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Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1357 funded by the German Research Foundation. We are interested in the biological effects, transport and formation of microplastics in our environment. Speakers Christian Laforsch & Andreas Greiner #DFG #UniBayreuth #UBT

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Jan 20
📣 New CRC 1357 Microplastics Publication: About the Variability of Tire and Road Wear Marker Components in Air: From Emissions to Atmospheric Deposition” in EST @acs.org Read the full open access article here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @unibayreuth.bsky.social @dfg.de @bayceer.bsky.social
About the Variability of Tire and Road Wear Marker Components in Air: From Emissions to Atmospheric Deposition

Particles originating from tire wear and road interactions, tire and road wear particles (TRWP), are an emerging class of nonexhaust emissions with growing environmental concern. Yet, little is known ...

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Jan 20
Join us for next weeks CRC 1357 Microplastics Seminar "Transport & accumulation of marine litter in submarine canyons: a geoscience perspective" 📅 26 January 2026 ⌚ 12:15 CET 🧭 H23, RWII, @unibayreuth.bsky.social 🗣️ Dr. Martina Pierdomenico, Environmental Geology & Geoengineering, CNR - IGAG

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Universität Bayreuth unibayreuth.bsky.social · Oct 24, 2025
🔬 Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed new fluorinated polyesters that are more efficient and recyclable. By precisely integrating and recovering fluorine atoms, the materials can be tailored for sustainability. www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/press... #UBT #UniBayreuth #research

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Nov 19, 2025
Congratulations Christian & Martin 👇 #HighlyCitedResearchers #DFG #Microplastics
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  Three UBT scientists among the most cited in their field www.uni-bayreuth.de/press-re... #HighlyCitedResearchers #UniBayreuth #Research #UBT #
  Three UBT scientists among the most cited in their field
  
  Three scientists from the University of Bayreuth have been included in the prestigious Highly Cited Researchers List 2025. This makes them among the most cited minds in their fields worldwide.
  
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Nov 3, 2025
📣New CRC 1357 Publication: The Key to Enzymatic Degradation of Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT): Influence of Semicrystalline Properties on Degradation doi.org/10.1002/cssc...
The Key to Enzymatic Degradation of Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT): Influence of Semicrystalline Properties on Degradation

This study demonstrates that enzymatic degradation of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) can be achieved by tuning PBT's semicrystalline properties and incubation conditions. Polymers with a high conte....

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 29, 2025
📢 New CRC 1357 publication: Hydrodynamics shape riverine biofilms on microplastics: insights from in-situ incubation Congrats to Rizwan Khaleel & co-authors on their new in EnvironSystRes funded by @dfg.de and @daadworldwide.bsky.social environmentalsystemsresearch.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Hydrodynamics shape riverine biofilms on microplastics: insights from an in-situ incubation study - Environmental Systems Research

Microplastics (MPs) are recognized as emerging pollutants in aquatic environments, where they are rapidly colonized by microbial communities that form biofilms. These biofilms can alter the environmen...

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 27, 2025
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- Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 23, 2025
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  Topics: - plastic-associated chemicals from weathering plastics - insights into the outcomes of the P-LEACH project - profiles & effects of chemicals from plastics - custom-made plastics & consumer plastics were studied - analytical & bioanalytical toolboxes for leachates characterisation
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 23, 2025
CRC 1357 Microplastics Seminar – Open & Hybrid! 🎤 Prof. Dr. Annika Jahnke @ufz.de P-Leach Impacts on ecosystem functions & human health by environmental plastics & associated chemicals 🗓 27.10.25 ⏰ 12.15 CET 💻 Join on site or online 📩 Subscribe to our Newsletter for Zoom Links Funded by @dfg.de

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 15, 2025
📣New CRC 1357 Publication: Trapping of microplastic particles in Germany’s largest drinking water reservoir: a simulation study rdcu.be/eK6rK Joint work between @crc1357.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social and @ufz.de! #Microplastics #CRCMP #WaterScience #Research #Modeling #KnowledgeExchange
Trapping of microplastic particles in Germany’s largest drinking water reservoir: a simulation study | Environmental Sciences Europe

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Helmholtz Open Science Office helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social · Oct 7, 2025
#Forschungsbewertung im Fokus Die Veranstaltung am 10.09.25 bot Raum für Austausch: Warum sind Reformen nötig? Welche Chancen und Herausforderungen ergeben sich daraus? Und welchen Mehrwert bietet eine Mitgliedschaft in der internationalen CoARA – Coalition for Advancing #ResearchAssessment?

