At the beginning of 2025, Dr. Sarah Drießen of the Research Center for Bioelectromagnetic Interaction (femu) of University Hospital RWTH Aachen (provider of EMF-Portal) was appointed to the committee on “Non Ionizing Radiation” of The German Commission on Radiological Protection (SSK). The committee evaluates health effects of non-ionizing radiation and and is tasked with advising the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).
Please find more information on the SSK homepage.
BioEM 2025, the international conference on bioelectromagnetics, will take place in Rennes, France, June 22-27, 2025.
The call for abstracts for platform presentations and poster sessions has started 2nd of January and the deadline is extended until 14th of February.
Please find more information on the BioEM 2025 homepage.
The international Society on Bioelectromagnetics (BioEM) announces the open call for Short Term Mission of Students or Early Stage Researchers (STM) for low-middle income countries and high income countries. Application opens on 10th September 2024 and ends on 1st November 2024.
Please find more information on the application procedure on the BioEM Website.
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, between 8 AM and 11:30 AM CEST the IT Center of the RWTH Aachen will carry out maintenance work on our database. During this time, the EMF-Portal will be unavailable. We kindly ask for your understanding for this measure.
The journal Bioelectromagnetics announces a call for the Special Issue on "Experimental and numerical dosimetry for 5G and 6G".
Fifth generation (5G) and future sixth generation (6G) communication networks will apply current technological trends by utilizing new millimeter wave bands. It is expected that exposure to electromagnetic fields from 5G and 6G wireless communication sources will cause concern amongst public and health authorities about their safety, since they implement new and emerging technologies. Novel numerical/experimental assessment exposure and dosimetry studies are, therefore, needed to provide in-depth knowledge of realistic exposure scenarios to 5G and 6G systems/technologies, e.g., those of beamforming techniques and Advanced Antenna Systems (AAS). Please find more information on the journal website.
Submission deadline is Monday, 30 September 2024.
The 11th Course of the International School of Bioelectromagnetism “A. Chiabrera” will be held from May 2 to May 7, 2025 in Erice, Italy. The Course entitled "Advances in Electroporation-Based Therapy: from Principles to Clinical Applications" has been organized in collaboration with the BioEM Society. The goal of the course is to explore electroporation-based treatments, understanding key physical principles and recent clinical advances. Attendances will learn the crucial role of electric fields and the importance of treatment planning across various therapies. The course is aimed at researchers and medical professionals.
Please find more information on the school website.
An Advisory Group has recommended that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) should reassess the cancer risks associated with non-ionizing radiofrequency radiation with high priority. According to the summary issued last week in The Lancet Oncology, the group suggests that the new evaluation should take place in latter half of 5-year period (2025–2029) due to new human cancer and animal cancer evidence to warrant re-evaluation of the classification. Besides radiofrequency fields, several other agents were recommended for revisit, e.g., hair coloring products, acrylamide or paracetamol.
A detailed report of the advisory committee will be published subsequently.
The Swiss Research Foundation for Electricity and Mobile Communication (FSM) is awarding CHF 150,000 in 2024 for a research project dealing with exposure to radiofrequency EMF or biological effects of mobile radio on humans, fauna and/or flora. Interested researchers are invited to submit a pre-proposal by June 30, 2024.
For more details, please see the FSM homepage.
The European SEAWAVE project aims to assess risks but also to characterize exposures and their evolutions with the deployment of new technologies as 5G.
The webinar on the SEAWAVE project held on the 15th of January 2024 will be an opportunity to learn about the recent results of the SEAWAVE project on exposure assessments and their analysis. The seminar will focus first on exposures induced by base station antennas. Various presentations will discuss and analyze frequency-selective measurements carried out in Europe, not only via spot measurement outside or inside buildings, but also while walking in commercial areas and in public places, during car journeys or on public transportation.
Participation in this webinar is free but requires prior registration. More information about the webinar and the way to participate, you can find here.
Every four years the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) elects its Commission members. Following a call for nominations extended to the IRPA national Societies, the IRPA Executive Council, and to national public radiation protection authorities and international radiation protection organizations (see news article from 7 August 2023), the election took place at the ICNIRP Annual General Meeting, 20-22 November 2023, Basel, Switzerland.
The ICNIRP Commission 2024-2028 as of July 2024 will be composed of the following scientists: Akimasa Hirata (Chair), Ken Karipidis (Vice-Chair), Young Hwan Ahn, Nigel Cridland, Frank de Vocht, Anke Huss, Ilko Ilev, Jens Kuhne, Ilkka Laakso, Isabelle Lagroye, Alberto Modenese and Gunnhild Oftedal.
For more information please see the ICNIRP homepage.
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