prof. Drobne attends Expert workshop PSLT as observer
The recent classifications of titanium dioxide and carbon black (intended in 2021) and the suggestion that PSLTs (Poorly Soluble Low Toxicity Particles) can be considered as a group for safety classification, raises important questions how best to apply the wealth of inhalation toxicology and epidemiology information. This workshop was a forum where experts discussed the state-of-the-art science on PSLT safety ...
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NanoFASE meeting MALTA
Bionanoteam attends the 42 Month Consortium Meeting NanoFASE, March 18-21. The project is now reaching final stage. Extensive meetings regarding final reporting and clickable framework design were held.
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NanoRIGO Kick-off meeting
Nanotechnology Risk Governance Framework (NanoRIGO) H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2018 kick-off meeting took place in Aarhus Denmark. WP members meet to discuss the first step for launch of this innovative project.
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Bionanoteam minisymposium: 10 years of research
Bionanoteam minisymposium was held on 22.1. 2019 at the Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty UL in honor of the 10th anniversary of bionanoteam research group. Introductory words were given by Prof. dr. Emil Erjavec; Dean of Biotechnical Faculty; Prof. dr. Mihael Jožef Toman, Vice-dean and Dr. Alenka Rožaj, Director of Slovenian Innovation hub. Bionanoteam hosted Andreas Falk from Bionanonet (Austria) to present ...
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2nd General meeting Maristem, Banyuls (France)
Bionanoteam attended the 2nd General meeting on Maristem cost action in Banyuls (France) (November 28-30). Maristem is called: Stem cells of marine/aquatic invertebrates: from basic research to innovative applications. The goal of this action is to foster the study of MISCs by strengthening the European research community, and to integrate it with biomedical disciplines for innovative applications.
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Bionanoteam celebrates the 10th Anniversary
Prof. Drobne funded Bionanoteam in 2008. The exact date for registration of the research group was 12.11. 2008. To pay tribute to this event bionanoteam met and discussed past and future events and shared happy memories with colleagues involved in nanoscience research.
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2nd EU-Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety (29.10.2018)
Damjana Drobne (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Emeric Frejafon (INERIS, France) chaired a 2nd EU-Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety. The 2nd EU-Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety is an event bringing together nanosafety experts, from Asian and European countries. The purpose of this event is to get insights on actual and future human and environmental nanosafety research, to then discuss in the breakout ...
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Bionanoteam attended Pandora 3 rd annual meeting, Tubingen (22-25.10.2018)
Bionanoteam attended Pandora 3 rd annual meeting and scientific course “the immune system of plants”. The meeting was held at the University of Tübingen. Pandora is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Innovative Training Network funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The project is called Probing safety of nano-objects by defining immune responses of environmental organisms.
prof. Drobne and Dr Diana Boraschi, ...
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Bionanoteam attends the 13th Croatian Biological Congress
Bionanoteam attended the 13th Croatian Biological Congress and presented 4 posters and 1 lecture. The presentations were on he effects of nanoparticles on the immune response of isopods, the biokinetics of Ag NPs in terrestrial isopods, cellular neurotoxicity of Ag NPs and the effecst of Magnelli phase TiO2 on cells. Anita Jemec Kokalj gave a lecture on the DaNa2.0. knowledge Base.
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A visit to Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen (China), September 2018
Prof. Damjana Drobne visited Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen (China). The purpose of this visit was to plan future joint research work in the field of nanosciences. This visit is financed with bilateral exchange grant (ARRS-China).
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Bionanoteam is a research group at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.
Founded in 2008 by Prof. Damjana Drobne, Bionanoteam currently consists of 4 experienced researchers, 3 PhD candidates, and a number of graduate and undergraduate students. Damjana is a Professor of Zoology and Professor of Toxicology from University of Ljubljana. With over twenty years of research experience, she is the founder and principal investigator of Bionanoteam.