I'm very excited to share a ✨New Paper✨ out today in @STOTEN_journal !
We investigated how microplastics affect disease progression, using a common farmed fish🐟
This graphical abstract sums it up, or you can read more about our results in this🧵
https://t.co/la3VOsKhhN
Ghastly plastic now lurks among all the beautiful glass of the diatoms in my plankton sample. Microplastic fragments and plastic microfibers. Every inshore sample I now collect contains our plastic litter. @zeiss_micro
Two job postings in one day?!
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CMDR is also looking for a Research Scientist to lead plastic additive chemistry research. ⠀
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If interested, apply now!
https://t.co/1GgM05AqNH
there is a very fine line between the amount of espresso consumed at the end of the week needed to do research and the ability to handle microplastics without the caffeine shakes
In 2020, MBARI researchers discovered thousands of mysterious holes or pits on the deep seafloor off the coast of Big Sur. A closer look at these mico-depressions revealed a variety of objects like rocks, kelp holdfasts, bones, and lots of trash and fishing gear.
Check out our co-director Dr. Lynch talk about the Maui polystyrene ban!
The event is hosted by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council and is free, but registration is required. Sign up at https://t.co/AK8aODvtFj.
@jasminethea_yu Talk by @SandquistRachel on their novel methodology for removing MP from marine sediments. Created an efficient and low-cost density separation device using nontoxic high density sodium polytungstate. Can apply to sediment cores!
Shocking video reveals the presence of plastic microfibers among the copepods that have been eaten by this tiny hydrozoan I found in the autumn plankton off Plymouth, UK this week. @zeiss_micro
Our Standardardized Polymer Kit 1.0 is featured in presentation 08.03.14 at @SETAC_world by Kellie Teague talking about the importance of standard reference materials in #microplastic research
@SETAC_plastics
Research technician Raquel Corniuk is presenting on how we document the derelict fishing gear in Hawaii using analytical methods (presentation 08.03.07) @SETAC_plastics @SETAC_world