Results

Creating Impact (WP5)

Work Package 5

Democratising access to metrology for nanomedicine

METRINO’s fifth objective was to facilitate uptake of the project’s outputs by the measurement supply chain, standardisation bodies and end users. WP5 contributed by turning complex technical work into accessible public resources, enabling internal and external dialogue, and preparing routes towards future use.

Contribution to the expected impactBetter access and understanding, structured dialogue and visible pathways towards uptake—not a claim of universal adoption.
5 result pathwaysdidactic routes into WP1–WP5 outputs
5 Academy sessionswith permanent replay resources
254 attendancescumulative live participation

Contribution to expected impact

Making technical outputs easier to find, understand, discuss and prepare for reuse

Four routes supporting future uptake

Uptake requires more than producing technically robust outputs. WP5 connected the proposal’s expected impact with four practical routes serving partners, external experts, developers, standardisation communities and other potential users.

  • 1Find

    Website, visual identity, publications, public results pages, news, social channels and the METRINO Zenodo community.

  • 2Understand

    Academy sessions, replay articles and accessible explanations of measurement methods, workflows and project results.

  • 3Discuss

    Internal prioritisation and exploitation work, alongside external workshops, advisory input, consultations and live discussions.

  • 4Prepare for reuse

    Exploitation planning, visibility for SOPs and datasets, standardisation dialogue and post-project legacy routes.

What WP5 delivered

From a didactic results hub to live learning, stakeholder dialogue and routes towards uptake

Flagship public format

The METRINO Academy

The METRINO Academy became WP5’s flagship public learning and dissemination format. Five live sessions translated complex measurement topics into accessible discussions and durable replay resources linked to the project’s technical results.

  • Translate

    Technical topics were presented through practical questions, workflows and measurement decisions.

  • Connect

    The sessions brought metrology experts into direct discussion with nanomedicine developers and other interested stakeholders.

  • Preserve

    Each session was converted into a replay article that remains available after the live event.

Academy participation and feedback

5live sessions
254cumulative live attendances
90.4%overall registration-to-attendance rate
≈ 9.0/10weighted satisfaction from 81 feedback responses
Permanent learning resourceEach live webinar now has a topic-based replay article connected to the relevant METRINO results and resources.

Explore the five Academy replay articles

Each article summarises a live session and links readers back to the relevant technical context, speakers and resources.

A didactic results hub and public access layer

Didactic results hub

Five easy routes into METRINO’s technical results

WP5 converted the outputs of each work package into a consistent public pathway: what was developed, what the evidence shows, where the limits remain, and which publications, datasets, SOPs and related resources can be accessed.

  • Clear result summaries
  • Evidence and limitations
  • Direct links to resources
  • Practical routes for follow-up
  • 1

    Public communication infrastructure

    A shared identity, project website, news, public channels, publication visibility and a dedicated Zenodo community.

  • 2

    Accessible learning resources

    Five Academy sessions and five replay articles translating technical results into accessible, topic-based resources.

  • 3

    Internal and external dialogue

    Consortium prioritisation and exploitation exchanges, complemented by workshops, advisory input and public interactive sessions.

  • 4

    Pathways towards uptake

    Support for exploitation planning, public visibility of validated outputs, standardisation dialogue and post-project continuity.

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Stakeholder dialogue across the project

Dialogue took place both within the consortium and with external communities. It helped partners prioritise outputs, test how results were understood and connect technical evidence with possible exploitation and standardisation routes.

  • Internal dialogue

    Consortium discussions, collective prioritisation, DCE coordination and exploitation work connected technical progress with ownership, users, access and follow-up choices.

  • External dialogue

    The SAB, workshops, Academy sessions, targeted consultations and standardisation exchanges brought questions and perspectives from outside the consortium.

