MINISYMPOSIUM CORNET MICROPLEXFOOD

The team of the CORNET project "MICROPLEXFOOD" (https://www.ecoplus.at/newsroom/microplexfood) meets at UBT and they organized a ~ 2h Mini-Symposium that is open, free of charge and in English for everybody interested in microplastics in food, risk assessment and analytical methods and for interested in meeting new colleagues engaged in the CORNET project.

When: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 13.00 -15.00 o’clock
Where: University of Bayreuth, SWO Conference Center (Studentenwerk Oberfranken)

Mini-Symposium Programm
Opening
Tobias Voigt, project coordinator, IVLV Freising
Welcome & Introduction SFB 1357 Mikroplastik
Christian Laforsch, Tierökologie, University of Bayreuth
RECAP Microplastics in complex food – Findings and countermeasures
Martin Löder, University of Bayreuth
Current state and trends in sampling, sample preparation and measurement AND method validation in MNP research
Thomas C. Meisel, Montanuniversität Leoben
(Eco)toxicological risk assessment of microplastics
Elisabeth Simböck, University of Applied Sciences, FH Technikum Wien
ILSI Europe – Microplastic Initiative for the Implementation of a Multi-disciplinary Reference Community
Alexander Saffert, Tetra Pak, Member of the ILSI Task Force

Many thanks to the CORNET organizers and the option to meet and discuss microplastics science!

It is also possible to joiun the MiniSymposium via  Teams (see agenda).

To get an overview about participants please let us know via this google form if you would like to join: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetO8wqEzw0aFlJFHzZQk4o91SunvH4XbfIIHAJa6W3wNkX-g/viewform?usp=dialog

• Prrgramm MICROPLEXFOOD Mini-Symposium