Siming Yu gave a presentation at IDS-FunMat in Belgium.

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 IDS-FunMat is an EMMI International Doctoral School for Functional Materials, supported by ERASMUS MUNDUS.

http://www.emmi-materials.eu/

The fourth Training School took place on 16-21 March in Spa, Belgium where a number of high-profile external speakers were invited. Siming gave a presentation on the stability of nanoparticles in biological media which is part of his PhD thesis.

We are wecolming three UAB Nanoscience and Nanotechnology students!!!

Victor Fuentes, Olga Muntada and Isable Hausmann will be undertaking their final year research project in our group. They will be supervised by Anna Roig, Maria Milla and Anna Laromaine. Here they are receiving a tutorial on nanoparticle synthesis by Siming Yu who is doing an excellent training. Thanks Siming!alt

WELCOME to ILARGI NAPAL!

alt A belated welcome to Ilargi that started her Master work in the n&n group two month ago. She will be studing degradability of bacterial cellulose under the supervision on Anna Laromaine

WELCOME to WOJTEK SALETRA as new member of the n&n Group!!

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Wojtek is from Poland but after his PhD at the ICMAB in the group of David Amabilino, Catalunya is his second homeland. He will work with Martí Gich on uncommon environments such as liquids under negative pressure. In his free time he enjoys outdoor activities in particular cycling, trekking and cross-country skiing. 

n&n Group participates in an EC funded project

alt Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites Group and NANOMOL are partners of COMMON SENSE: COST-EFFECTIVE SENSORS, INTEROPERABLE WITH INTERNATIONAL EXISTING OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS, TO MEET EU POLICIES REQUIREMENTS. www.commonsenseproject.eu. Taking the COMMON SENSE Approach to Understanding the Marine Environment COMMON SENSE is a new project that will support the implementation of European Union marine policies such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The project, which was launched in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2013, is funded by the EC Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and has been designed to directly respond to requests for integrated and effective data acquisition systems by developing innovative sensors that will contribute to our understanding of how the marine environment functions. Under the MSFD, EU Member States are expected to assess the overall status of their respective marine environments and to put in place the necessary measures to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) by 2020, using the ecosystem approach. COMMON SENSE will contribute to the achievement of this goal by developing cost-effective sensors that are fully interoperable with existing observing systems and compatible with the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS). The project methodology will include a review of existing technologies and ocean observing systems as well as newer state of the art technologies. Current EU legislation will be examined to gain an understanding of the areas where COMMON SENSE can be most beneficial. The core project research will focus on increasing the availability of standardised data on: eutrophication; concentrations of heavy metals; microplastic fraction within marine litter; underwater noise; and other parameters such as temperature and pressure. COMMON SENSE is coordinated by the Leitat Technological Centre, Spain, and its consortium brings together 15 partners from seven different countries The consortium comprises six SMEs, five research development institutes, three universities and one foundation. The consortium’s expertise and geographical distribution will enable multidisciplinary marine environmental monitoring of key marine regions, including the Baltic Sea, the north-east Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Anna Laromaine and Anna Roig will participate at a CNRS-CSIC workshop

cnrsThe First joint CSIC‐CNRS workshop on “Nanomaterials for Health” will be held in Madrid on 18th‐19th November 2013.

Chairs: Prof. Luisa de Cola (CNRS) and Dr. Puerto Morales (CSIC).

Anna Roig will present the N&N work on SESSION 3: Nanomaterials for health and cell interaction.

More info at: http://www.csic.es/colaboracion-instituciones-extranjeras

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