Nikki van Alst

GO Science! Environmental engineer, working as PhD researching microplastics and micro-FTIR. Also a general techie, who has broad interests

[Nikki van Alst @NikkivanAlst]

@martiwag @EnvSciTech It is really great to read about studies being performed with realistic parameters, they remain pretty scarce. Continue the good work, Martin (and colleagues)!

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@FloraRendell @jpglfrias @lola_paradinas @Radford_Freya @lxbllngs @ClaudiaChelonia @schuerc @RichardKCross I guess it was to be expected to be a mixture, given it is a river sediment sample. You have any chance to have a deeper/further look at the malleable particles to find out whether it is tyre wear?

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@FloraRendell @lola_paradinas @jpglfrias @Radford_Freya @lxbllngs @ClaudiaChelonia @schuerc @RichardKCross Hmm interesting. Love to hear what it is! We have seen similar black debris in samples - also Fenton resistant - but I’m not sure we ever got it identified... I’ll ask around though!

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@MelanieDuring @MichaelaMeyns @StefaniaPiarul1 @laura_airoldi @JuliaFarkas6 @Evuz12 @ellieford_ @AmandaSchaScha @EvaBrodte @WinnieCJ @MelanieBergma18 @KristieRigby @MarineSteph @DeniseMitrano @ClaudiaChelonia @AmieLusher @microbiobac @nannahartmann @Calimari93 @iseult5 @Mathilde_flcp @HanDefrond @SinjaRist @therese_my @celablair @JuliaTalvitie @ChelseaRochman @FloraRendell @Rosa_Hueting @lola_paradinas @CarinaVerster You can probably count on that 😅 At least until he starts daycare! But maternity leave is so long in Nordic countries, you’ll have plenty of time to not think about that 😃 I’ve started work again and need to start publishing though... so hello Twitter!

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@MelanieDuring @MichaelaMeyns @StefaniaPiarul1 @laura_airoldi @JuliaFarkas6 @Evuz12 @ellieford_ @AmandaSchaScha @EvaBrodte @WinnieCJ @MelanieBergma18 @KristieRigby @MarineSteph @DeniseMitrano @ClaudiaChelonia @AmieLusher @microbiobac @nannahartmann @Calimari93 @iseult5 @Mathilde_flcp @HanDefrond @SinjaRist @therese_my @celablair @JuliaTalvitie @ChelseaRochman @FloraRendell @Rosa_Hueting @lola_paradinas @CarinaVerster I know, I know... I should really be more active on here!

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@MichaelaMeyns @StefaniaPiarul1 @laura_airoldi @JuliaFarkas6 @Evuz12 @ellieford_ @AmandaSchaScha @EvaBrodte @WinnieCJ @MelanieBergma18 @KristieRigby @MarineSteph @DeniseMitrano @ClaudiaChelonia @AmieLusher @microbiobac @nannahartmann @Calimari93 @iseult5 @Mathilde_flcp @HanDefrond @SinjaRist @therese_my @celablair @JuliaTalvitie @MelanieDuring @ChelseaRochman @FloraRendell @Rosa_Hueting @lola_paradinas @CarinaVerster

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@C_HaWQ So far, yes - lumped in with other microplastics. I think the topic is difficult as there are so many different characteristics that one could consider, it becomes difficult to make clear distinctions that all researchers (and non-researchers alike) could see eye to eye on...

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Our long awaited #microplastics article is now finally out in Water Research! Read it here: https://t.co/IR8ED1Ulvh

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@nannahartmann That is pretty amazing... well done students!