«Nano 2023 Outstandig Paper Award» für Denise Mitrano and colleagues
An interdisiplinary team of researchers, including Denise Mitrano from ETH Zurich, has developed a new method for the sensitive and rapid quantification of metal-doped nanoplastics in human cells. The article has now been awarded the title "Outstanding Paper 2023" by the journal "Environmental Science Nano" of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The scientific journal "Environmental Science Nano", published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, has selected the article "Development of single-cell ICP-TOFMS to measure nanoplastics association with human cells" as "Outstanding Paper 2023".
In an interdisciplinary effort, Lyndsey Hendriks from TOFWERK, a leading instrument development manufacturer, Vera M. Kissling and Tina Bürki from the "Particle-Biology Interactions Lab" at Empa, and Denise Mitrano, SNSF Professor for Environmental Chemistry of Anthropogenic Materials at ETH Zurich, have developed a new ICP-TOFMS method. In their paper, the experts describe their new method for the sensitive and rapid quantification of metal-doped nanoplastics in human cells.
A better understanding of nanoplastic-cell interactions and exposure levels is pivotal to inform human hazard assessment and shed more light onto the impacts of (nano)plastics pollution.
Further information
- Hendriks L, Kissling VM, Buerki-Thurnherr T, Mitrano DM: Development of single-cell ICP-TOFMS to measure nanoplastics association with human cells. Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2023,10, 3439-3449, doi: external page10.1039/D3EN00681F
- external pageESNano 2023 Award-Winning Paper: Unraveling Nanoplastics’ Impact on Human Cells Using the icpTOF: Article on TOFWERK webage
- Personal profile of Denise Mitrano
- external pageParticle-Biology Interactions lab at Empa