Visit state-of-the-art labs
Lab-on-a-chip workshop
2 February, Gothenburg
27-28 MARCH, HELSINGBORG
Food safety of nanoparticles
Some 45 researchers met at the nano DTU/Nano Connect Scandinavia workshop in Lyngby, 11 June, to exhange ideas about food safety issues of engineered nanoparticles.
Engineered nanoparticles hold profound promise in improving food products. However, nanoparticles may pose a safety risk. The Nano Test project funded by The Danish Food Industry Agency was undertaken to investigate food safety of metal and nonmetal nanoparticles. This workshop will highlighted research from Nano Test and fellow research groups; on characterisation, biodistribution and toxicology of nanoparticles.
The programme included several talks:
- Toxicological effects of nanoparticles after oral exposure
by Prof. Steffen Loft, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen - Toxicologial effects of nanoparticles after inhalation exposures
by Prof. Håkan Wallin, National Research Centre for the Working Environment - Synthesis and engineering of nanoparticles for the Nanotest study
by Prof. Xueyun Gao, Institute for High Energy Physics, Beijing, P.R. China - ADME of silver nanoparticles in the rat by Dr. Katrin Löschner, DTU FOOD
- Biological effects of silver nanoparticles in the rat by Dr. Niels Hadrup, DTU Food
- ADME of selenium nanoparticles in a rat model by Prof. Erik H. Larsen, DTU FOOD
- Physico-chemical characterization of nanoparticles by Dr. Keld Alstrup, National Research Centre for the Working Environment
