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11/04/2024
PROJECT PUBLICATION

Publication Alert: A new protocol to study microplastics colonization in marine waters

Imptox researchers from UGent and the CNRS have developed a novel protocol, derived from their microplastics incubation experiments in France and Belgium, now published on protocols.io.

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10/04/2024
PROJECT PUBLICATION

Basil & toxins: Imptox researchers lead the quest for plant safety

Recent research led by our UGent team and published in Environmental Pollution explores how basil absorbs and purges harmful microcystin-LR, offering insights into plant resilience and food safety.

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26 Mar 2024 EVENT

Multidisciplinary Insights and Discoveries at Successful Imptox Public Workshop in Zagreb

A large crowd of scientists and civil society got together on March 11th to discuss the potential impact of micro- and nanoplastics on health and the environment.

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01 Mar 2024 EVENT

IAFP European Symposium in Geneva to Host Imptox Session on Pathogens in the Plastisphere

Taking place on April 30th and spearheaded by Prof. Andreja Rajkovic (UGent), the session will showcase a series of insightful talks from various Imptox researchers.

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23 Feb 2024 PROJECT PUBLICATION

Imptox researchers evaluate food allergen safety in new review article

A recent review article in 'Frontiers in Allergy' led by Imptox scientists from the Medical University of Vienna marks a further step in advancing allergenicity risk assessments amid evolving food technologies.

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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

Microplastics in marine environments: protocol for isolating natural biofilms from seawater-incubated particles

Meril Massot, Elsa Gadoin, Andreja Rajkovic, Stephanie Bedhomme
Frontiers in Allergy, Volume 5 - 2024 REVIEW ARTICLE

Research gaps and future needs for allergen prediction in food safety

Fernandez A, Danisman E, Taheri Boroujerdi M, Kazemi S, Moreno FJ and Epstein MM
PNAS, Vol 121, No. 3 ARTICLE

Rapid single-particle chemical imaging of nanoplastics by SRS microscopy

Naixin Qian, Xin Gao, Xiaoqi Lang, Huiping Deng, Teodora Maria Bratu, Qixuan Chen, Phoebe Stapleton, Beizhan Yan, Wei Min

Polymers 2023, 15, 4703 ARTICLE

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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