Jour Fixe - a weekly online discussion group meeting
Our biweekly "Jour Fixe" on health issues related to micro- and nanoplastic exposure was initiated by scientists from the Montanuniversität Leoben and the Medical University of Vienna during the first lockdown of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic.
It serves as a multidisciplinary discussion and networking group for scientists and stakeholders interested in health issues related to micro- and nanoplastic particles (MNP).
The aspects discussed cover a wide range of research fields, e.g.,
- analytical chemistry (detection and measurement of MNP),
- allergy
- immunology
- pathology
- biomedicine
- but also material science aspects of polymers.
The JF starts every Wednesday at 12:00 local time (Leoben, Vienna, Berlin, Budapest).
Please apply to Thomas Meisel (Montanuniversität Leoben) if you would like to take part in the discussion group.
Jour Fixe - special events
| date | presenter | affiliation | title | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20240424 | Gabriele Eder | OFI - Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology - Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik | Development of a methodology for the determination of microplastic in food and drinks | as part of the microplastic@food project |
| 20240403 | Todd Gouin | TG Environmental Research | "Nano- and microplastic particles as vectors of exposure for plastic additive chemicals: Modifications of the ACC-HUMAN food web model and implications for evaluating human health risk" | as part of LabPlas project funded by the EU |
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| 20240117 | Elisabeth Pinter | OFI - Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology - Österreichisches Forschungsinstitut für Chemie und Technik | "Measures to assess and reduce microplastic in the food and packaging industry" | |
| 20231213 | Markus Brandstetter | RECENDT Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH | "Identification and characterization of micro- and nanoplastics in complex matrices by optical photothermalinfrared spectroscopy" | |
| 20231129 | Sandrine Huclier | Nantes Université, France | "Field Flow Fractionation techniques for nano-objects characterization" | |
| 20231115 | Daniel Steinitz | Bündnis Mikroplastikfrei | "Activities of the alliance Bündnis Mikroplastikfrei' | |
| 20231018 | Andy Booth | Climate and Environment, SINTEF Ocean, Norway | "Degradation of plastic materials in the natural environment: mechanisms, importance and implications" | |
| 20231004 | Paola Pontecorvi | RTDA MED/46, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | "Assessing the impact of Polyethylene Nano/Microplastic Exposure on Human Vaginal Keratinocytes" | publication |
| 20230628 | Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Universiteit Utrecht | "Micro and nanoplastics and early life health" | Coordinator of the AURORA project | |
| 20230621 | Winfried Neuhaus | AIT | "Effects of nanoplastics on cells of the neurovascular unit" | |
| 20230614 | Hans-Peter Grossart | Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) | "Microplastics impact antibiotics resistance gene transfer" | |
| 20230524 | Thilo Hofmann | Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (EDGE), University of Vienna | "Microplastic facilitated contaminant transport in agricultural soils" | |
| 20230510 | Verena Kopatz, Lukas Kenner and Oldamur Hollóczki | MedUni Wien and Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary | "Recent paper publication Micro- and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB): Biomolecular Corona’s Role Revealed" | as part of microONE |
| 20230503 | Silke Christiansen | Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS | tba | as part of microONE |
| 20230301 | Helene Walch | UBA, Vienna | "Microplastics in sewage sludge - temporal deviations and further microplastic projects at the Environmetal Agency Austria (UBA) | |
| 20230222 | Antje Biesemeier | LIST, LU, Advanced instrumentation for nano-analytics | "Correlative microscopy and imaging secondary ion mass spectrometry for high resolution nano-analytics on biological tissue" | as part of PRIORITY |
| 20230215 | Leornardo Pantoja Munoz | Middlesex University, Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation | “Investigating new pathways of human exposure to nano/microplastics” | Release of microplastic fibres and fragmentation to billions of nanoplastics from period products |
