Workshop

Microplastic Sampling & Analysis Methods in Marine Vertebrates

Zagreb, September 14-15, 2022

Venue:  Croatian Veterinary Institute, Savska cesta 143, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Organizers

• Croatian Veterinary Institute
• Department of Biodiversity, University of Primorska
• Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Pula
• Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation

Organizing Board

• dr. Željko Mihaljević, Croatian Veterinary Institute (Zagreb, Croatia)
• dr. Ludovica Di Renzo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale" (Terrano, Italy)
• dr. Bojan Lazar, University of Primorska (Koper, Slovenia) & University of Pula (Pula, Croatia)

Instructors

• dr. Ludovica Di Renzo, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale" (Terrano, Italy)
• dr. Marco Matiddi, ISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (Rome, Italy)
• dr. Cecilia Silvestri ISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (Rome, Italy)
• dr. Bojan Lazar, University of Primorska (Koper, Slovenia) & University of Pula (Pula, Croatia)

Program

Wednesday, September 14^th 2022

9:30-10:00 Registration 
10:00-10:30 Opening and Introduction 
10:30-12:00 Introduction: Microplastic as ecotoxicological bioindicator
12:00-14:00 Lunch brake
14:00-16:00 Methods for sampling and analyses of microplastics in marine vertebrates
16:00-17:00 Discussion 

Thursday, September 15^th 2022

9:00-12:00 Practical in methods for sampling and analyses of microplastics in marine vertebrates (Part I)
12:00-14:00 Lunch brake
14:00-17:00 Practical in methods for sampling and analyses of microplastics in marine vertebrates (Part II)