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft dfg.de · Oct 14, 2025
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 10, 2025
🚀 Update on Microplastics Toxicity Research - ToMEx 2.0 Release! The open-source Toxicity of Microplastics Explorer received a major expansion. Congrats to all authors that contributed to this international coop led by Leah Thornton Hampton. 🔎 microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10....
The Toxicity of Microplastics Explorer (ToMEx) 2.0 - Microplastics and Nanoplastics

In 2021 the Toxicity of Microplastics Explorer (ToMEx, https://microplastics.sccwrp.org ) was released as an open source, open access database and web application for microplastics toxicity. Since then, it has been utilized by the microplastic research community for the exploration, visualization, and analysis of toxicity data for both hazard characterization and risk assessment. The peer-reviewed literature has continued to grow exponentially, making ToMEx out-of-date. To ensure the continued utility of ToMEx, an international crowd-sourcing approach was utilized to update ToMEx by extracting data from additional studies published since the original release. Through this process, both the aquatic and human health ToMEx databases roughly doubled in size, and modest increases in data diversity (e.g., number of species represented, types of test particles) were observed in the aquatic organisms database. However, most trends (e.g., greater toxicities observed with smaller particle sizes, lack of dose–response data etc.) observed in the first iteration of ToMEx remained constant. A previously developed framework for deriving ecological health-based microplastic thresholds using species sensitivity distributions was reapplied to determine how thresholds and their associated uncertainty intervals would change following the database update. Twelve new studies passed minimum screening criteria and were deemed fit for the purpose of threshold derivation. The addition of new data allowed for the separation of freshwater and marine compartments which had previously been combined due to a lack of applicable toxicity data for freshwater species. When molecular and cellular level endpoints were included, freshwater thresholds were comparable or increased from values calculated using previous data (-5 to 2.5-fold change) whereas marine thresholds dramatically decreased (-5000 to -29-fold change). However, when endpoints were restricted to organism and above, marine and freshwater thresholds were comparable to those calculated previously (-20 to 14-fold change). Confidence intervals for both marine and freshwater thresholds remained wide. The doubling of the database increases the value of ToMEx for researchers, particularly those focused on characterizing hazards associated with microplastics. Its utility remains limited for environmental managers as 89% of studies in ToMEx 2.0 failed to meet minimum screening criteria for threshold derivation, highlighting the need to generate fit-for-purpose toxicity data for threshold development. However, ToMEx continues to be a useful research tool, and future iterations could become even more powerful through novel artificial intelligence applications to streamline data curation and even predict toxicological outcomes.

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 6, 2025
📣New CRC 1357 Publication: Micro- and nanoplastic effects on the reproduction of Daphnia spp. - A meta-analysis. by @analeticiav.bsky.social , Luca Liprandi, Christian Laforsch and @magdalenammair.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/etc/advance-...
Micro- and nanoplastic effects on the reproduction of Daphnia spp. - A meta-analysis

Abstract. Several micro- and nanoplastic particle (MNP) traits, like polymer type, size, and shape, have been shown to influence MNP toxicity. However, the

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 2, 2025
📣 New CRC 1357 Microplastics Publication: Following Changes at the Solid/Liquid Interface for Large Microplastic Particles by Streaming Potential published in Chemistry Methods. Congrats to this interdisciplilnary study including 5 project teams @unibayreuth.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1002/cmtd...

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna univie.ac.at · Apr 29, 2025
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Oct 1, 2025
📣New CRC 1357 open access article! Congrats go to Simon Wieland & co-authors for their new article "Many dynein teams collectively generate high forces during the transport of large organelles" published in the Biophysical Journal! doi.org/10.1016/j.bp... #microplastics #celltransport #dynein

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft dfg.de · Sep 30, 2025
Save the Date 📅 Infoveranstaltung der #DFG zu #Chancengleichheit und #Diversität für alle interessierten Wissenschaftler*innen: "Relevanz von Geschlecht und Diversität im Forschungsvorhaben" am 8. Oktober 2025, 13 Uhr. Infos und Meeting-Link: sohub.io/xx7s

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Tony R. Walker tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · Sep 30, 2025
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Sep 30, 2025
📣New CRC 1357 Publication: Congrats to Onur Turak, Protein Design @birtehoecker.bsky.social, & co-authors and their new article: A third type of PETase from the marine Halopseudomonas lineage Structure & sequence features of type III PETases reported! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A third type of PETase from the marine Halopseudomonas lineage

The enzymatic degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) offers a sustainable solution for PET recycling. Over the past two decades, more than 100 PETases have been characterized, primarily exhi...

