The ENSIGN project, focusing on Emerging Nanoscopy for Single‑Entity Characterisation, marked its presence at the prestigious IEEE 3M‑NANO 2025 conference held from 28 July to 1 August 2025 in Changchun, China. As an initiative funded under the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions (Grant ID 101086226), ENSIGN is tapped into the Nanosciences and Engineering nexus by contributing cutting-edge nanoscopy research.

Organized by globally recognized institutions such as Jilin University and Aarhus University, the conference provided the perfect interdisciplinary stage for ENSIGN to engage with leading experts in nanoscale manipulation, measurement, and fabrication. Through this participation, the project not only showcased its latest advancements in single-entity characterization technologies but also fostered potential collaborations across both scientific and engineering domains.

ENSIGN researchers presented their work in the domains of nanosensing, nanometrology, nanomanipulation, and high-resolution multimodal imaging, which are among the core themes of the 3M‑NANO program. Highlights include:

• Keynote report by Kostadin Kostadinov (IMech): SpiCy-MiNT Robotic Technology for Micro and Nano Biomedical Applications

• Keynote report by Istvan Szilagyi (USZ): Nanoplastics and PFAS: Unveiling the Pathway for Contaminant Transport and Toxicity in Aquatic Systems

• Keynote report by Tomaso Zambelli (ETH): FluidFM for Electrochemical Micro Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Polymers

ENSIGN’s involvement at 3M‑NANO 2025 reinforces its mission to drive innovation at the intersection of nanoscience and engineering—a core aim of the conference itself.