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We are pleased and proud to announce that the Dr. Brill Institute for Antifouling and Biocorrosion has been accredited by the German Accreditation Body DAkkS according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 for its antifouling tests at the Norderney site since January 2022. We are thus the first institute in Europe whose already known competence has now also officially proven its expertise through the state competence determination procedure.

Here you will find the certificate confirming this and the procedures for which our institute has been accredited. These are static and dynamic tests in Rotomarin® of biocide-free and biocide-containing antifouling systems for ships, harbor and offshore structures, as well as the barnacle quick test developed by us. With the accreditation, our customers can now be sure that our data will find international recognition e.g. in approval processes or also the upcoming Blue Angel for environmentally friendly antifouling products. The team on site around Bernd Daehne has done an excellent job in close cooperation with the QM team to reach this milestone. If you have any questions about this or would like to request a quote, our familiar contacts are available to help.

Here you can find an overview of our other certificates.

With the recruitment of the new laboratory manager Dr. Mashal Alawi as of April 1, 2021, we have gained a proven expert in the molecular biological analysis of environmental and human samples. He immediately established a molecular biology laboratory in the S2 area in Bremen with his new team. Now we are ready to offer comprehensive services. These are e.g. microbiome analyses using Next-Generation Sequencing techniques (NGS), identification of microorganisms and viruses (metagenomes and sangers) and quantification of microorganisms and fungi by quantitative PCR (qPCR). Applications of the methods are in the business areas of cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, biocorrosion and biofilm formation. Details can be found under "Molecular Biology".

By participating in regularly conducted interlaboratory tests, we have undergone the required quality controls and are approved by the VAH for the submission of test reports leading to certification of products by the VAH.

We wish you a healthy and successful year 2022.

With our Christmas donations this year, we support

ecomap gUG – Sustainable economy

Futurepreneur e.V. – Entrepreneurship for children

tat für tat: malawi e.V. – Education and social services for African children

Since December 2021 the Institute for Antifouling + Biocorrosion has a new location for simulated field tests in the Red Sea. With the collaboration of the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat (Israel) of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, test panels can be immersed statically and inspected monthly. The Red Sea is known as a famous destination for divers and the most northerly coral reef with a stunningly diverse marine life. Thus it is very suitable for antifouling testing in summer and winter.

From 15 to 18 November 2021 Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie will be exhibiting at the MEDICA in Düsseldorf, the most important and largest medical trade fair in the world. Please contact us to schedule a meeting at the North German joint pavilion of WTSH and Life Science Nord in hall 15, stand G16, or for a visit to your booth. We would be pleased to meeting with you in Düsseldorf. All further information can be found here: https://www.medica.de/vis/v1/en/exhibitors/medcom2021.2695316

The webinar series: Online Update Hygiene and Infection Prevention: COVID-19 #7 goes into the next round. Once again, you can expect many exciting presentations and discussions. The online update is a cooperation event with
Dr. Brill + Steinmann, MedWiss4you and HIHeal.

"Like hardly any other crisis, the pandemic affects all generations, all social groups and social, economic, political and cultural life worldwide. It is being felt everywhere, albeit to varying degrees. We would like to offer you the opportunity to learn about important questions on the topic and exchange ideas with our experts from the clinical, research, political and industrial sectors during this free online update."

The webinar will take place on October 28, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and is free of charge. For more information on how to register, please click HERE.

On September 24, the Norderney team of Dr. Brill + Partner participated in a beach cleanup for this year's "International Coastal Cleanup" organized by BUND (Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland). This is the largest voluntary marine conservation campaign in the world and took place in over 100 countries worldwide.

With the help of two school classes of the seventh grade of the KGS Norderney, trash was collected for one morning in the national park at the beaches in the east of Norderney. The Brill employees also acted as leaders of the small groups of students. Against the background of the current discussion about plastic and microplastics in the sea, Dr. Brill and his Norderney team wanted to get actively involved.

The campaign was a complete success: A lot of trash was collected and the Norderney school cohort was sensitized to this issue!

From 30.08.2021 to 01.09.2021, the Hull Performance & Insight Conference (HullPIC) and the PortPIC took place in Pontignano, Italy. The PortPIC conference focused on presentations and discussion panels on the topics of cleaning and grooming of ship hulls. There is an emerging trend towards gentle intermediate cleaning of ships with biocide-containing antifouling coatings at relatively short intervals in order to reduce frictional resistance and thus fuel costs and CO2 emissions. At the same time, however, the top layer (approx. 10 µm) of the antifouling is removed in the process, causing biocides and microplastics to be discharged into the waters and reducing the duration of the coating's effectiveness. Such a process would therefore also not be permitted in German territorial waters.

Bernd Daehne from our Institute for Antifouling and Biocorrosion gave a presentation at the conference entitled: "ROBUST: Integrated Coating & Cleaning Concept for Offshore Structures".

It was the only presentation dealing with a cleaning of non-biocidal coatings developed by the project partners Fraunhofer IFAM and Momentive Performance Materials.

You can find the presentation and the conference proceedings HERE.

From 30th Aug. 2021 to 01st Sept. 2021, the Hull Performance & Insight Conference (HullPIC) will be held in Pontignano, Italy.
The conference will focus on presentations and discussion sessions on the following topics:

• ISO 19030 and beyond
• sensor technology
• human factors in reporting & understanding performance
• information fusion
• big data
• uncertainty analysis
• hydrodynamic models
• business models
• cleaning
• technology
• coating technology
• ESDs

Bernd Daehne from our Institute for Antifouling and Biocorrosion will give a presentation entitled: "ROBUST: Integrated Coating & Cleaning Concept for Offshore Structures" at the conference on 01.09.2021 at 13:55. More information about the conference can be found HERE.

Our institute has already been certified as a GLP testing facility since June 2020. This certification is valid for the test sites Hamburg and Bremen (To the certifications). Now we have also been included in the German directory of test facilities / test sites (July 2021) (Directory GLP test facilities) The certification applies to the categories 2 tests for the determination of toxicological properties, 3 tests for the determination of mutagenic properties (in vitro and in vivo) and 9 for microbiological and biochemical testing of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization processes. We would like to thank all our employees and partners and are looking forward to your request.

This year's "International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC)" will take place in Geneva from 14.09.2021 to 17.09.2021. 
Dr. Florian H. H. Brill is also involved in this year's conference with two presentations. 

15.09.2021, 14:35-14:40 - Virucidal efficacy of an ozone-generating system for automated room disinfection (Dr. Florian H. H. Brill) 

16.09.2021, 10:00-10:12 - Development of practice-simulation in vivo efficacy test method for alcohol-based hand rubs based on EN 1500 and ASTM E2755  (Dr. Florian H. H. Brill) 

You can find more information about ICPIC HERE