NSC Update 08/2025

Here is the August 2025 NSC News and Events Update to keep you informed with community-related activities and events.

Among many other news, we have relevant updates from:

• Recap of the NSC’s SSbD session at NN25 (10 July 2025, Thessaloniki, Greece)
• Several updates from the SSbD4CheM project:
  • Recap from their External Stakeholder Webinar in June 2025
  • Interview with Stephan Wagner (Hochschule Fresenius – leader of the WP on analytical methods for tailored requests)
  • Launch of the SbD4Skin tool: a powerful, user-friendly platform that predicts whether chemicals may cause skin irritation, allergies, or toxicity—without the need for animal testing.
• Website launch of the InnoMatSyn project – Interested in becoming a stakeholder?
• Scoping survey on Safety and Sustainability Trade-offs from the SUNRISE project
• MACRAMÉ Survey on the Draft recommendations on testing and assessment strategies for advanced materials
• From the PLANETS project, their SSbD wordbook and their latest training materials for conducting a SSbD Tier 2 assessment using QSAR modelling, and a introduction to FAIR data and models, and the DPP

Moreover, read through the latest newsletters from:

• IAM-I, with an overview of what is going on within the Funding, updates from IAM-I, spotlight of members, and upcoming events
• nanoPASS, RELIANCE and CheMatSustain, full of research updates and information on the progress of the projects

Additionally, new publication from the OECD WPMN.

Also, of course, there are many upcoming events that you might want to attend!

We are looking forward to meeting you in one of the next NSC events (e.g., SENTIATECH, 2nd NSC workshop on SSbD Scenarios, SSbD25, etc.)!

 

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Read NSC Update #08/2025