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Happy Women in Science Day from Vireo Advisors, LLC!

In celebration of Women in Science Day, we would like to highlight the women that contribute to the team at Vireo Advisors, LLC.

Events, LeadershipLeslie HockmanFebruary 11, 2022Vireo Advisors, womeninsciencedayComment

Check it out - Our New Website!

We thought when the pandemic struck that we would finally have time to update our website, but we’ve been sooo busy that it took us until today!

EventsLeslie HockmanOctober 22, 2021Vireo Advisors, novel technologies, alternative proteins, new sustainable materials, nanotechnology safety, sustainable packaging, bio-based substances, carbon-based advanced materials and technologies, alternative testing strategies, new website, EHSComment

The Team at Vireo Advisors, LLC Celebrates Earth Day 2021

The team at Vireo shares how we are celebrating Earth Day this year, with contributions from the team: Jo Anne Shatkin, James Ede, Kimberly Ong, Megan Roberts, Shaun Clancy, Jerry Liu, Ana Diges, Patricia Hodgkinson, and Leslie Hockman.

Environment, Events, Leadership, Nanomaterials, NanotechnologyJames EdeApril 21, 2021earth day 2021, Vireo Advisors, composting, yoga, meat-less dinners, bat houses, thrifting clothes, pollinators, Nelson Institute Earth Day, global pandemic, green spaces, “How to Save a Planet”Comment

New Tool For Environmental Health and Safety Evaluations of Cellulose: Fluorescently Labeled Fibrillated Cellulose!

Vireo Advisors is a proud contributor to the newly published “Fluorescently Labeled Cellulose Nanofibers for Environmental Health and Safety Studies”.

Environment, Leadership, NanoEHS News, Nanomaterials, Cellulose, Risk Analysis, Safety, SustainabilityJames EdeApril 20, 2021Environmental Health and Safety, Cellulose EHS, Fluorescently Labeled Fibrillated Cellulose, Vireo Advisors, CNF, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, carbon-based material, boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) reactive fluorescent probe, meso-DichlorotriazineEthyl BODIPY (mDTEB)Comment

Happy International Women’s Day from Vireo Advisors, LLC!

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we would like to highlight the women that contribute to the team at Vireo Advisors, LLC.

Events, LeadershipJames EdeMarch 8, 2021International Women's Day, Vireo AdvisorsComment

Vireo Publishes "Characterization of a Human In Vitro Intestinal Model for the Hazard Assessment of Nanomaterials Used in Cancer Immunotherapy"

Vireo, and our co-authors at Baylor University, have published a study advancing the use of alternative testing strategies for nanomaterial safety assessments.

Alternate Testing, Leadership, Nanomaterials, Safety, Nanotechnology, Risk AnalysisJames EdeMarch 1, 2021Vireo Advisors, Baylor University, alternative testing strategies, nanomaterial safety assessments, in vitro, cell-based intestinal model, nanomaterial, nanomaterial hazard assessment, animal testingComment

Vireo Advisors presents in NIA webinar: “Nano in Business: Public private partnerships to advance pre-competitive nanosafety”

To explain how this type of partnership works and highlight the advantages of such industrial collaboration, Vireo Advisors and Fiberlean Technologies will offer highlights in “Nano in Business: Public private partnerships to advance pre-competitive nanosafety” with the Nanotechnology Industries Association on December 9, 2020.

Events, Nanotechnology, LeadershipJames EdeNovember 18, 2020Vireo Advisors, Fiberlean, NIA, Nanotechnology, Webinar, regulatory frameworks, pre-competitive industrial collaboration, nanoform sets, Nanotechnology Industries AssociationComment

Vireo Publishes “Translating Scientific Advances in the AOP Framework to Decision Making for Nanomaterials”

Vireo Advisors, as part of a collaboration with SmartNanoTox, a leading EU-funded nanosafety consortia published “Translating Scientific Advances in the AOP Framework to Decision Making for Nanomaterials”; available in the journal Nanomaterials.

Nanomaterials, Risk Analysis, Safety, NanoEHS NewsJames EdeJuly 8, 2020AOP frameworks, Vireo Advisors, OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN), Nanomaterials Journal, Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs), manufactured nanomaterials, manufactured nanomaterial risk assessment, “Advancing AOP Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization”Comment

Vireo Presenting at TAPPI Nano 2020 Virtual Conference July 22

Dr. Jo Anne Shatkin is an invited speaker to this year’s TAPPI Nano 2020 Virtual Conference!

Hotspots of Nutrients Surrounding Phytoplankton Contribute to Climate Regulation

MIT researchers recently published work in the journal Nature Communications which shows that the release of sulfur to the atmosphere occurs largely in hotspots of co-located marine bacteria and phytoplankton.

EnvironmentJames EdeJune 15, 2020Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, Vireo Advisors, Phytoplankton, Climate Regulation, Narture Communications, marine bacteria, dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), dimethylsulfide (DMS), biologically derived sulfur, rainfall patterns, cloud generationComment