The Nanobiotechnology laboratory features state-of-the-art equipped facilities designed to foster interdisciplinary studies. Priorities are the detection of micro-nanoplastics and the characterisation of nano-biotechnology based health products.
The JRC Nanobiotechnology Laboratory has state-of-the-art facilities for interdisciplinary studies with a special emphasis on the characterisation of nanomaterials, nanomedicines, advanced materials, and micro(nano)plastics.
Our institutional work focuses on developing a science-based understanding of the physico-chemical properties of these materials and their interactions with biological systems.
Our aims:
- to support the safe and sustainable development of nanotechnology
- to contribute to the development of methods for the detection, identification, quantification and characterisation of nanomaterials - including micro(nano)plastics - in food and consumer products
- to provide tools and knowledge to better understand the occurrence of micro(nano)plastics and investigate their effects on the environment and human health.
We have a multidisciplinary team of scientists, including chemists, physicists, biologists, and materials scientists with extensive experience in the fields of physico-chemical characterisation of materials and nanobiosciences.
In the Framework of Open Access to JRC Research Infrastructures, the JRC offers external researchers access to the Nanobiotechnology Laboratory to promote the development and exploitation of nanotechnology, advanced materials and related topics. Researchers can conduct a range of research activities from experimental proof-of-concept studies to the testing/optimisation of developed technologies (H2020 Technology readiness level 2-4).
The laboratory is also the pilot facility under the Framework of Open Access for Training and Capacity Building for Enlargement and Integration Countries.