Norwegian Veterinary Institute and Toxinology research group is a partner in North Atlantic Microplastic Centre.
NAMC is organized by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and aims to engage leading researchers nationally and internationally in a joint effort to understand and quantify how much microplastics is in the environment, the risks related to microplastic pollution in our surroundings, and the best ways to manage the challenge.
The main aim of NAMC is to engage leading researchers nationally and internationally in a joint effort to understand and quantify how much microplastics is in the environment, the risks related to microplastic pollution in our surroundings, and the best ways to manage the challenge.
At Section for chemistry and toxinology, we will study effects of microplastic particles in a human gut-on-a-chip model. We will study effects with and without triggering IBD-like symptoms in the tissue. The results will be compared with findings from a rodent feeding study with microplastic particles carried out at University of Bergen.