| 20230111 | TNO, NL | “Microplastics are everywhere: 70% reduction achievable” | as part of MOMENTUM | |
| 20221130 | William Dudefoi | EAWAG, CH | "Mechanistic insights into the toxicity of tire tread particles and associated chemicals using rainbow trout cell lines" | |
| 20221123 | Verena Kopatz, PhD | MedUni Wien | "Short-term effects of polystyrol micro-/nanoplastic particles in vivo - Update of in vivo data from microONE project" | as part of microONE |
| 20221116 | Sarah M. Skoff. PhD | TUVienna - Atominstitute | "Nanophotonics for sensing applications" | |
| 20221102 | Oldamur Hollóczki, PhD | Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Hungary | "Effect of nanoplastics on biomolecules - A theoretical perspective" | as part of microONE |
20221012 | Martin Himly, PhD | Paris Lodron Uni Salzburg - Department of Biosciences & Medical Biology | "Emerging concepts in nanosciences – what can we translate to nano/microplastics" | |
| 20220713 | Eleonore Fröhlich, PhD | MedUniGraz - Core Facility Imaging | "Cellular effects of polystyrene particles upon single and repeated exposure" | |
| 20220706 | Maria Zellner, PhD | MedUniVie - Institute of Physiology - Centre for Physiology and Pharmacology | Proteomics Technologie 2D-DIGE zur Detektion der Einflüsse von Nanoplastik-kontaminationen | part of microONE COMET module - project 2 |
| 20220629 | Ulrike Resch, PhD | MedUniVie - Center of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research | "MNPs as hubs shaping planktonic bacterial viability under antibiotic and oxidative stress" | |
| 20220622 | Thorsten Hüffer, PhD | UniVie - Department of Environmental Geosciences | "Leaching of additives from micro- and nanoplastics" | part of "PLASTICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY (PLENTY)" |
| 20220608 | Elisabeth Simböck, PhD | Technikum Wien - Competence Team Microplastics and Nanoparticles | "Microplastics and Nanoparticles as Environmental Risk Factors" | |
| 20220601 | Verena Pichler, PhD | UniVie - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences | "Radiosynthetic strategies and quality control for Micro- and Nanoplastic particles" | spheroid experiment results |
| 20220525 | Suzanne Turner, PhD | University of Cambridge,Department of Pathology, UK | "Breast implants and cancer: particles, chemicals and inflammation, what is the carcinogenic mechanism that links them?" | |
| 20220511 | Doris Ribitsch PhD | ACIB - Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology and Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, IFA Tulln | "Enzymatic Microplatic Degradation" | |
| 20220427 | Alba Hernández Bonilla PhD | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Introducing EU-Project PlasticHeal | part of plasticcheal of the CUSP cluster |
| 20220420 | Anastasiia Galakhova PhD | Montanuniversität Leoben | "Tire road wear particles: toxicity, analytics" | |
| 20220406 | Mark Morrison PhD | Optimat Ltd | Introducing EU-project PlasticsFate | part of PlasticsFaeT of the CUSP cluster |
| 20220330 | Denise Mitrano PhD | ETHZürich | "Nanoplastics: unknown or underestimated? New opportunities with COST Action PRIORITY WG4" | part of COST Action PRIORITY |
| 20220316 | Amin El-Heliebi PhD | MedUniGraz/CBMed | Does micro/nanoplastic have an effect of cancer drug efficacy? | part of microONE COMET module - project 3 |
| 20220309 | Theresa Staufer PhD | Hamburg University, Institute of Experimental Physics | Principles of X-ray Fluorescence Imaging and Medical Applications | |
| 20220302 | Stefania Federici PhD | University of Brescia | "PRIORITY: connecting communities working on micro- and nanoplastics" | part of microONE COMET module and COST Action "PRIORITY" |
| 20220221 | Angela Horvath PhD | MedUniGraz/CBMed | "Microplastic in the human gut and its influence on the microbiome" | part of microONE COMET module - project 4 |
| 20220216 | Lea-Ann Dailey PhD | UniVie | "Effects of Polyvinyl-Acetate-co-Alcohol Nanoparticles in the Lung" | |
| 20220209 | Lukas Wimmer Mag | UniVie | "Production & characterization of model MNP" | costum made micro- and nanoplastic particles |
| 20220202 | Maaia Jentus PhD | MedUni Wien | "Meet the group 7: Introduction/SAN" | Styrene-acrylonitrile contaminations |
| 20220126 | Verana Kopatz PhD | MedUni Wien | "Microplastic uptake in DSS mice - preliminary results" | |
| 20220119 | Katharina Heider BSc | MUL | "A novel method to study nanoplastic release from infant feed bottles (baby bottles)" | a novel nanoplastic detection method see BraveAnalytics |