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TOTAL-NANOSAFE Conference I
The ‘Total-Nanosafe’ Conference II is bringing experts in different fields related to the use of nanomaterials, nanotechnology and how these are related to different aspects of safety, regarding health and the environment.
We will have experts talking about nanotoxicology, organ-on-a-chip, cheminformatics, public health and the environment, among the main topics.
With this conference we aim to get a broad overview of the state of the art in the different aspects of nanosafety, to increase the interactions among the community of experts, providing the chance of sharing new ideas and generating new collaborations.
/ Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions for the TOTAL - NANOSAFE Conference II are now closed. Participants will be contacted via the provided email with the committee's decision. We appreciate your interest!
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CONFERENCE TOPICS:
Nanotoxicology (including immunotoxicity, genotoxicity and epigenetics)
Advanced models (including Organ-on-a-chip) to test nanosafety)
Bridging models between in vitro-in vivo
In silico approaches
Environmental impact of nanomaterials
Note: The ‘Total-Nanosafe’ online Poster Session will be open for the duration of the conference, providing information on research related with the topics of this unique conference. Poster presentations will be available to conference attendees in a PDF format.
/ Agenda (more information coming soon)
Wednesday, November 6
Information will be updated
Thursday, November 7
09h30-09h35 Welcome
09h35 -10:30 Invited Speaker
Ulla Vogel, Professor National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark.
Expert in the health-damaging effects of dust, particles and chemicals in the working environment, particularly concerning cancer, cardiovascular disease and fertility.
10h30-10h50 Vânia Vilas-Boas, Research Fellow • Alfaro-Moreno Research Group, INL , Portugal
10h50-11h10 Filipa Lebre, Research Fellow • Alfaro-Moreno Research Group, INL, Portugal
11h10-11h30 Coffee-break
12h00-12h10 Sónia Fraga, Coordinator of the Chemicals and Advanced Materials – Safety and Health group of the Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), Portugal
12h10-12h20 Ana Teresa Reis, Research Line: L3 - Genetic, Behavioural and Environmental Determinants of Health and Disease of the Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), Portugal
12h20-12h30 Basak Engin, Gazi University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, Turkey
12h30-12h50 Félix Carvalho, Full Professor of Toxicology, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Porto, Portugal
12h50-14h00 Lunch
14h00-14h20 Ana Ribeiro, Staff Researcher • Alfaro-Moreno Research Group, INL, Portugal
14h20-14h40 Miguel Xavier, Staff Researcher Abalde-Cela Research Group, INL, Portugal
14h40-15h00 Javier Ramón Azcón, Group Leader / ICREA Research Professor, Spain
15h20-15h40 Coffee-break
15h40-16h00 Rodrigo De Vecchi, Leading research projects L´Oréal Research & Innovation, France
16h00-16h20 Tim Nawrot, Head of the environmental and molecular epidemiology research unit at Hasselt University, Belgium
16h20-16h40 Sean Kelly, Senior Project Manager & Interim Director General NIA, England
16h40-17h00 Monique Groenewold , Senior policy advisor and coordinator Dutch Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Netherlands
Friday, November 8
09h30-09h35 Welcome
09h35-10h30 Invited Speaker
Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, Head of Nanosafety at INL and Coordinator of the LEARN project.
10h30-10h50 Michael González-Durruthy, Research Fellow • Alfaro-Moreno Research Group, INL, Portugal
10h50-11h10 Irini Furxhi, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at CNR-ISSMC, Italy
11h10-11h30 Coffee-break
11h30-11h50 Laure-Alix Clerbaux, Senior Researcher, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research IREC UCLouvain, Belgium
11h50-12h10 Dario Greco, Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology Tampere University, Italy
12h10-12h30 Nivedita Chatterjee, Staff Researcher • Alfaro-Moreno Research Group, INL, Portugal
12h30-12h50 Pauliina Damdimopoulou, Senior Lecturer in Reproductive and Perinatal Toxicology & Research Group Leader Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
12h50-14h00 Lunch
14h00-14h20 Fiona Murphy, Lecturer of Immunology and Pharmacology Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, England
14h20-14h40 Ana Isabel Bourbon, Staff Researcher • Pastrana Research Group, INL, Portugal
14h40-15h00 Carlos Fito, Technical director and project coordinator at ControlNano | Head of Nanosafety research group at ITENE, Spain
15h20-15h40 Coffee-break
15h40-16h00 Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Staff Researcher • Espiña Research Group, INL, Portugal
16h00-17h00 Invited Speaker
Eva Valsami-Jones, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, Chair in Environmental Nanoscience, Director of FENAC, England. Expert on the interaction of a variety of carbon- and metal-based nano-objects with biota in vitro and in vivo and pioneer in novel methods of labelling nanomaterials.
