Microplastics Warriors

I`m so glad that young researchers - two Master's students, Lupin Lo and Parbati Khatri, from Flinders University - join our microplastic studies!!! I hope they receive good experience and qualifications, and for sure they are having a lot of fun 😎 😊 #microplastics #ocean

Our students practicing #SocialDistancing in the #laboratory 🔬while optimising their FTIR methods 🥳

Honours student @AnnaHayes_17 from @FlindersSTEM has spent the past year collecting and analysing #microplastics from Adelaide rivers and beaches. She is just weeks away from finishing her thesis and looks forward to working towards a cleaner environment!

We have celebrated our #WomenInSTEM and #WomenInScience but we must also celebrate our lab leader! Associate Professor @LetermeSophie focuses her research on #plankton, #biofilms🦠 and of course #microplastics. She is currently the director of @BRIC_Flinders.

To celebrate another man on our team that champions us. Dr. John Luick is an oceanographer 🌊 who specialises in tidal analysis, he is helping us to understand how the tidal movements can impact #microplastic distributions around 🇦🇺 #supportingwomeninSTEM

It is still #February11 for some friends around the world 🌎 Today I looked at #microplastics in the lab🔬 and had exciting meetings 🗒️ I'll spend the afternoon on my presentation for @FlindersSTEM 'Inspiring Women in STEM' event🤓#womeninstem @WomenScienceDay #WomenInScience

Today we celebrate the men that support our #WomenInScience #microplastics team too! Dr. George Cresswell supports our PhD student @EliseTuuri_ by passing along his vast knowledge in Oceanography to her. Image credit to @JPurandare #RVInvestigator @CSIRO #womeninstem #February11

We're celebrating women curious about STEM too! Today I (@janeellem) am concentrating #bacteria 🦠 from seawater collected along the West Australian coast on board the #RVInvestigator #MNF @CSIRO #womeninscience #February11 @WomenScienceDay #volunteer Thanks Jane! #Throwback

Today I (@micrompje) am optimising #microplastic extraction efficiency from plankton samples in preparation for our next voyage on the #RVInvestigator. #womeninscience #womeninstem #February11 @WomenScienceDay #MastersStudent #LeidenUniversity @Flinders @FlindersCSE

Today I am isolating and characterising microplastics found in rivers around Adelaide #womeninscience #womeninstem #February11 @WomenScienceDay #AnnaHayes #HonoursStudent

Investigating #microplastics pollution on the #beaches of #southaustralia with 3rd year students from @Flinders

Opening night of our exhibition at the Wheatsheaf Hotel. Sales will go towards funding a survey of #microplastic #pollution in #southaustralia pozible.com/project/how-much… #thewheaty #plasticpollution #oceanconservation #wheatyart

#macroplastic (>5 mm) waste consequences on wildlife are well documented including suffocation, entanglement and starvation. #microplastics impact are poorly understood!! Help us to unravel the mystery. Pledge here: pozible.com/project/how-much… #pointlessplastic #oceanpollution