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The Nanosecurity research team conducted training in the use of ELPI + (Electrical Low Pressure Impactor), a unique equipment in South America that Cedenna obtained thanks to the funds corresponding to the IX Fondequip Medium Scientific and Technological Equipment Contest.
It is a highly specialized instrument that will allow Chile to put itself at the forefront in the detection of atmospheric aerosols and nanoparticulate material.

The National Agency for Research and Development of Chile, ANID, has among its main objectives, the support for associative research, where a key piece is the network of Excellence Research Centers. One of these is the Cedenna.

As a result of the pandemic in Chile, Cedenna has promoted early this year a strategy to consolidate the center's presence on social networks (twitter, Linkedin and Instagram).
From January till now (9 months), the Cedenna's digital community on social media increased from 3,279 to 5,168 users, reaching an increase of 58%.
The network that has grown the most in this period is LinkedIn, rising from 735 to 1717 followers during November.

The Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) reached an agreement with Cedenna to jointly explore projects in which the use of nanoparticles could be instrumental in improving crops. While the world population is growing significantly, the challenge is to increase production, however, it is necessary to do so taking care of the soils in order to reach the population with healthy food and allow sustainable development.

Dra. Dora Altbir and Dra. María José Galotto were invited to attend the first version of the Female Leadership Program in Sciences, taught by the Center for Organizational Engineering (CIO) of the University of Chile.
The course is an initiative of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation (CTCI) with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), within the framework of the National Policy for Gender Equality in Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation ( CTCI) and its Action Plan “50/50 for 2030”, recently presented.

Entre el 22 y el 24 de junio, los integrantes de la Unidad de Nanoseguridad de CEDENNA, doctores Mauricio Escudey, Juan Pablo García-Huidobro y Manuel Gacitúa, participarán en un nuevo ciclo de reuniones del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Nanomateriales (WPMN) de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OECD).
Durante los últimos 40 años, la OCDE ha estado dedicada a promover la seguridad química en la salud humana y el medio ambiente. Los integrantes de CEDENNA actúan allí como representantes de Chile.

Due to security restrictions, only Cedenna laboratories that have commitments with companies that have permanently relied on the services offered by the Center are in operation.
These are the Molecular Magnetism Lab, Electronic Microscopy Lab, Technology Transfer Lab and Nanosafety Lab. The latter is also in charge of the elective course of Nanosafety that is dictated in the Faculty of Chemistry and Biology of the University of Santiago of Chile.

The Scimago Institutions Ranking 2021 ranked Cedenna in 1st place among Chilean government institutions for its results in Innovation. This group includes all the Basal and Regional Centers and Millennium Institutes, and measures the categories of Research, Patenting and Social Impact. Our center ranks 1st in Innovation (in 2020 we ranked 2nd), third in Research and third in Social Impact. “This is excellent news.

The Cedenna Nanosafety Unit is developing the process to obtain, from the National Standardization Institute (INN), the certification of the Cedenna Nanobioassay Laboratory, dedicated to evaluating the cytotoxicity of nanomaterials. According to the researchers, the process will ensure a high level of quality, both in its management and in the development of the measurement and in the entire adjacent process, in accordance with the ISO-NCh 17025 standard of the INN.

The digital version of the book "Women in times of hope, crisis and pandemic" is now available to all citizens, published by the Department of Studies, Extension and Publications of the Library of the National Congress of Chile (BCN), launched last March 8 in the framework of the commemoration of International Women's Day.