Dear COSTers,

our WG2 leader, Dr. Ivana Vinkovic Vrcek, will be the the Guest Editor of the Nanomaterials (MDP) Special Issue on Safety and Biocompatibility of Metallic Nanoparticles.

This Special Issue aims to cover all aspects of safe production, safe use and safe disposal of mNPs promoting implementation of the SbD concept. Contributions are welcome on:

• methodologies for design and production of less hazardous mNPs using combination of non-testing predictions together with high-throughput screening tools,
• characterisation of mNPs providing the key characteristics that influence the release, exposure, behaviour, effects and subsequent environmental and/or human risks of different forms, types and sizes of mNPs;
• transformation pattern and fate of mNPs in different biological or environmental compartments encompassing the conditions, extent and rate of change of mNPs structure and stability throughout the different stages of their life cycle;
• dose metrics that define a particular response of mNPs in certain biological or environmental system;
• evaluation of exposure risk for workers, consumers and environment by identifying actions for risk mitigation such as life cycle assessment and risk vs. benefit ratio profiling for mNPs.

For more info and paper submission please contact Dr. Vinkovic Vrcek () or visit the Nanomaterials Special Issue website at the journal website.

The special issue flyer can be downloaded from this page.

Dr. Vircek invites all COSTers to contribute to this special issue of Nanomaterials, which is now open for submission (final deadline July 7, 2020).

Dear COSTers,

The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to attend the

16th European Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery

to be held at the Hotel Zuiderduin, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, from April 8-10, 2020.

More info (location, abstract submission deadline, website and program) can be found here.

The conference leaflet is available on this page.

 

Dear COSTers,

the 2n call for STSMs application is now open. Please find all details on the dedicated page.

We welcome submission from both experts and young investigtors.

Dear COSTers,

this fall we are going to organize the 1st COST Action CA17140 Conference. The event will be held in Riga, Latvia from the 15th to 17th of October. Prof. Maria Issagouliantis kindly agreed to host it.

As this is a COST official event, there will be no fee for attending the conference.

The Conference programs includes the following sessions:

- design, sythesis, scale up and GMP aspects of nanodrugs

- physico-chemical characterization of nanodrugs

- preclinical studies of nanodrugs

- clinical trials and regulatory aspects of nanomedicines.

You are all kindly invited to submit an abstract to the conference. Please use the abstract template downloadable from this page and send your contribution by mail to .

The successful abstract submission will be immeditely acknowledged by an automatic reply message.

Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is July 19, 2019.

Also, please inform early career investigators (ECIs) and Ph.D. students iabout the conference. A special session entirely dedicated to ECIs and PhD student presentations is planned.

The Action chair, vice-chair, the Scientific and Local Organizing Committe really look forward to your important contirbution to this First ACTION Conference!

Dear COSTers,

our upcoming ACTION WG1 Meeting (July 13-14, 2019) will be held at the Universidade da Madeira, Colégio dos Jesuítas, Rua dos Ferreiros, Funchal on the Madeira Island, Portugal.

The Meting Book of Abstracts, which includes the Meeting Agenda, can be downloaded from this page.

Looking forward to seeing all COSTers participants and to an inspiring and productive meeting!