Highlights

                            30/04/2025
                        
                            CUSP NEWS

Wrapping Up a Groundbreaking Journey: The Final CUSP Newsletter Is Out!

Celebrating Four Years of Pioneering Research into Micro- and Nanoplastics and Health

                            28/04/2025
                        
                            EVENT

Imptox Joins the Interactive Marketplace at IAFP Europe 2025 in Madrid

Prof. Andreja Rajković from UGent to present Imptox research on micro- and nanoplastics and food safety at IAFP Europe 2025 Interactive Marketplace.

18 Apr 2025 EVENT

Imptox Workshops Engage Over 200 Students at Lionello Stock Middle School in Trieste

In 11 interactive sessions, about 240 students in Trieste (Italy) engaged with the science of micro- and nanoplastics, the aims of the Imptox project, and their own role as informed citizens.

17 Apr 2025 RECOGNITION

Imptox Publication on Food Allergy Models Among Most-Viewed from 2023

Dr. Michelle Epstein’s article on animal models to study food allergies ranks in the top 10% of most-viewed Current Protocols papers published in 2023.

04 Apr 2025 EVENT

FOODMicro 2026 in Ljubljana Will Address Micro- and Nanoplastics

Could Invisible Plastics Be Changing the Way We Think About Food Safety?

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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