BioPEP Group · QMUL CDT

Group of chemists 🧪 geographers 🔄 microbiologists 🧫 and ecologists🦞working on BIOdegradable Plastics as emerging Environmental Pollutants ♻️ @QMUL

[BioPEP Group · QMUL CDT @BioPEP_QMUL]

📢New paper out📢
What are the impacts of biodegradable plastics on the environment? ➡️ Check out the review paper co-authored by one of our group members @AnaMrtnzRdrgz! #PlasticPollution #Biodegradable

[Ana Martínez @AnaMrtnzRdrgz]

🚨 Paper alert 🚨 Go check out our review paper on #biodegradable #plastics and their impact on the environment. From microbes 🧫 to whole ecosystems! 👀 #ELTS #PlasticPollution @RiverComms @Plastic_EU

[BioPEP Group · QMUL CDT @BioPEP_QMUL]

Check Dr Ana’s work. Such an important work!

[Ana Martínez @AnaMrtnzRdrgz]

After my PhD viva, my final data chapter was published in January! 🎉 I studied how oil-based and bio-based microplastics impact the isotopic composition and stoichiometry of a freshwater grazer: Radix balthica 🐌💧 #OpenAccess https://t.co/4OAYcCH0p1
Let's dive in! 🧵👇

[Kate L Spencer @DrKateSpencer]

I’ll be on BBC Morning Live tomorrow talking about the long term impacts of #landfill on the environment and human health. We still send millions of tonnes of #waste to landfill each year and it will be a burden for future generations
@QMULGeography
https://t.co/xxgxPJEUQS...

[Kate L Spencer @DrKateSpencer]

#stormdarragh - our third winter storm of the season. We’re reminded that along with damage to homes #flooding can also stir up long forgotten sources of #pollution. https://t.co/tMgzSrAJKV

[Ian McFadden @ian_mcfadden_]

📣 Please RT!

I'm (co)advertising 4(!) PhD projects on topics including species interactions, AI, global mapping and tropical ecology!

PhD 1: https://t.co/dqNbI30YgM
PhD 2: https://t.co/RSxG5NVHKe
PhD 3: https://t.co/8Dv3oELzOd
PhD 4: https://t.co/bbTCuH4XHw

Happy 2 answer Qs

[Veronica Nava @veronicanava21]

New paper out in Biological Reviews! We explored how #plastic impacts #ecological processes. A fantastic result of collaboration among #early-career freshwater scientists in the @PhytoPlastic project!
https://t.co/m15vI9zdn7

Supported by @EFFS_EFYR @EFYR_EFFS

[Kate L Spencer @DrKateSpencer]

1000s of observations of #microplastic and their association with suspended sediment reveal a simple mathematical relationship between MP size and Floc size enabling us to predict *how* they’re transported in any aquatic setting. Great first PhD paper @nanwu1112 congratulations

[Kate L Spencer @DrKateSpencer]

2Y PDRA @QMULGeography exploring pollution of risks of coastal historic landfills. Part of the wider @UKRI_News @DefraGovUK Resilient Communities and Seas programme - lots of opportunities for stakeholder collaboration. Apply Nov 12th

https://t.co/GGkUk01hLK

[BioPEP Group · QMUL CDT @BioPEP_QMUL]

Congrats to @nanwu1112 This work spots an important research gap on which fraction of microplastics can be transported by flocs rather than single entries in the natural environment.

[Nan Wu @nanwu1112]

Delighted to share our paper with @DrKateSpencer @GIStuart and Andy Manning published at @NatureWaterJnl
This study can predict which fraction of #microplastics can be incorporated into and transported with #flocs in various aquatic environments https://t.co/mEPU4utYEY

[Nan Wu @nanwu1112]

Delighted to share our paper with @DrKateSpencer @GIStuart and Andy Manning published at @NatureWaterJnl
This study can predict which fraction of #microplastics can be incorporated into and transported with #flocs in various aquatic environments https://t.co/mEPU4utYEY

[Kate L Spencer @DrKateSpencer]

*job alert* 2y PDRA @QMULGeography. Come work with us on our exciting @UKRI_News transdisciplinary project exploring the impacts of coastal historic landfills on coastal environments. Deadline 12th Nov.
https://t.co/GGkUk01hLK

[Scott Coffin, Ph.D. @DrSCoffin]

I've been digging into #deepLearning applications for #environmentalToxicology lately, and am blown away (and a bit intimidated) by how fast the field is moving (and how cool it is)!

This recent paper on #multiModal learning in @EnvSciTech is a fun read!
https://t.co/1SA8cOc1uR

[College of Life and Environmental Sciences @LES_UniBham]

Don't miss the latest @GeogBham Water Seminar this month, with guest speaker @nanwu1112 presenting 'Flocs as Vectors for Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment'.

📅 Thurs 19 Sept
🕰️12:00 - 13:00
🔗Hybrid | Room G08, Elm House or email [email protected] for online access.

[Nan Wu @nanwu1112]

Come and join if you are interested in how the high-speed trains (flocs) take passengers (#microplastics) to bottom of the ocean!

[Ana Martínez @AnaMrtnzRdrgz]

🚨 Excited to share my second first-author paper and second data chapter of my #PhD thesis published in Environmental Pollution, #OpenAccess! 🌍📚
https://t.co/PiQIBepGJb

[Denise Mitrano @DeniseMitrano]

Aggregation of microplastics and freshwater snow is key factor driving their respective settling rates. From an ecosystem services point of view, by unraveling these dynamics we gain deeper insights into the fate of microplastics and their impacts on biogeochemical cycles.

[Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS @ProfRThompson]

Fully funded PhD opportunity on plastic pollution ⁦@PlymUni⁩ CDTS330: Plastic pellet pollution: establishing safe and proportionate clean up responses at University of Plymouth on https://t.co/mc1MTCp1tA https://t.co/XhUPD6Daln

[Kate L Spencer @DrKateSpencer]

'job alert' 37 month PDRA in Communities and Environmental Change with me and @dr_andy_russell @QMULGeography. Multi-institution project looking at impacts of #coastal historic landfill and #climatechange and co-creating management options

[Nan Wu @nanwu1112]

After 3 years and 6 months of finding over 20,000 tiny #microplastics in tiny #flocs , I made it in submitting my PhD thesis today! A huge thanks to @DrKateSpencer @GIStuart and Andy Manning. #phdlife #PhD #phdthesis

[Josie South @josie_south]

PhD opportunity w. me & @e_j_duncan @ScienceLeeds on predicting #invasivespecies impacts in freshwaters as part of my #UKRIFLF

Excellent ops for career dev, travel, fieldwork & a really sound lab group.

Get in touch!

https://t.co/K0kyikhIW8

[BioPEP Group · QMUL CDT @BioPEP_QMUL]

@daniellejadem @DrKateSpencer @AliceAHorton 🎉🎉🎉