{"id":4,"date":"2024-04-04T01:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T22:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/namurplus\/nsr\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T00:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:32:32","slug":"nsr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/namurplus\/nsr\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Nanosafety services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive nanosafety infrastructure is being established by combining the existing competence and equipment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kbfi.ee\/environmental-toxicology\/?lang=en\">Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology<\/a> at the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics with investments in the framework of the Roadmap object <strong>NAMUR+<\/strong>. This will enable discovery of new uses of (nano)materials in biology\/medicine as well as characterisation of their safety for the manufacturer, consumer and the environment, providing information that will secure the sustainability of nanotechnologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three complexes will be acquired within <strong>NAMUR+<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Complex for (nano)ecotoxicological studies:<\/strong> thermostatic climate chamber with shaking and illumination Algaetron AG230 for environmental safety testing and stereo microscope Nikon SMZ1270 for the visualisation of test organisms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/kbfi_joonis1.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:428px;height:auto\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/kbfi_joonis2.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:491px;height:auto\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thermostatic climate chamber with shaking and illumination Algaetron AG230 (left); Stereo microscope Nikon SMZ1270 (a) and the images of\u00a0<em>Daphnia magna (b) and Thamnocephalus platyurus\u00a0(c) captured with the\u00a0<em>Nikon SMZ1270 (right).<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under <strong>NAMUR+<\/strong> this complex offers services to study environmental safety of nanoparticles using standard assays with algae (<em>Raphidocelis subcapitata<\/em> growth inhibition test, <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/environment\/test-no-201-alga-growth-inhibition-test_9789264069923-en\">OECD201<\/a>), water fleas (<em>Daphnia magna<\/em> acute toxicity test, <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/environment\/test-no-202-daphnia-sp-acute-immobilisation-test_9789264069947-en\">OECD202<\/a> and reproduction test, <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/environment\/test-no-211-daphnia-magna-reproduction-test_9789264185203-en\">OECD211<\/a>) and aquatic plants (<em>Lemna sp<\/em>. growth inhibition test, <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/environment\/test-no-221-lemna-sp-growth-inhabition-test_9789264016194-en\">OECD221<\/a>) that are relevant for the REACH regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Complex for<em> In vitro<\/em> nano-toxicological studies:<\/strong> bright field and phase contrast invert microscope with video camera for the visualisation of cell cultures as well as microplate washer for ELISA testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/kbfi_in_vitro.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Complex for nano-bio interaction studies:<\/strong> light, fluorescence and laser scanning confocal microscope for the study of interactions between nanoparticles and living cells.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/zeiss_lsm800.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary contact: <strong>Anne Kahru<\/strong> (<a href=\"mailto:anne.kahru@kbfi.ee\">anne.kahru@kbfi.ee<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contacts for the tests: OECD201, Villem Aruoja (<a href=\"mailto:villem.aruoja@kbfi.ee\">villem.aruoja@kbfi.ee<\/a>); OECD202, OECD210 and OECD211, Irina Blinova (<a href=\"mailto:irina.blinova@kbfi.ee\">irina.blinova@kbfi.ee<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Estonian Research Infrastructures Roadmap object \u201eCenter of nanomaterials technologies and research (NAMUR+)\u201d is co-fundeded by European Regional Development Fund (projects \u201eNanomaterials \u2013 research and applications\u201c, 3.2.0304.12-0397, 01.02.2012-31.12.2015 and \u201eCenter of nanomaterials technologies and research\u201d, 2014-2020.4.01.16-0123, 01.01.2017-30.06.2022).<\/em> <em>The infrastructure is also supported by the Estonian Research Council (projects TARISTU24-TK26, IUT20-54, and TT13).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive nanosafety infrastructure is being established by combining the existing competence and equipment in the Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology at the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics with investments in the framework of the Roadmap object NAMUR+. 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