Hazard assessment of bio-based nanoplastics for freshwater biota

• Grant number: 24/16280-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: November 30, 2024
• End date: May 29, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - Compared Physiology
• Principal Investigator: Renata Guimarães Moreira Whitton
• Grantee: Guilherme de Aguiar
• Supervisor: Marcelino Miguel Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Portugal
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/17846-1 - Effects of carbamazepine, a neuropharmaceutical of emerging concern, on the energy metabolism of males of Astyanax lacustris (Teleostei: Characiformes), BP.MS

Abstract

Since the 1970s, pollution of ecosystems by plastic waste and debris has become a concern. Although in the last years, an increasing number of studies have been examining the effects of microplastics (mainly) and nanoplastics on aquatic organisms, most studies have focused on marine/estuarine environments. There is a considerable lack of information on the effects on freshwater organisms, particularly long-term effects. This project, that will be held under the project NanoPlanet, aims to provide highly needed data on the effects of nanoplastics of biopolymers a fish (Danio rerio) species.