From January 9 to 16, a PhD student Skaistė Dreskinienė from the Agrobiology Laboratory of the Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC completed a scientific internship at the Biomicrofluidics Laboratory of the Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics of Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) (Hungary).
During the internship, an innovative system was developed to enable safe and controlled study of microplastic accumulation in plants using advanced microfluidic technologies.
The visit also was focused on deepening knowledge of the application of fluorescence microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for microplastic analysis in biological samples, aiming to improve research accuracy and the reliability of results.
The internship was funded by the project “Testing the R&D idea: The impact of microplastics on agroecosystems” (No. 10-038-T-0305).