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Sep 29, 2025
📚 Lesetipp: Plastik – Die Vermüllung des Planeten Der Artikel von Falk Osterloh im Deutschen Ärzteblatt beleuchtet die weltweiten Folgen der Plastikverschmutzung auf Umwelt & Gesundheit sowie Lösungsansätzen. Interviewpartner: Christian Laforsch👍 Zum Artikel: www.aerzteblatt.de/archiv/plast...
Plastik: Die Vermüllung des Planeten – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Sep 29, 2025
The Rising Danger of AI-Generated Images in Nanomaterials Science – Experts Warn in Nature Nanotechnology www.idw-online.de/-DRgoAA
The Rising Danger of AI-Generated Images in Nanomaterials Science – Experts Warn in Nature Nanotechnology

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Sep 29, 2025
Congrats to our CRC 1357 colleagues A. Fery & G.Auernhammer co-authored the comment "The rising danger of AI-generated images in nanomaterials science & what we can do about it" A good moment to highlight our CRC 1357 Microplastics community zenodo.org/communities/...
Search CRC 1357 Microplastics / SFB 1357 Mikroplastik

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- Nature Nanotechnology natnano.nature.com · Sep 15, 2025
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Sep 29, 2025
📣New CRC 1357 Microplastics Publication: The Fate of Biodegradable Plastic Items Under Conditions of State-of-the-Art Composting by Lisa-Cathrin Leitner, T Steiner, R Freitag & A Greiner @unibayreuth.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/3483718 #compost #biodegradation #PLA #PBAT #crystallinity #microplastics
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Sep 25, 2025
📢 New research article in Microplastics & Nanoplastics @springer.springernature.com by our former master student @paulineseidel.bsky.social: Vertical distribution & post-depositional translocation of microplastics in a Rhine floodplain soil 📖👉 microplastics.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Vertical distribution and post-depositional translocation of microplastics in a Rhine floodplain soil - Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in the environment, but their vertical movement in undisturbed soils is poorly understood. This study investigates MP distribution and transport in one 110 cm soil profile from a Rhine River floodplain, Germany. Nine soil samples were analyzed for MP content, grain size distribution, bulk density, porosity, and organic carbon content. MPs (10 $$\upmu$$ μ m to 5 mm) were characterized by size, shape, and polymer type using ATR-FTIR and $$\upmu$$ μ FTIR. Biological activity was assessed through earthworm species identification and abundance, and sediment deposition was dated using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to integrate detailed field observations with dating results to draw conclusions about the vertical displacement of microplastics. MPs were detected at all depths, with 81.3%–96.6% being 10–150 $$\upmu$$ μ m in size, predominantly fragments and spheres. Concentrations peaked at 790,497 particles $$kg^{-1}$$ k g - 1 dry soil between 38 and 45 cm, where root- and earthworm-formed macropores facilitated transport. Below this depth, reduced porosity limited movement, favoring smaller MPs. OSL dating indicated sedimentation before the 1950s/60s below 20 cm, suggesting vertical transport of MPs. Therefore, we would advise to be careful using small MPs as stratigraphic markers for the Anthropocene. Although analysing just one soil profile, this study highlights the role of biological activity and soil structure in MP translocation and emphasizes the need to account for small MPs in floodplain studies to avoid underestimating their environmental presence. Graphical Abstract

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Jul 14, 2025
Looking forward to today's CRC Microplastics seminar with Dr. Florian Pohl @plasticsediment.bsky.social talking about "Moving marine microplastics"! Start 12.15 CEST at @unibayreuth.bsky.social H 33 (AI/INF) & ZOOM. Students & colleagues from all disciplines are welcome!

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Jun 2, 2025
We are getting ready for today's seminar with Prof. Dr. Luca Nizzetto from NIVA (Oslo, Norway). Don't miss this exciting speaker and join us 12.15 CEST in H 33 @unibayreuth.bsky.social !👇
- Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 26, 2025
  Save the date! In the upcoming CRC Microplastics Seminar Prof. Luca Nizzeto #NIVA will talk us through #plastic pollution in #agroecosystems: sources, occurences, impacts and urgent measures. 📅 Monday 2nd June 2025 ⏰ 12.15 CEST 🎯 H33 & ZOOM @unibayreuth.bsky.social @dfg.de #microplastic #soil
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 27, 2025
Empfehlung für alle die sich furs Thema Mikroplastik und Recycling interessieren 👍. Sehr gelungen: Die Plastik Anstalt + 31 Seiten Fakten Check www.zdf.de/video/shows/...
Die Plastik-Anstalt

Das Anstaltsensemble wirft einen Blick auf das aktuelle Recyclingsystem. Geht es wirklich um Umweltgesichtspunkte, oder dominieren andere Interessen?

