Joint Research Centre

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Environment

Implementation of Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS) for the Real-driving Emissions (RDE) Regulation in Europe

Barouch Giechaskiel¹, Theodoros Vlachos¹, Francesco Riccobono¹, Fausto Forni¹, Rinaldo Colombo¹, Francois Montigny¹, Philippe Le-Lijour¹, Massimo Carriero¹, Pierre Bonnel¹, Martin Weiss¹

¹Sustainable Transport Unit, Institute for Energy, Transport and Climate, Joint Research Centre

The European Commission has developed a Real-Driving Emissions (RDE) test procedure to verify pollutant emissions during real-world vehicle operation using the Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS). This paper presents the experimental procedures required by the newly-adopted RDE test.

JoVE Journal

Protocol for the Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Mixed Cultures of Neurons and Glia for Neurotoxicity Testing

Francesca Pistollato¹, David Canovas-Jorda¹, Dimitra Zagoura¹, Anna Price¹

¹Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Joint Research Centre

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are considered a powerful tool for drug and chemical screening and for the development of new in vitro models for toxicity testing, including neurotoxicity. Here, a detailed protocol for the differentiation of hiPSCs into neurons and glia is described.

Environment

Determination of Inorganic Arsenic in a Wide Range of Food Matrices using Hydride Generation - Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.

Maria B. de la Calle¹, Vicenta Devesa², Yiannis Fiamegos¹, Dinoraz Vélez²

¹European Commission, Joint Research Centre, ²Metal Trace Element Laboratory, IATA-CSIC

The usefulness of an analytical method to determine inorganic arsenic in a wide range of food matrices is demonstrated. The method consists of selective extraction of inorganic arsenic into chloroform with a final determination by hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry.