Our new study suggests #microplastics can mechanically destabilize membranes of human red #blood #cells and stretch them out such that it may potentially affect their ability to transport #oxygen pnas.org/content/118…
Expertise in Microbiology and Biotechnology/Nanobiotechnology. Design, fabrication and operation of planar micro-devices, immobilization of bio-molecules and micro-organisms in micro/nano/environments, bacterial interactions with macro/micro/nano-structured surfaces.
Elena Ivanova Nanobiotechnology group at Swinburne is internationally recognised as one of the leading groups at investigating bacterial attachment on surfaces of micro- and nano restricted topographies.
