Who we are

NanoInteract is a European Commission funded research project devoted to understanding the interactions between engineered nanoparticles and living systems. The full title of the project is "Development of a platform and toolkit for understanding interactions between nanoparticles and the living world".

The NanoInteract consortium consists of 8 academic partners in Europe, 1 US academic partner, 2 European reserach centres, and 6 industry partners representating the industry base where Nanotechnology will be important in the coming decades.

The consortium is composed of the contractor University College Dublin (Centre for BioNano Interactions) acting as the coordinator, and the following legal entities:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Oxford
Trinity College Dublin
University of Ulster
Université Paris-Sud
Lunds Universitet
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM)
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM)
Universiteit Gent
William Marsh Rice University
Weizmann Institute
Glantreo Limited
Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.V.
L'Oreal SA
Intel Performance Learning Solutions Limited
Umicore SA/NV
DSM Innovation Center B.V.

From 2009, Weizmann Institute in Israel will also become a partner.