TOTAL-NANOSAFE | From Molecules to Public Health
The ‘Total-Nanosafe’ Hybrid Conference is bringing experts in different fields related to the use of nanomaterials, nanotechnology and how these are related to different aspects of safety, regarding health and environment.
We will have experts talking about nanotoxicology, organ-on-a-chip, cheminformatics, public health and environment, among the main topics.
With this conference we aim to get a broad overview of the state of the art in the different aspects of nanosafety, to increase the interactions among the community of experts, providing the chance of sharing new ideas and generating new collaborations.
/ Submit Your Abstract (deadline ended)
The deadline for submitting your abstract to the event TOTAL - NANOSAFE: From Molecules to Public Health is approaching!
You have until October 26th to send it to us and take an active part in this International Conference.
Show us your work in nanomaterials, nanotechnology and how these are related to different aspects of safety, regarding health and the environment, specifically in these topics:
Nanomaterials Toxicity
Cells and Organs on Chip
Cheminformatics and in Silico Tools
Epigenetics
Note: The ‘Total-Nanosafe’ online Poster Session will be open for the duration of the conference, providing information on research related with the topics of this unique conference. Poster presentations will be available to conference attendees in a PDF format.
/ Agenda
9h30 Opening and Presentation of the Workshop
Lars Montelius, DG INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Session 1: Toxicological Assessment of Nanomaterials
9h40 Keynote talk: “Inhaled nanoparticles and dose metrics: what should we use to predict toxicity?”, Flemming Cassee, Chief Science Officer at RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Session Chairs: Hanna Karlsson and Nivedita Chatterjee
10h30 Advanced immuno-nanotoxicology goes FAIR, Martin Himly, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg
10h50 Toxicological relevance of nanoparticle agglomerates and aggregates, Peter Hoet, K.U. Leuven
11h10 Coffee Break & Online Poster Session
12h00 Assessing the toxicity of nanoparticles – quick or complicated?, Hanna Karlsson, Karolinska Institutet
12h20 Improved methods for nanosafety assessment: towards multiplex and real-time monitoring, Vânia Vilas-Boas, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
12h40 Lunch-break
Session 2: Complex Cell Culture and Organ-on-chip
14h30 Keynote talk: Recapitulating complex human biology in vitro: Microphysiological systems and organ-on-chip technology, Peter Loskill, Professor at the University of Tübingen; Head of Organ-on-Chip group at NMI Reutlingen; Director of the 3R Center Tübingen; Chair of EUROoCS
Session Chairs: Janick Stucki and Vania Vilas-Boas
15h20 Lung-cell based in vitro models for toxicological purposes, Arno Gutleb, Luxemburg Institute of Science and Technology
15h40 Lung-on-chip applications for nano- safety assessments, Janick Stucki, Alveolix
16h00 Coffee break and Online Poster Session
16h50 Organ-on-a-chip to study cancer treatment and metastasis, Lorena Dieguez, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
17h10 Engineering spatially organized organs-on-chips, Liliana Teixeira, University of Twente
17h30 When nanosafety meets extracellular vesicles and organ-on-chip, Ana Ribeiro, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
17h50 Day 1 - Closing Remarks
Lars Montelius, DG INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
9h30 Opening Day 2
Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Session 3: Cheminformatics and in Silico Tools
9h40 Keynote talk: Chemoinformatics in drug discovery and public health: progress and challenges ahead, Jose Luís Medina Franco, Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, an expert in Computer-Aided Drug Design, Molecular Modelling and Chemoinformatics
Session Chair: Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno
10h30 What is Quasi-SMILES? How to use for nano-QSPR/QSAR?, Andrey Toropov, Instituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS
10h50 The Roles of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Chemistry in Safety Science, Timothy E H Allen, Ladder Therapeutics
11h10 Cheminformatics-driven nanosafety: the active role of cheminformatics in safe-by-design nanomaterials, Eli Fernández de Gortari, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
11h30 Coffee Break and Online Poster Session
Session 4: From Molecules to Public Health
Session Chairs: Begoña Espiña and Ana Ribeiro
12h20 Risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials in aquaculture, Begoña Espiña, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
12h40 New insights in particulate matter exposure and its impact on COVID-19 lung manifestations, Basak Engin, Gazi University
13h00 Lunch break
14h30 Epigenetic evidence in understanding nanomaterial induced toxicity, Manosij Ghosh, K.U. Leuven
14h50 Female fertility- do Particles Matter?, Pauliina Damdimopoulou, Karolinska Institutet
15h10 The air we breathe, health and ageing from early life, Tim Nawrot, Hasselt University
15h30 Functional toxicology tools in nanosafety: application of genetically modified models for mechanism-based toxicity assessment of nanomaterials, Nivedita Chatterjee, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
15h50 Closing Remarks
Lars Montelius, DG INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno, INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory