In the first part of the ‘Glimpse of the year 2022’ series, we give our readers a glance of 3 most visited posts about scientific publications in this year.
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Tag Archives: microplastics
AMEO experience – Dana Bashkir (2022)
Each year, several students of the Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) Program complete an 8-week internship, the so-called “AMEO”. The AMEO is performed either at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute where students learn to apply the competences achieved during their study. Students also use this opportunity to travel and explore not only Germany, but also other countries. In this blog post, Dana Bashkir shares her AMEO experience in Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands.
Continue readingPost-doc position to study interactions between microalgae and synthetic polymers at LUT University
The Department of Separation Science of LUT School of Engineering Science is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in the new project – MicroPoly (funded by Academy of Finland) . The project aims to investigate interactions between microalgae & synthetic polymers (e.g., microplastics). The start date is 3 October 2022 (or as agreed), and the location is LUT’s Mikkeli campus.
Continue readingPenguins among microplastics!
Interest in microplastic contamination in Antarctica is very recent. For this reason, researchers from University of Koblenz – Landau (Germany) and Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) decided to find out a little more about what is happening in the land of the penguins.
Continue readingAMEO experience – Emma Yenney (2022)
Each year, several students of the Environmental Pollution Management (Ecotoxicology) Program complete an 8-week internship period in their 2nd semester. This internship is abbreviated as “AMEO” which translates to “Applied Module at External Organizations”. The AMEO is performed either at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute where students learn to apply the competences achieved during their study. Students use this opportunity to not only travel and explore Germany, but some of them even decide to gather experiences from around the world. In this blogpost, Emma Yenney shares her AMEO experience in VLIZ, Belgium. Read along…..
Continue readingMost microplastics in rocky intertidal snails stem from paint
In this blogpost, Sonja Ehlers reports how microplastic loads in rocky intertidal snails from the North Sea, Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean are consistent across space and time. The majority of the contained microplastics consisted of paint chips that likely derived from ships or maritime equipment. Such paint chips can contain toxic antifouling substances and heavy metals.
Continue readingPosition as Research Assistant in Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology at iES, Landau
The Institute of Environmental Sciences (iES) at Campus Landau is looking for a research assistant in the working group ‘Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology’, starting 1st April, 2022.
Continue readingResearch Assistant / PhD offer in Aquatic Ecotoxicology at the Federal Institute of Hydrology
The BfG (Federal Institute of Hydrology) is looking for a research assistant in the department of Biochemistry / Ecotoxicology in Koblenz.
Continue readingAquatic Biofilms—Sink or Source of Microplastics?
In this post, Gabriela Kalčikova talks about her recently published paper on microplastics being a source or sink for aquatic biofilms. Microplastics interact with aquatic biofilms, which crucially impacts the fate and behavior of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Environmental Toxicology of Plastics at NTNU
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is offering a 3-year PostDoc position in environmental toxicology for the REVEAL project: formation of small plastic particles in the environment and their bioavailability, accumulation, and impacts on aquatic species.
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