The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
The U.S. Endowment and the USDA Forest Service Announce $2 Million in Funding to Accelerate Cellulosic Nanomaterial Commercialization
The U.S. Endowment and the USDA Forest Service recently announced a new round of $2,000,000 in funding and related request for proposals (RFP) for their public-private partnership known as P3Nano.
Project Coordinated By Vireo Advisors at the OECD WPMN Publishes Final Reports on Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathway Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization
The outcomes from an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) project, “Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization” (NanoAOP) have been officially published in a series of final reports.
A Robust Cell-based Model Useful for Predicting Potential Adverse Effects on the Lung Following Nanomaterial Inhalation
Recent efforts are aiming to promote the use and adoption of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) to demonstrate the safety of advanced materials and technologies such as nanomaterials.
Vireo Advisors presents in NIA webinar: “Nano in Business: Public private partnerships to advance pre-competitive nanosafety”
To explain how this type of partnership works and highlight the advantages of such industrial collaboration, Vireo Advisors and Fiberlean Technologies will offer highlights in “Nano in Business: Public private partnerships to advance pre-competitive nanosafety” with the Nanotechnology Industries Association on December 9, 2020.
Resources now available to help companies using advanced materials to combat COVID-19 navigate regulatory clearances in the US
As part of the Applied Public Health & Environmental, Health, and Safety Working Group, Vireo Advisors has developed several resources to help companies using advanced materials, such as nanotechnologies, to combat SARS-CoV-2 navigate regulatory requirement to get their products to market safely and efficiently.