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Shotgun #lipidomics analysis revealed a deficient conversion of #cholesterol to cholesteryl esters in the blood plasma in the cardiovascular disease patients. More: lipotype.com/lipidomics-res… #lipid #MassSpectrometry #CholesterylEster #stroke #BloodPlasma #lipoprotein

A recent study in Environmental Science & Technology Journals found that some cosmetics and personal care products labeled as having fluorinated components could contain PFAS, whether or not these “forever chemicals” were listed as ingredients. acs.org/content/acs/en…

Would you like to learn from some of the best microscopists 🔬 the nuts & bolts of light #microscopy for life science applications? If so, you should check out this free comprehensive iBiology series 👉 ibiology.org/online-biology…

Interesting plastics research happening! URI Plastics: Land to Sea #microplastics

Congratulations Animesh Pan and Peter Ricci for receiving the 2023 Research and Scholarship Excellence Awards for postdoctoral and graduate student research!

As #plastics in our oceans break down into tiny units, high-tech imaging equipment is needed to characterize how these materials are impacting #ecosystems. More from URI's Vinka Craver & others on the university's capabilities: bit.ly/3NzVqIg URIResearch

Cutting ribbon for new pier at URI URI Graduate School of Oceanography, soon to be home of $125M state-of-the-art U.S. National Science Foundation research vessel Narragansett Dawn (scheduled to arrive in RI in 2024!). Lots of exciting ocean exploration & future marine discoveries will launch from this location.

This morning, Sen. @alanadimario.bsky.social took part in a celebration of URI’s new pier at the Narragansett Bay Campus. Learn more about the project and the future plans for the Bay Campus: uri.edu/news/2023/05/u…

Read the full University of Rhode Island statement on today's Supreme Court affirmative action ruling: bit.ly/3rcpAId

Hot off the press! URI's Dr. Jaime Ross (Jaime M. Ross, Ph.D.) & her team have published their latest findings on how microplastics might impact behavior in the brain via young and old mice: bit.ly/44VVFDs #plastics #neuroscience #research

Check out what's #InTheNews 📰 Drinking Boiled Tap Water Reduces Human Intake of Nanoplastics and Microplastics from Environmental Science & Technology Letters 🔗 go.acs.org/8wZ

Researchers from Pumera Research Group at Future Energy & Innovation Lab CEITEC and @VUTvBrne designed magnetically controlled #microrobot swarms with polymeric sequestrant “hands” for catching bacteria and #microplastics in water. Read #OpenAccess: go.acs.org/9kx

A new "PEI (polyethylenimine)-guided Ag deposition method" achieves controlled growth of the Ag layer on the branches of nanostars, enhancing #SERS (surface-enhanced Raman scattering) sensitivity in biosensing. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Accelerated aging of #Microplastics (MPs) in the sediment–water interface under simulated sunlight conditions generate #ReactiveOxygenSpecies, thus leading to selective attachment of #plastic-degrading #microbes on the MP surface. Zhejiang University ES&T: go.acs.org/aGp

Kudos to PhD candidates Payel Biswas, Mastoureh Shirjandi and our very own Dr. Irene Andreu who are attending the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston this week! Mastoureh and Payel have posters at the meeting.

We loved hearing what COLLABORATION means to our funded researchers and Scientific Advisory Board Members. What does collaboration mean to you? #ovariancancer #earlydetection HellerLab @chowdhurylab @belcherlab @chiplanden Lan Coffman lab

Surface characteristics of different #Microplastics (MP) influence the selective enrichment of distinct microbial communities which impact #Biofilm development & MP degradation potential. #PlasticPollution The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) ACS ES&T Water cover story: go.acs.org/c2a

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

🔥🔬"Measuring plasma membrane fluidity using confocal microscopy" in Nature Protocols🔬🔥 doi.org/10.1038/s41596… Thanks to the authors for the detailed protocol! Pablo Carravilla Jan Schlegel Ellen Sjule Franziska Ragaller Florian Weber Cenk Gurdap Taras Sych Erdinc Sezgin

Polymer chemists at ETH Zurich have discovered a surprising way to virtually fully break down #PMMA #plastic – commonly known as Plexiglas – into its monomer building blocks. The process remains unaffected by the presence of additives. ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…