Highlights

                            05/08/2022
                        
                            PROJECT NEWS

IMPTOX BROCHURE AND POSTER ARE OUT! DOWNLOAD HERE!

Find out more about the problem of micro- & nanoplastics pollution and the details of our research organization in a concise and well-structured format!

                            04/08/2022
                        
                            IMPTOX PEOPLE

                    
                        IMPTOX PEOPLE: We talk to Michelle Epstein from the Medical University of Vienna

What drives and inspires our scientists and how they would like to see the world ten years from now!

28 Jul 2022 PROJECT PUBLICATION

Review paper by Imptox scientists presents clear evidence of microplastics in our food

The International Journal of Food Contamination recently published a scoping review by Imptox scientists on microplastics in food, their health effects, occurrence, and human exposure.

12 Jul 2022 PROJECT PUBLICATION

Imptox research published in the International Journal of Molecular Science

A group of Imptox scientists from Ghent University published their findings on the effects of mycotoxins on the bioenergetic status of intestinal and liver cells.

11 Jul 2022 EVENT

Imptox will be present at the 11th Central European Congress on Food and Nutrition in Slovenia

Prof. Andreja Rajkovic from Ghent University will present his research and talk about “Microplastics in food safety: from toxicity to shuttle effect”.

SCIENCE EXCHANGE

International Journal of Food Contamination, Volume 9, Article number: 7 (2022) ARTICLE

Microplastics in food: scoping review on health effects, occurrence, and human exposure

Bozidar Udovicki, Mirjana Andjelkovic, Tanja Cirkovic-Velickovic & Andreja Rajkovic

Polymers 2022, 14(13), 2700; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14132700 ARTICLE

Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk

Ragusa A, Notarstefano V, Svelato A, Belloni A, Gioacchini G, Blondeel C, Zucchelli E, De Luca C, D’Avino S, Gulotta A, Carnevali O, Giorgini E.

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 181, August 2022, 113846 ARTICLE

Comparative profiling and exposure assessment of microplastics in differently sized Manila clams from South Korea by μFTIR and Nile Red staining

Maria Krishnade Guzman, Mirjana Andjelković, Vesna Jovanović, Jaehak Jung, Juyang Kim, Lea Ann Dailey, Andreja Rajković, Bruno De Meulenaer, Tanja Ćirković Veličković

International Journal of Molecular Science, 2022, 23(13), 6945 Article

Highlights

IMPTOX BROCHURE AND POSTER ARE OUT! DOWNLOAD HERE!

IMPTOX PEOPLE: We talk to Michelle Epstein from the Medical University of Vienna

Review paper by Imptox scientists presents clear evidence of microplastics in our food

Imptox research published in the International Journal of Molecular Science

Imptox will be present at the 11th Central European Congress on Food and Nutrition in Slovenia

SCIENCE EXCHANGE

Microplastics in food: scoping review on health effects, occurrence, and human exposure

Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk

Comparative profiling and exposure assessment of microplastics in differently sized Manila clams from South Korea by μFTIR and Nile Red staining

Bioenergetic Status of the Intestinal and Hepatic Cells after Short Term Exposure to Fumonisin B1 and Aflatoxin B1

Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood

Machine learning-aided engineering of hydrolases for PET depolymerization

Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using μFTIR spectroscopy

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