Tag Archives: Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives (NSI)

‘Improving data quality’ upcoming US National Nanotechnology Initiative webinar

Thanks to Lynne Bergeson for her Dec. 4, 2015 posting on Nanotechnology Now for this notification,

Registration is open for the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) December 11, 2015, webinar entitled “All Hands on Deck for Improving Data Quality.”

You can find out more on the Alll Hands on Deck for Improving Data Quality event page on www.nano.gov website,

When: Friday 11 December 2015, 2:00 PM – 03:00 PM

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Registration: To register now, please visit the following link: https://events-na12.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1305935587/en/events/event/shared/1440630269/event_registration.html?sco-id=1440510775&campaign-id=nanows01

About the Event: This one hour webinar will include a presentation from Dr. Paul Weiss on nanotechnology data reproducibility challenges and needs, and a case study from Dr. Ewan Birney on the formation of the MinION Analysis and Reference Consortium, which aims to improve data reproducibility and reliability for the MinION nanopore sequencing device. The webinar will be the capstone event of the Fall 2015 NSI [Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives] webinar series, tying together the informatics and sensors concepts that we have been discussing over the last few months.

About the Panelists: Panelists include Dr. Ewan Birney (Director of European Bioiformatics Institute) and Dr. Paul Weiss (Distinguished Professor at UCLA and Editor-in-Chief at ACS [American Chemical Society] Nano)

I believe these webinars are open to anyone anywhere in the world.

US National Nanotechnology Initiative launches its Fall 2015 Nanotechnology Signature Initiative webinar series

A Sept. 21, 2015 news item on Nanowerk announces a new series of webinars from the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), Note: The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office is part of the NNI,

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) will host a series of webinars from October to December 2015 sponsored by Federal agencies participating in the Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure (NKI) and the Nanotechnology for Sensors and Sensors for Nanotechnology (Sensors) Signature Initiatives. This webinar series will include an introduction to nanoinformatics, an overview of nanosensor technology and applications, a regulatory case study for the development of nanosensors, and an overview of nanoinformatics applications. This series of webinars will culminate in a joint NKI and Sensors NSI webinar on data quality.

You can find more details about the upcoming webinars on the NNI’s Public Webinars webpage,

Introduction to Nanoinformatics

  • ​Date and Time: Friday, October 2, 2015, at 12pm – 1 pm EDT
  • Hosted by the NKI NSI

Nanosensor Technologies and Applications

  • ​Date and Time: Friday, October 16, 2015, at 12 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
  • Hosted by the Sensors NSI
  • Registration begins September 22, 2015

A Regulatory Case Study for the Development of Nanosensors

  • ​Date and Time: Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 12 pm – 1 pm EST
  • Hosted by the Sensors NSI

Applications of Nanoinformatics

  • ​Date and Time: Thursday, November 12, 2015, at 12 pm – 1 pm EST
  • Hosted by the NKI Signature Initiative

All Hands on Deck for Improving Data Quality

  • ​Date and Time: Friday, December 11, 2015, at 12 pm – 1 pm EST
  • Jointly hosted by the Sensors and the NKI  NSIs

My most recent posting on the topic of nanoinformatics (the topic of the first webinar in this series) is an Aug. 28, 2015 posting about the establishment of the nanoinformatics field in the US by a Duke University project.