NanoFATE published six newsletters that were praised as highly readable and informative. In each issue, “Our Work” presented the science and progress in simple, direct language with many illustrations. NanoFATE newsletters can be used at secondary school, undergraduate and graduate level to awaken interest and to convey the interdisciplinary approach to studying nanomaterials, fate assessment, and toxicity in the environment. (There is even a rubric entitled “Our Jargon Explained”.)
Professionals will enjoy reviewing the state of the art of 2010-14 and identifying the milestone findings by this major FP7 project, ranging from particle chemistry and fate, through ecotoxicology and bioavailability, to integrated risk assessment. “Meet Us Here” and “We Were There” will bring back the busy European and international meeting agenda of the time.
Each newsletter includes “Our People” presenting senior lights in the field (35 experts from 12 institutes), and the 19 brilliant up-and-coming early career researchers who were nurtured by NanoFATE.
The letters were prepared by Claire Mays and Nina Schneider of Institut Symlog de France, with support by coordinators Claus Svendsen and Dave Spurgeon as well as Lee Walker, all of CEH.
Newsletter 1 – December 2010
Nanoparticle Fate Assessment and Toxicity in the Environment
Newsletter 2 – Summer 2011
Newsletter 3 – Updated special 18-month issue, Winter 2012
Newsletter 4 – Autumn 2012
Our Puzzle Pieces Are Coming Together – This issue is particularly appropriate for a wide readership, querying NanoFATE as a “Mission Impossible”, examining integrative risk mapping, and recounting how we learn from tiny wildlife about ecosystem health.
Newsletter 5 – Winter 2013-14
The Foundations Are Laid – Contains the 5 Big Questions that NanoFATE replied to, with associated rules of thumb. See also the regulatory and research Advice Notes generated by the project.
Newsletter 6 – November 2014
From Fundamental Questions to IMPACT – Summarises NanoFATE work and findings in a nutshell.