Highlights

                            02/03/2022
                        
                            EVENT

Don't miss out on the FIRST IMPTOX PUBLIC WORKSHOP!

Join us on March 28, 2022, 9:00 - 13:15 for a morning of interesting talks and exciting discussions to learn more about ongoing research on the health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics!

                            28/02/2022
                        
                            IMPTOX PEOPLE

IMPTOX PEOPLE is out! We talk to Tamara Lujić from the University of Belgrade

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

25 Feb 2022 EU NEWS

EU launches consultation on microplastics

Following its recent Call for Evidence, on February 22 the European Commission launched a PUBLIC CONSULTATION on how to reduce unintentionally released microplastics into the environment.

10 Feb 2022 PROJECT NEWS

Imptox scientists discuss lung models with counterparts from the UBC microplastics cluster

Imptox researchers Michelle Epstein, Sahar Kazemi (Medical University of Vienna), and Lea Ann Daily (University of Vienna) hosted a meeting with Sepideh Pakpour from the UBC cluster on microplastics to discuss their experimental data and designs for ongoing and future experiments.

12 Jan 2022 PRESS

HORIZON, the EU Research & Innovation Magazine presents IMPTOX & CUSP!

“We eat and inhale thousands of bits of plastic every year. Now what?” is the opening question of the eponymous article published in HORIZON on January 10, 2022.

SCIENCE EXCHANGE

Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 831, 2022 ARTICLE

Highlights

Don't miss out on the FIRST IMPTOX PUBLIC WORKSHOP!

IMPTOX PEOPLE is out! We talk to Tamara Lujić from the University of Belgrade

EU launches consultation on microplastics

Imptox scientists discuss lung models with counterparts from the UBC microplastics cluster

HORIZON, the EU Research & Innovation Magazine presents IMPTOX & CUSP!

SCIENCE EXCHANGE

Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using μFTIR spectroscopy

Oceanic Hitchhikers - Assessing Pathogen Risks from Marine Microplastic

A novel 3D intestine barrier model to study the immune response upon exposure to microplastics

Potential toxicity of polystyrene microplastic particles

Polyethylene microplastics affect the distribution of gut microbiota and inflammation development in mice

An assessment of the toxicity of polypropylene microplastics in human derived cells

Uptake and effects of orally ingested polystyrene microplastic particles in vitro and in vivo

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