[SEMCO] Lunch and Learn Seminar on Microplastics, presented by ThermoScientific

[Cathrine Macort]

ThermoScientific is hosting a free Lunch & Learn Seminar on the topic of
microplastics on Tuesday, August 13 from 10:30 am - 1 pm at WHOI's Clark
507, 360 Woods Hole Road, MA 02543 <https://www.whoi.edu/venue/clark-507/>.

   - Hear about the latest research into microplastics in the New England
   coastal environment and beyond.
   - Learn how FTIR, Raman and GC-MS are used to characterize microplastics
   - Network with experts in the field Microplastics and the Coastal
   Environment – FTIR, Raman and GC-MS analysis techniques.



*AGENDA*
*10:30 am –10:40 am *Welcome and introduction

*10:40 am – 11:15 am* New Innovations and applications for FTIR and Raman
spectroscopy for microplastic identification.
*Joe Dorsheimer – Thermo Fisher*

*11:15 am - 12:00 pm *From Microplankton to Megafauna: The application of
FTIR to document microplastics in a range of species and their environments.
A brief look at the use of a FTIR spectrometer with ATR accessory on
microplastics obtained from seal scat, zooplankton samples, Great
Shearwater stomach contents, and North Atlantic right whale stomach
contents.
*Christy Hudak, Center for Coastal Studies <https://coastalstudies.org/>,
Provincetown, MA *

*12:00 pm - 1:00 pm *Concurrent with Lunch - Analysis of microplastics and
plastics using GC/MS.
*Gareth Dobson – Thermo Fisher*

To register, contact Joe Dorsheimer joe.dorsheimer at thermofisher.com (508)
845-0075 or Mike Hughes mike.hughes at thermofisher.com (508) 951-7018
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