  • 22 June 2023

    Initial consultation at NME23

    • Discussion of reference materials, methods, matrices and training needs.
    • Early external input gathered near the start of the project.
  • 13 November 2023

    Standardisation roadmap workshop

    • Exchange between metrology, industry, regulatory and standardisation perspectives.
    • Discussion of routes from technical evidence towards future standards work.
  • 15 October 2024

    Preliminary clinical survey insights

    • Twenty-two responses from 16 countries.
    • An initial view of clinical and translational measurement needs—not a representative European survey.
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  • 28 May 2025

    METRINO workshop at NME25

    • More than 50 participants.
    • Project results discussed through reference materials, ILCs, SOPs and analytical methods.
    Read the workshop summary(opens in a new tab)
  • January–April 2026

    METRINO Academy

    • Five live public sessions.
    • Replay articles created as lasting resources.
  • 11–12 May 2026

    Final meeting in Turin

    • External standardisation perspective from the Chair of ISO/TC 229.
    • Forty-one participants contributed 197 entries on future use, priorities and legacy during a structured Miro exercise.

From dialogue to follow-up. These exchanges informed priorities and created points of contact for continued access, discussion and possible future use.

Scope note: these consultations document the views of participating respondents and attendees. They were used to inform project discussions and do not claim to represent the entire European nanomedicine community.

Preparing routes towards exploitation and standardisation

WP5 helped the consortium organise the next steps around technical outputs. This work prepared pathways; it does not imply that every output has already been adopted, commercialised or converted into a standard.

  • Exploitation planning

    Key exploitable results were discussed in terms of users, value, ownership, access and plausible follow-up routes.

  • Public resources

    Results pages, publications, datasets, SOP visibility and the Zenodo community provide routes to public outputs. Continued website hosting is planned for three years after the project end.

  • Standardisation dialogue

    METRINO contributed evidence and technical expertise to ongoing and emerging activities across relevant standards and regulatory communities.

What WP5 taught us

Four conditions for making technical results usable beyond the project

Four conditions for making technical results usable

  • Translation must begin before results are final.

    Communication is more useful when it develops alongside the science and helps teams prepare outputs for different users.

  • Live engagement gains value when it becomes a lasting resource.

    A webinar or workshop has a longer useful life when its main lessons, links and recordings remain accessible.

  • Feedback needs interpretation, not only collection.

    Surveys and interactive tools are most useful when their limits are explicit and their findings are connected to concrete project decisions.

  • Exploitation and standardisation routes should be mapped early.

    Uptake depends on ownership, evidence, access, users and the right external processes—not on visibility alone.

Reusing the WP5 model

Practical lessons for future research projects

Practical lessons for future research projects

  • Design around users and decisions

    Plan communication from the questions that laboratories, developers, regulators and standards communities need to answer—not only from reporting deadlines.

  • Convert events into public resources

    Turn major webinars and workshops into concise, linked and durable material that remains useful after the live discussion.

  • Close the feedback loop

    Connect stakeholder input with technical priorities, exploitation choices, standardisation routes and the public legacy of the project.

Continue: maintain validated outputs and replay resources, and add relevant follow-up publications or standards activity when these become public.

Stop: treating dissemination as a final-stage reporting exercise or using reach metrics as a substitute for evidence of uptake.

Start: define post-project ownership, update routes and intended users for every major public resource before project closure.

ETPN impact team

Dr Clémence Nadal

WP5 Project Manager, ETPN

Role in METRINO: operational coordination of communication and dissemination activities, website and content development, Academy delivery, stakeholder engagement and final legacy resources.

Dr Alexandre Ceccaldi

WP5 Lead, ETPN

Role in METRINO: coordination of WP5, strategic stakeholder engagement, dissemination, exploitation support and the connection between technical outputs and wider nanomedicine communities.

A consortium-wide effort: WP5 was coordinated by ETPN, but its public resources depended on technical content, data, publications, event contributions and standardisation evidence provided across the METRINO consortium.

The website is intended to remain the project’s public memory and a route towards validated follow-up outputs—not a claim that every result has already achieved external uptake.

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