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1. Bayreuth Microplastics Symposium

02. – 04.03.2020, H24, RWI, University of Bayreuth and Iwalewahaus, Wölfelstraße 2, Bayreuth

Programme

Monday 02.03.2020
Opening & Get Together


16:00

Opening Note
Prof. Stefan Leible, President University of Bayreuth

16:10

Welcome Note
Prof. Christian Laforsch, Speaker SFB1357 Microplastics, University of Bayreuth

16:20

Keynote
Prof. Dr.  Richard Thompson, Plymouth University, UK

17:30

Get Together with Fingerfood and Drinks, Foyer RW I


Tuesday 03.03.2020          


9:00           

Welcome and Introduction to the Collaborative Research Centre on Microplastics (SFB1357)
Christian Laforsch, Speaker SFB1357 Microplastics, University of Bayreuth

Introduction Stefan Krause: Sven Frei

9:15

River corridors as global hotspots of microplastic pollution
Stefan Krause, Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Introduction Thorsten Hüffer: Martin Obst

9:45

Interactions of microplastics with organic compounds in the environment - influence of particle aging on sorption and desorption
Thorsten Hüffer, Environmental Geosciences, Universität Wien,Austria

10:30

Coffee & Tea, Foyer RWI

11:00

A – Projects: Biological effects
Heike Feldhaar, Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth

11:15

B – Projects: Environmental behavior and migration in and between ecosystems
Stefan Peiffer, Hydrology, University of Bayreuth

11:30

C – Projects: Mechanisms of degradation of plastics in natural and technical systems
Seema Agarwal, Macromolecular Chemistry II, University of Bayreuth

12:00

Lunch Foyer RWI

13:00

Introduction Bruno de Wilde: Seema Agarwal

Biodegradation: one principle, many nuances
Bruno de Wilde, OWS, Gent, Belgium

13:30    

Introduction Michael Sander: Stefan Peiffer

Biodegradable polymers: What I think they are and what I think we shouldn’t think they are!
Michael Sander, Environmental Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

14:00

Introduction Wendel Wohlleben: Andreas Greiner

Characterization of Colloidal Systems
Wendel Wohlleben, Senior Principal Scientist, BASF, Germany
14:45

Coffee & Tea

15:15  

Introduction Dietmar Schlosser: Marcus Horn

Microbial degradation of conventional plastics: opportunities, limitations and a fungal perspective
Dietmar Schlosser, Environmental Mycology, UFZ Leipzig, Germany

15:45 

Introduction Ulf Stein: Christian Laforsch

The BMBF Research Focus "Plastic in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions”
Ulf Stein, Institute of Ecology, Berlin, Germany

16:00Closing and Lab Tour at the Collaborative Research Centre Microplastics SFB1357
19:00             

Dinner, Restaurant Sudpfanne, Bayreuth                                                               


Wednesday 04.03.2020


8:00 - 13:00

Art meets Science…from Plastic to Microplastic

  • Art Exhibition and Art Workshop with the southafrican artist Mbongeni Buthelezi
  • SFB Microplastics Science Rallye in cooperation with the team of Prof. Marco Beeken, University of Osnabrück

Iwalewahaus, Wölfelstraße 2, Bayreuth

18:00

Bayreuther Stadtgespräch (Public Talk in German)

"Das Kunststoffzeitalter: Unsachliche Berichterstattungen zum Thema Mikroplastik verunsichern Verbraucher. Was Forscher wirklich (nicht) wissen und zukunftsweisende Lösungsansätze"

  • Prof. Dr. Christian Laforsch
  • Mbongeni Buthelezi, Artist, South Africa

Iwalewahaus, Wölfelstraße 2, Bayreuth

19:30

Kunstauktion / Art auction, Iwalewahaus

Three associations and one project! Bayreuth artists donate their artworks to support an organized childcare for international visiting guest scientists. This event will take place after the SFB 1357 Microplastic events and is organized by Wir helfen in Bayreuth, Internationaler Club der Universität and Kunstverein.


You find more detailed information about our speakers and the different venues in Bayreuth in our programme (PDF).

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