th Jun 2009
Conference Website
Mariana Bexiga will be presenting a poster and an oral presentation, both entitled: Nanotoxicology: Brain cells under attack.
Frontiers in Polymer Science, Congress Centrum Mainz, Germany
7th Jun 2009 to 9th Jun 2009
Conference Website
Katharine Collier will be presenting a Poster
PROSURF - Computational toolbox for protein-surface docking, Italy
4th Jun 2009 to 7th Jun 2009
Conference Website
Speakers: Kenneth Dawson
EuroNanoForum2009, Prague, Czech Republic
2nd Jun 2009 to 5th Jun 2009
Conference Website
Dr. Iseult Lynch is chairing 
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2nd Workshop on Biotribology - Bridging Engineering and Medicine, Guimaraes, Portugal
25th May 2009 to 27th May 2009
Conference Website
Eilis McGrath gave an oral presentation in the COST 533 + 2nd Workshop on Biotribology entitled “Characterisation of bioceramic nanoparticles”. 
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5th International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation, Los Angeles, California
19th May 2009
Conference Website
Speakers: Kenneth Dawson 
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Slovenia-Austrian (EC) Twinning Project on Chemicals Safety, Ljubljana, Slovenia
22nd Apr 2009 to 24th Apr 2009
Conference on Nanosafety
Kenneth Dawson: “Nano-Safety-Approach in Ireland, EU and the International Alliance on Nano-EHS Harmonisation”
Speakers: Kenneth Dawson 
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Cytokine Therapies: Novel Approaches for Clinical Indications, New York, USA
26th Mar 2009 to 27th Mar 2009
Conference Website
Organised by the New York Academy of Sciences and Food and Drug Administration
Session IV: The Application of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology to Improve the Bioactivities of Cytokines
Kenneth Dawson: “Approaches to improved targeting”
Presented by: Dr Anna Salvati 
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NanoImpactNet Integrating Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland
23rd Mar 2009 to 25th Mar 2009
Conference Website
Give a presentation on nano-object dispersion in media, during the training school: Handling protocols and toxicological testing strategies.
- Give a presentation on NanoImpactNet activities in the field of human health and exposure during the conference's session 1: Human health and exposure.
- Chair with Markus Berges the conference's session 1: Human health and exposure.
Attendees: Dr Iseult Lynch
Professor Kenenth Dawson
Dorota Walczyk 
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NanoTechnology Meeting, Brussels
17th Mar 2009

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NeuroNano Kick-Off Meeting, Dublin
3rd Mar 2009
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2009 AAAS Annual Meeting “Our Planet and Its Life: Origins and Futures", Chicago
12th Feb 2009 to 16th Feb 2009
Conference Website

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NanoTox Cluster Meeting, Brussels
6th Feb 2009

 

INTERNATIONAL EVENT                                                               CBNI CONTRIBUTION

 

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DECEMBER 2008
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Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2008:
Risk Analysis: the Science and the Art


December 7 - 10 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Meeting Website
        
Emerging Methods and Tools for Environmental Risk Assessment, Decision-Making, and Policy for Nanomaterials:

Summary of NATO Advanced Research Workshop

December 8 2008
10:50

Iseult Lynch

Outcome of the Human Health working group at the NATO AdvancedResearch Workshop (ARW) on

Emerging Methods and Tools for Environmental Risk Assessment, Decision-Making, and Policy for Nanomaterials.

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NOVEMBER 2008
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NanoSafe 2008
(International Conference on the Safe Production and Use of nanoparticles)

November 3 - 7 2008
Grenoble, France
Conference Website
November 7 2008

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Kenneth Dawson
NanoInteract: Challenges and Progress to date

Arrested Matter (EU MC RTN) Final meeting

November 22 - 26, 2008
Taormina, Italy

 


OCTOBER 2008

 

NIST Nanotechnology Workshop on
“Enabling Standards for Nanomaterial Characterization"

October 8 - 9 2008                                                                                  
Gaithersburg, USA
Workshop Website

 

October 8 2008
Session 1 - Overarching Issues & Needs for Standards
09:40

Kenneth Dawson
The Need for Verifiable Science in Assessing Nanomaterial Hazards


NIST Workshop:
Ensuring Appropriate Material Characterization in Nano-toxicology Studies

October 28 - 29 2008
Washington DC, USA

 


NanoRisk2008

October 21 - 23 2008
Paris, France
Conference Website

 

October 22 2008
11:30

Yuri Volkov, B.Mohamed, A.Davies, A.Elsaesser, G. McKerr, V Howard, M. Park, W. de Jong, M. Stępnik, K.Rydzyński, J. Byrne, I. Montes, A. Lesniak, A. Salvati, I. Lynch, K. Dawson
Characterisation of Cytotoxicity and Specific Cellular Responses in Human Cell Lines of Various Lineage to SiO2 Nanoparticles


October 23 2008
09.00

Anna Salvati, T. Santos, J. Varela, I. Lynch, K. Dawson
Extremely Rapid Endocytosis and Exocytosis of Nanoparticles by Live Cells


SEPTEMBER 2008

22nd Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society

August 31 - September 5 2008
Cracow, Poland
Conference website

 

September 1 2008
Session 2: Surfactants, Polyelectrolytes & Biocolloids
12.20

Anna Salvati, T. dos Santos, J. Varela, J. Baugh, I. Lynch, K. Dawson
Interactions of nanoparticles with cells: extremely rapid kinetics of nanoparticle uptake by live cells, end points and mechanisms of entry


September 4 2008
Session Cost D43
15:40

Celia Cabaleiro-Lago, S.Linse, F. Quilan-Puck, A.M. Minogue, I. Lynch, D.M. Walsh, K. Dawson
Protein fibrillation and nanoparticle surface chemistry

 


NanoImpactNet Workshop
"Strategies to standardize nanomaterials for environmental and ecotoxicological research"

September 4 - 5 2008
Zurich, Switzerland

 

September 4 2008
09:50 - 10:10

Iseult Lynch
Summary of the outcomes of the NanoImpactNet workshop on Standardisation of materials and protocols (Dublin, June 20 2008)


Nanotoxicology - 2nd International Conference

September 7 - 10 2008
Zurich, Switzerland
Conference Website

 

September 8 2008
Session 4: Biological Effects & Mechanisms I
16:00 - 16:30

Kenneth Dawson
BioNanoInteractions: A rational interpretation of the interactions between engineered nanoparticles and living matter?


Colloidal Nanoparticles - From Synthesis to Biological Applications

September 15 - 17 2008
Marburg, Germany
Conference Website

 

September 15 2008
16:15 - 17:00

Kenneth Dawson
BionanoInteractions-A Rational Approach to the Interaction Between Nanoscale Materials and Living Matter?


2nd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress

September 16 - 20 2008
Turin, Italy
Congress Website

 

September 19 (pm) - September 20 (am) 2008
Drug Targeting and Delivery

Convener: Kenneth Dawson


ESF-UB Conference Nanomedicine 2008

September 19 - 24 2008
Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
Conference Website