Limited Scope EMSL Proposal: Nano- and Microplastic Accumulation at Roots
EMSL Project ID
51323
Abstract
The purpose of this limited scope proposal is to conduct a series of confocal and super resolution fluorescence microscopy experiments in response to reviewers’ comments for a submitted manuscript. The manuscript describes a study that we have pursued at EMSL within a previously funded EMSL User Proposal. We have investigated the interaction and uptake of plastic nano- and microspheres with roots of Arabidopsis and wheat. The manuscript has been submitted to a technical journal, and the review comments asked for some additional investigations to clarify potential artifacts. The objective of the limited scope proposal is to conduct a few more experiments and imaging sequences with the confocal and super resolution microscope we had used to collect the previous data.
Project Details
Project type
Limited Scope
Start Date
2020-02-26
End Date
2020-04-27
Status
Closed
Released Data Link
Team
Principal Investigator
Team Members
Related Publications
Taylor S.E., C.I. Pearce, K.A. Sanguinet, D. Hu, W.B. Chrisler, Y. Kim, and Z. Wang, et al. 2020. "Polystyrene Nano- and Microplastic Accumulation at Arabidopsis and Wheat Root Cap Cells, but No Evidence for Uptake into Roots." Environmental Science: Nano 7, no. 7:1942-1953. PNNL-SA-147042. doi:10.1039/d0en00309c