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Food safety: IRMM team wins JRC Excellence Award 2009
03/02/2010
A team from IRMM has won a JRC Excellence Award 2009 for policy support, in recognition of their work on the safe use of animal by-products in animal nutrition.

First announcement of reference materials symposium in Geel, Belgium, 23-25 Nov 2010
02/02/2010
The symposium aims at mapping out the current and upcoming measurement and testing needs for which challenging demands on reference materials are envisaged. Forward-looking contributions are invited on the scientific and technological demands and developments for the design, preparation and certification of such measurement standards. For more information, click here.


JRC-IRMM announces official distributors for its reference materials, 2010-2019
08/01/2010

New cotton and maize GMO reference materials available
18/12/2009

External access to IRMM accelerators: 10 new experiments approved
07/12/2009
The specialised accelerator facilities at JRC-IRMM for neutron data measurements can be accessed by international researchers through the EUFRAT project. The project's Programme Advisory Committee met on 13 November 2009 and approved ten new experiments allocating 1100 beam hours at GELINA and 424 hours at the Van de Graaff accelerator.

JRC-IRMM method to detect chocolate fraud becomes international standard
04/12/2009
A method developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) to measure vegetable fats in milk chocolate has become the first such method to be adopted as an international standard by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).

Latest news from the Turkey metrology project
27/11/2009
The Fifth VERMI Young Researchers Workshop on the Standardisation of Radionuclides took place in Ankara, Turkey 1-6 November. This workshop was the first in a series of many training events to be carried out during the three-year project.

Read more: JRC-IRMM Turkey metrology project webpage.


New reference material application note available online
26/11/2009
JRC-IRMM has released Application Note 6 on the correct use of ERM certificates and materials. The note describes some practical aspects associated with handling and use of certified reference materials (CRMs) in laboratories, and is now also available in all EU languages, as well as in Chinese and Japanese. The various values provided on a certificate, re-use of materials, applying a moisture correction and interpretation of the traceability statement are also explained.

JRC-IRMM User support - ERM Application Notes


K. Maruszewski: new Director of JRC-IRMM as of 1 Nov 2009
03/11/2009
On 1 November 2009, Prof. Krzysztof Maruszewski took up the position of Director of the JRC's Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM). He succeeds Dr. Alejandro Herrero, who after seven years as Director of JRC-IRMM has retired from the services of the European Commission.

H. Emons receives Reference Material Achievement Award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL
03/11/2009
H. Emons received the Reference Material Achievement Award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL, for a sustained broad range of highly significant activity in the International Metrology Community including valuable contributions to the TDRM and the BERM Symposia series.

New EU-Turkey metrology project launched
27/10/2009
A new three-year project has been launched which will bring together European and Turkish experts in measurement science.

The future of nuclear data research
27/10/2009
The JRC has co-authored a report which sets out recommendations for how the EU should tackle nuclear data research in the coming years.

JRC Director-General inaugurates refurbished GELINA
13/10/2009
On Monday 12 October 2009, the refurbished Geel Electron Linear Accelerator facility (known as GELINA) was inaugurated by the JRC's Director-General, Roland Schenkel. GELINA is used to measure very accurate neutron data for nuclear energy applications, including waste transmutation and innovative reactor systems.



Last Update 04/03/2009