
Azora König Kardgar
@azorakonig
PhD student at University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 Research on toxicity of microplastics in fish 🐟 Part of Limnoplast ITN 💙
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17-08-2020 11:43:04
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📢Christmas Present for everyone🎁‼️What it is? Two amazing talks at todays (16.12.20) session of our #microplastinar @ 6pm (CET)! Our invited experts Jane Muncke & #MateuszWielopolski will discuss together with you chemical and economical problems in respect to #plasticpollution!


📢Finally, the #microplastinar is back‼️Tomorrow,13.01.21, @ 6 pm CET the amazing experts Anja Krieger and @NicolaBeaumont17 will discuss the relation of #plasticspollution and media/ecosystem. Join this deeply interesting, first #microplastinar in 2021, for free (see comments)🤗


#microplastinar time again‼️Today (6pm CET) our expert Stephanie Wright will highlight the impact of #microplastics on #humanhealth. Afterwards, the participants will have the chance to discuss the topic #Career with Stephanie Wright, @SabinePahl, Elisabeth Rieger and Mⓐrtin Wⓐgner 👩🔬👩🎓👩💻🧑💼❓



Day 👍- Welcome on board "Team Toxicology & Biology": Simona Mondellini Universität Bayreuth, #Sarah and Gabriël Olthof @NTNUnorway and Azora König Kardgar Uni of Gothenburg! We are proud to have you with us in #LimnoPlast!🤩 More details about our Early Stage Researcher @ limnoplast-itn.eu/team-2/ 🤗


Just sent off a final draft of a book chapter, was a pleasure to work on it with @BCarneyAlmroth Leah Thornton Hampton and Azora König Kardgar!! While we are all still a bit isolated from one another, the pandemic has provided so many opportunities to form new collaborations and friendships too.

Today we sent a letter to the 🇸🇪 Minister for the Environment Annika Strandhäll asking her to support the draft resolution to establish an "Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel to support action on chemicals, waste and pollution" at the forthcoming UN Environment Assembly meeting.

Let’s search for Microplastics in fish faeces…..!!!! Azora König Kardgar smelly samples🐟🐠🐡💩💩💩


Today me and my family visited one of Antalya’s most famous beaches. Just a couple of minutes with our feet in the sea, we were covered in sticky petroleum and plastics! With our own eyes we can see how urgent the situation about both #plastic and oil #pollution is. LimnoPlast




Yesterday, we #ESR reached our final destination at Plastic Soup Foundation in Amsterdam. We are impressed with their initiatives and outstanding work. Thank you for all of the amazing Plastic Soup Foundation efforts.


SCHOOL LECTURES We are offering free lectures to school students on #microplastics #pollution from different perspectives A superb initiative by Azora König Kardgar and Maja Grünzner Check out the below link for details limnoplast-itn.eu/portfolio/blog…

The unescoWATER - EU H2020 #LimnoPlast conference is getting closer! 🤗 🗓️06 - 08 March 2023 📌UNESCO Headquarters, Paris Do not forget that our CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW OPEN until the 4th of November 2022 (for more info, please visit: limnoplast2023.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/…)!


Plast från sockerrör framställs ibland som ett miljövänligt alternativ. Forskare Göteborgs universitet / University of Gothenburg visar dock att så kallad bioplast påverkar abborrars beteende negativt. #plastics #science #bioplast shorturl.at/wzXY6



Excited to be part of Toxicology of Fishes, edited by Kristie Willett and #NeelAluru, now with a chapter on #microplastics! Thank you to chapter co-authors @BCarneyAlmroth Azora König Kardgar and Leah Thornton Hampton! Book is out in March. 🐟🐠🐡🦈 #toxicologyoffishes CRC Press pnwmicroplastics
