Highlights

                            16/10/2025
                        
                            EVENT

Join the CUSP Roadmap Webinar on October 31st

CUSP is holding a webinar to launch the upcoming CUSP Research Roadmap on October 31st, 12 pm CET.

                            30/07/2025
                        
                            PROJECT PUBLICATION

What Happens When Microplastics Meet Our Gut Enzymes?

A new study by Imptox researchers reveals how everyday microplastics can hitch a ride into our digestive system, interact with gastrointestinal enzymes and food proteins, and subtly interfere with how our body breaks down food.

19 Jun 2025 GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY

The Global Plastics Treaty Moves Toward Its Final Stage: Can It Deliver on Health and Environmental Protection?

After more than two years of intensive negotiations, the world is approaching a critical turning point in the fight against plastic pollution. The final session of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), known as INC-5.2, will take place in Geneva from 5 to 14 August 2025, where delegates are expected to finalise a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty.

11 Jun 2025 EVENT

Imptox at FEED 2025 - Exploring the Role of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Feed Safety

At the upcoming FEED 2025 conference in Novi Sad in autumn this year, Imptox scientist Prof. Andreja Rajković will share new findings on how micro- and nanoplastics may influence feed safety through their interaction with other contaminants.

05 Jun 2025 EVENT

Green Week 2025: Circular Economy and Health-Smart Innovation at the Heart of Europe’s Strategic Future

The Green Week 2025 has opened with a powerful message: a circular economy is not just about waste reduction or resource efficiency, it is central to Europe’s strategic vision for health, sustainability, and competitiveness.

SCIENCE EXCHANGE

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 267, Part 2 ARTICLE

Ovalbumin interaction with polystyrene and polyethylene terephthalate microplastics alters its structural properties

Nikola Gligorijevic, Tamara Lujic, Tamara Mutic, Tamara Vasovic, Maria Krishna de Guzman, Jelena Acimovic, Dragana Stanic-Vucinic, Tanja Cirkovic Velickovic

Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024 ARTICLE

Probing Long-Term Impacts: Low-Dose Polystyrene Nanoplastics Exacerbate Mitochondrial Health and Evoke Secondary Glycolysis via Repeated and Single Dosing

Miao Peng, Charlotte Grootaert, Maaike Vercauteren, Nico Boon, Colin Janssen, Andreja Rajkovic*, and Jana Asselman

Environmental Pollution, Volume 347, April 2024 ARTICLE

Experimental accumulation and depuration kinetics and natural occurrence of microcystin-LR in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)

Wannes Hugo R. Van Hassel, Mohamed F. Abdallah, Maria Gracia Guzman Velasquez, Christopher O. Miles, Ingunn A. Samdal, Julien Masquelier, Andreja Rajkovic

protocols.io, March 2024 PROTOCOL

Characterization of Nanoprecipitated PET Nanoplastics by 1H NMR and Impact of Residual Ionic Surfactant on Viability of Human Primary Mononuclear Cells and Hemolysis of Erythrocytes

Djapovic, M.; Apostolovic, D.; Postic, V.; Lujic, T.; Jovanovic, V.; Stanic-Vucinic, D.; van Hage, M.; Maslak, V.

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