3rd Micro- & Nanoplastic Workshop Overview

Written by Liam Kelleher
We recently completed our 3rd Micro- & Nanoplastic Workshop, welcoming 10 participants from across the globe. The course focused on developing skills in identification and characterisation, covering a range of sample collection and preparation protocols, followed by data use and analysis from various spectroscopy and spectrometry methods.
While we follow a structured programme refined over the years, a key part of our success is tailoring the course to participants’ interests and providing detailed, individual project feedback wherever possible. This personalised approach continues to be highly valued in participant feedback and remains a particularly rewarding aspect of supporting the wider research community.
This year, we were pleased to base most of our activities in the Molecular Science Building, as the majority of our instruments are now housed there. In previous years, sessions required moving between locations across campus—sometimes less enjoyable in poor weather! The course will continue to run yearly, in the meantime consider joining us at the MNP26 conference later this year.