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| Swedish title | Nanotoxikologi - potentiella risker med nanomaterial för människors hälsa och miljön |
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| English title | Nanotoxicology - potential risks of engineered nanomaterials to human health and the environment |
| Course number | 2669 |
| Credits | 1.5 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutet för miljömedicin |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Board of Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2017-03-07 |
| Purpose of the course | The purpose of the course is to provide the students with an understanding of the potential toxicity of nanomaterials and how the toxicity is studied. |
| Intended learning outcomes | At the end of the course, the students should be able to: - describe and explain the basic principles nanotoxicology - discuss in vitro and in vivo (eco)toxicological approaches to support risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials for human health and the environment |
| Contents of the course | The course will include the following major topics: epidemiological studies of adverse health effects of particles; introduction to material sciences (physico-chemical characterization of nanomaterials); (eco)-toxicological studies (in vitro and in vivo assessment of nano materials and in silico or modeling approaches for predictive nanotoxicology); and risk assessment of nanomaterials for human health, as well as regulatory/legislative issues related to nanomaterial safety. The course will also provide some examples of the potential applications of the nanotechnologies for clinical applications (nanomedicine). |
| Teaching and learning activities | The course consists of lectures including invited lectures by well-renowned national and international scientists, group seminars and/or journal clubs sessions. |
| Compulsory elements | Participation in group seminars and Journal Club sessions is compulsory. Absence can be compensated with an individual task. |
| Examination | Examination is in the form of a written assignment and/or oral presentation. |
| Literature and other teaching material | Bengt Fadeel, Antonio Pietroiusti & Anna Shvedova, Editors, Adverse Effects of Engineered Nanomaterials: Exposure, Toxicology and Impact on Human Health (Elsevier, 1st edition 2012; 2nd edition 2017). Hand-outs and articles for journal clubs and group sessions as distributed during the course. |
Course responsible |
Bengt Fadeel Institutet för miljömedicin +46852487737 Bengt.Fadeel@ki.se Nobels väg 13 171 77 Stockholm |
| Contact person |
Johanna Bergman Institutet för miljömedicin johanna.bergman@ki.se Nobels väg 13 17177 Stockholm |
