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19 Dec 2023

EIRENE Consortium Meeting 2023 - Rome

The meeting of EIRENE RI partners and the EIRENE PPP annual meeting took place in Rome at the end of December.

6 Dec 2023

Banbury meeting: Integrating Exposomics into the Biomedical Enterprise

The meeting at the Banbury Centre was organized by Gary Miler and Michell Bennett to develop an operational definition for exposomics.

23 Oct 2023

Exposome expectations in child health

The five-day Exposure Expectation in Child Health workshop was organized at the Lorentz Center in October in Netherlands. EIRENE partners also participated.

12 Oct 2023

EIRENE Management Board Meeting

On Monday, October 9, members of the EIRENE management board met in Vienna.

2 Aug 2023

The Exposome Boot Camp at Columbia University

An intensive boot camp focused on novelties in the rapidly growing field of exposomics took place at Columbia University. Jana Klanova and Elliot Price were among the invited speakers.

28 Jun 2023

19 th RECETOX Summer school

The RECETOX Research Infrastructure and the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and WHO, organized the 19th International RECETOX Summer School in Brno. The programme included lectures, practical exercises, and case studies related to non-targeted analyses of biologically relevant molecules and human biomonitoring.

19 Jun 2023

Audit of the Czech Institute for Accreditation (ČIA) in the Trace Analytical Laboratories

During the regular monitoring visit of the Czech Institute for Accreditation in Trace Analytical Laboratories in June, the scope of accreditation was extended by two new analytical methods.

14 Apr 2023

Forever chemicals as a ticking time bomb for future generations?

PFAS, thousands of artificial fluorinated chemicals. And nature doesn't know how to deal with them. These substances never decompose; they remain permanently in the environment. They accumulate in the bodies of humans and animals. That's how they get into our food, meat, milk, and eggs. We drink PFAS with our water, and they rain down on us in rainwater.

Exposome | UMC Utrecht

The exposome is a concept that links non-genetic factors of health and measures all of a person's exposures throughout life and the relationship of those exposures to health effects. Most diseases are complex - the exposome is about assessing the complex interactions between all exposures throughout the life course and also developing methods to do this. The exposome reinforces the idea that each person's disease is the product of their individual history of exposures superimposed on their underlying genetic susceptibility.

RECETOX | 40 years on a path toward a healthy future

For four decades, RECETOX has studied the complex relationship between humans and the environment, building knowledge and understanding about the environmental and health risks linked to toxic substances to create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable future for all.

France Exposome: a national research infrastructure

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European Life Science Research Infrastructures- Shared Use of Technologies for Scientific Excellence

Pioneering technologies are currently transforming research in the life sciences (https://lifescience-ri.eu): structural biology, chemical screening, advanced imaging or data analysis. For this kind of multidisciplinary research access to high-end technologies and services is essential. But in most cases, it is not easily available for every scientist. For these reasons, European Life Science Research Infrastructures were established to grant this access and to successfully translate lab findings into future medical care. link

European Life Science Research Infrastructures – How our users advanced their research projects

Do you have a promising project but missing technology, skills or data? Then we invite you to reach out to us, the Research Infrastructures in the Life Sciences! We are open to all scientists from academia and industry. Read more on https://lifescience-ri.eu

Animation Utrecht Exposome Hub

Together with its partners, Utrecht University has made plans to tackle fourteen key societal challenges. To this end, the UU has identified fourteen so-called hubs. One of the hubs related to the strategic theme Life Sciences is the Utrecht Exposome Hub. But what is Exposome research? To find out, have a look at this video.

Exposome-NL | Exposome & preventative health

At the first Exposome-NL conference, Roel Vermeulen, scientific director and member of the Executive Board, reflects on the nascent and transformative field of exposome research. Why it's important, the steps needed to establish associations with health outcomes and where will we be in 8 years time, the end of term of the Exposome-NL programme. (June 2022)

ATHLETE Project | Interview with project coordinator Martine Vrijheid

ATHLETE (Advancing Tools for Human Early Lifecourse Exposome Research and Translation) is a European-funded project that aims to better understand and prevent health effects of numerous environmental hazards and their mixtures, starting from the earliest stages of life.
The project aims to develop a human exposome toolbox that can be used to evaluate the effects of a large number of environmental exposures in individuals, as well as in communities, in order to design policies and interventions to prevent or reduce their health impact.

Exposome-NL | Exposome & preventative health

At the first Exposome-NL conference, Joline Beulens, member of Executive Board, reflects on the nascent and transformative field of exposome research. Why it's important, the steps needed to establish associations with health outcomes and where will we be in 8 years time, the end of term of the Exposome-NL programme. (June 2022)

What are research infrastructures?

Research infrastructures are organizations that enable scientists and research communities to use specific facilities, resources and services to promote excellent research. The video was made by EMPHASIS, the European Infrastructure for Plant Phenotyping.

Exposome Scan - building the infrastructure for exposome research

The Exposome-Scan project, that builds on Exposome-NL and X-omics, has been awarded 3.2 million euros from the NWO Investment Grant Large program. With the grant, researchers from various Dutch institutes and medical centers will build a unique, large-scale open facility for exposome research.

How a lifetime of exposures impact health – exposome explained

Exposomics study of the fascinating interplay between the cumulative effects of external exposures on a person's body and genes. Konstantinos Lazaridis and Gary Miller explain why you need to recognize that people are exposed to hundreds or thousands of things per day, and why it’s important to study that complexity. The experts are featured on Tomorrow's Cure, a Mayo Clinic podcast that is bringing the future of healthcare to the present.