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft dfg.de · May 27, 2025
Die DFG hat den chancengleichen Zugang zu allen Förderprogrammen und die Vielfalt in der wissenschaftlichen Bestenauswahl zu zentralen Zielen gemacht. Entscheidend dabei: die Anerkennung verschiedener Lebenswege und deren Einflüsse auf die Karriere:⬇️ www.dfg.de/chancengleic... #DiversityTag #DDT2025
Gleiche Chancen in der Wissenschaft – Gleichstellung und Diversität

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 26, 2025
Save the date! In the upcoming CRC Microplastics Seminar Prof. Luca Nizzeto #NIVA will talk us through #plastic pollution in #agroecosystems: sources, occurences, impacts and urgent measures. 📅 Monday 2nd June 2025 ⏰ 12.15 CEST 🎯 H33 & ZOOM @unibayreuth.bsky.social @dfg.de #microplastic #soil

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 21, 2025
Are you interested in #microplastics in food, risk assessment & analytical methods? Yes! So safe the date: Mini-Symposium CORNET MICROPLEXFOOD project: 📅 May 27 🕐 13:00 CEST 📍 SWO Conference Center unibayreuth.bsky.social & via Teams Teams links after newsletter subscription: shorturl.at/3pTz8

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 19, 2025
⏰Today is Monday and this means #CRCMicroplastics Seminar Day. We meet 12.15 CET in H33 or online via ZOOM and will host Ana Previšić with her talk: From Water to land: Exploring contaminant transport through aquatic insects. 👇
- Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 12, 2025
  🙋‍♀️📢 Join us next week for the talk of @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellow Prof. Dr. Ana Previšic: "From water to land: exploring contaminant transport through aquatic insects". CRC Microplastics Seminar | Monday 19 May | 12.15 CET | H33 @unibayreuth.bsky.social & ZOOM. #microplastics #seminar
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 12, 2025
🙋‍♀️📢 Join us next week for the talk of @humboldt-foundation.de Research Fellow Prof. Dr. Ana Previšic: "From water to land: exploring contaminant transport through aquatic insects". CRC Microplastics Seminar | Monday 19 May | 12.15 CET | H33 @unibayreuth.bsky.social & ZOOM. #microplastics #seminar

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 9, 2025
Exciting 1,5 year ahead! We welcome Prof Dr Ana Previšić - Research Fellow @humboldt-foundation.de @unibayreuth.bsky.social! Ana is an expert for diversity, evolution & ecology of aquatic insects-particularly their role in the bioaccumulation & transfer of contaminants across ecosystem boundaries.

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 5, 2025
Join us today at 12:15 CET in H20 (NWII) or via Zoom. Grab your lunch a bit earlier and don’t miss the talk by Prof. Holger Ruckdäschel & Prof. Jürgen Senker"Formation & degradation of microplastics under simulated environmental conditions." 🌍 Looking forward to seeing you there! 👋
- Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Apr 30, 2025
  🙋‍♀️📢 Join us for the 1st CRC 1357 Microplastics Seminar in this summer semester! 5 May - 12 CET Prof. Holger Ruckdäschel & Prof. Jürgen Senker will talk about how #microplastics are formed & degraded under simulated environmental conditions ☀️💦 Join us in H20 @unibayreuth.bsky.social or online via ZOOM
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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 3, 2025
Regen am Samstag 🌧️ – ideal für einen Kaffee ☕ & den ZEIT-Wissen-Podcast @zeit.de. Claudia Vallentin & Linda Fischer: Wie gefährlich ist eigentlich #Mikroplastik? Schön, dass wir zur Einordnung beitragen durften👍 www.zeit.de/wissen/2025-... @dfg.de @cusp-research.bsky.social @unibayreuth.bsky.social
Wissenspodcast: Wie gefährlich ist Mikroplastik?

Im Boden, im Meer, in der Luft, vielleicht sogar im All: Plastik ist überall, auch im menschlichen Körper. Ob es schadet, beginnen Forscher gerade zu verstehen.

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · May 2, 2025
Happy that we were part of this "Interlaboratory Comparison Reveals State of the Art in Microplastic Detection & Quantification Methods" @acs.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... The study included 84 labs led by #BAM: thermo-analytical spectroscopical methods measured PE and PET reference material.
Interlaboratory Comparison Reveals State of the Art in Microplastic Detection and Quantification Methods

In this study, we investigate the current accuracy of widely used microplastic (MP) detection methods through an interlaboratory comparison (ILC) involving ISO-approved techniques. The ILC was organiz...

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Microplastics Research Center handle.invalid · Apr 30, 2025
🙋‍♀️📢 Join us for the 1st CRC 1357 Microplastics Seminar in this summer semester! 5 May - 12 CET Prof. Holger Ruckdäschel & Prof. Jürgen Senker will talk about how #microplastics are formed & degraded under simulated environmental conditions ☀️💦 Join us in H20 @unibayreuth.bsky.social or online via ZOOM

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