A new report highlights the ten key areas recommended for standards and metrics development to enable the acceleration of the global bioeconomy. The report, entitled ‘Engineering Biology Metrics and Technical Standards for the Global Bioeconomy’ received contributions from AcumenIST Dr Steffi Friedrichs, who was part of a group of experts, Read more…
IANUS partners’ research on “Reconnaissance” is part of WP2, the first substantial work package in the IANUS project, which is predicated on the maxim “those who ignore history are condemned to relive the past”. The objective was to explore and map existing research and propositions on the drivers of trust Read more…
The SUSNANOFAB and NanoFabNet Projects have launched a joint White Paper, outlining the recommended ‘EU 2030 Strategic Plan for sustainable Nanofabrication’. The two sister projects, in accordance with the EC requirements, established cross-collaborations and synergies between themselves with the aim of outlining a common and aligned vision for a more Read more…
The NanoFabNet published its ultimate roadmap to establish and secure the ongoing advancement and innovation in sustainable micro- and nanofabrication; the newly released report ‘EU 2030 Strategic Plan for Nanofabrication – a NanoFabNet Roadmap‘ highlights the findings of 10 detailed analyses and resulting strategies and action plans, conducted and provided Read more…
‘How can the taxonomy for nanofabrication processes be harmonised across the borders of countries and disciplines, as well as language- and education-barriers?’ … this is the question tackled by the NanoFabNet team in its newly published ‘NanoFabNet Strategy & Implementation Roadmap on Infrastructures, Knowledge & Skills Development‘. Building on the Read more…
On the 6. July 2022, the NanoFabNet expert team held its official European Launch Event of the newly created NanoFabNet Hub – a new network initiative hub for sustainable high-tech innovation, whose structure, business model, detailed strategies and action plans are designed, agreed and carried by its international stakeholders, in Read more…
[…] the ongoing but gradually changing discussions concerning both the virus and the measures to prevent its spread gives me the benefit of hindsight when stress-testing the concepts and practices of responsible research and innovation described in the handbook against how they actually fared in the case of a pandemic. Read more…
Nanotechnology played a central role in providing the first two authorised vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic just nine months after its underlying SARS-CoV-2 virus spread across the world, turning the pandemic crisis into what may be regarded as nanomedicine’s finest hour. Drs Steffi Friedrichs and Diana M. Bowman illustrate the Read more…
… the promise of SynBio for the benefit of global society and industry will only be met if significant advances are achieved on the standardisation front. [The long journey towards standards for engineering biosystems, EMBO Rep (2020) e50521, https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202050521] A joint group of of experts in synthetic biology (SynBio) and Read more…
During the 8th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress: Europe, held on the 4th and 5th March 2020 in Rotterdam, a panel of experts explored end discussed ‘The Regulatory Landscape’ of Genome Editing: Chair: Huw Jones, Professor of Translational Genomics for Plant Breeding, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS), Read more…
