Development of a microscopic method to evaluate and minimise the microparticle load in mineral and table water as well as filtered beers. The microscopic methods are fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy.
Project management organiser: Science Funding of the German Brewing Industry
Project partners: TU Munich Brewing and Beverage Technology + IPF Dresden
(Dr D. Fischer, R. Lenz)
10/2023 - 03/2026
CORNET-IGF: MICROPLEXFOOD
International project for the investigation of the presence/absence of microplastics in complex food matrices and for the identification of potential sources of contamination.
Project partners: OFI Vienna, LVA Austria, University of Bayreuth, IPF Dresden
(Dr D. Fischer, K. Enders)
03/2024 - 02/2026
Project IPF Dresden - Carl ZEISS AG Jena:
Evaluation of practical aspects of a fluorescence microscopy method for microplastics analysis.
Testing and optimisation of a fluorescence microscopy approach for the analysis of microplastics, which includes the testing of different fluorescent dyes, the creation of Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for sample staining with fluorescent dyes and for sample filtration, the performance of all measurements and the creation of evaluation algorithms. Comparison of this fluorescence microscopy method with Raman microscopy.
(Dr D. Fischer, Dr E. Kanaki, K. Enders)
10/2023 - 04/2024
Funding program Leibniz Cooperative Excellence: AirPlast
Abundance and Fate of Synthetic Materials in Atmospheric sub-10 µm Particles
Depositions of microplastics are a risk for ecosystems as well as our health. Many studies investigate the occurrence of microplastics in water. This project has the ambitious goal to analyze whether microplastics are also deposited in the atmosphere as aerosols and in what quantity this might be the case. Atmospheric microplastic particles might act as condensation cores which could influence atmospheric processes. Because this area is understudied, the researches will have to develop novel analysis methods. They will also identify the sources of atmospheric microplastic deposits and their results will contribute substantially to our understanding of the risks of microplastics in the atmosphere. (Leibniz-TROPOS, Helmholtz-UFZ, TU Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg)
(Dr. D. Fischer, M. Schumacher)
05/2022 - 04/2025
CORNET: microplastic@food - COMPLETED
Method development for the qualitative and quantitative detection of microplastics in foods, causation and preventive measures (Industry Association for Food Technology and Packaging, Germany+ 4 international partners) IPF sub-project: establishment of spectroscopic microplastics reference databases, automated microplastic analysis of samples from filling and packaging plants and food samples with FTIR- and Raman microspectroscopy (Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. E. Kanaki, K. Enders, M. Arnold) 07/2021 - 07/2023 http://microplastic-food.org/
JPI Oceans: microplastiX - COMPLETED
Integrated approach on the fate of MicroPlastics towards healthy marine ecosystems (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden + 14 international partners) IPF sub-project: characterisation of weathered microplastics, automated microplastic analysis of marine samples with FTIR- and Raman microspectroscopy (Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. F. Fischer, R. Lenz, J. Muche) 04/2020 - 03/2023 https://www.microplastix.org/
BMBF-FONA: MicroCatch_Balt - COMPLETED
Determination of inland sources and sinks of microplastics and the relevant fate processes on its pathways to the open Baltic Sea within the exemplary Warnow catchment area (Leibniz-IOW + 4 nat. partners) IPF sub-project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in environmental samples (Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. F. Fischer) 09/2017 - 09/2020 https://www.io-warnemuende.de/microcatch-start.html
BMBF-FONA: PLASTRAT - COMPLETED
Strategies for the reduction of urban plastic emissions into limnic systems. (Universität der Bundeswehr München + 9 partners, 10 associates) IPF sub-project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in aqueous and sludge samples (Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. F. Fischer, A. Rödiger) 09/2017 - 08/2020 http://www.plastrat.de
EU BONUS BLUE BALTIC: MICROPOLL - COMPLETED
Multilevel assessment of microplastics and associated pollutants in the Baltic Sea (Leibniz-IOW + 6 int. partners) IPF sub-project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in environmental samples (Dr. D. Fischer, Dr. J. Brandt, Dr. E. Kanaki, J. Muche, Dr. K.-J. Eichhorn) 7/2017 - 6/2020 https://www.io-warnemuende.de/projekt/192/micropoll.html
BMBF-FONA: PLAWES - COMPLETED
Contamination of Microplastics in the Model System Weser - Wadden Sea National Park: a Cross-ecosystem Approach (University of Bayreuth + 5 nat. partners) IPF assignment: spectroscopic identification and quantification of microplastics in air samples (Dr. D. Fischer, E. Schierz) 09/2017 - 08/2020 https://bmbf-plastik.de/en/joint-project/plawes
MikrOMIK - Project supported by the Leibniz Association - COMPLETED
Microplastic as vector for microbial populations in the ecosystem of the Baltic Sea (Leibniz IOW + 11 partners) IPF sub project: spectroscopic identification and quantification of Microplastic in the Baltic Sea (Dr. K.-J. Eichhorn, A. Käppler) 04/2014 - 12/2017 http://www.io-warnemuende.de/mikromik-home.html
