For balance, this has been my first really big year of grant submissions and I've had a bunch of unsuccessful ones so far! So it's nice to see some wins coming in 😊

Hi Yasin, I can't message you on here or find your email but I'm interested to learn more! Feel free to reach out at sophie.holland@monash.edu :)

- Standardisation and harmonisation of methods
- Inclusion of at least two methods to confirm microbial degradation, with consideration for the caveats and specific results from each
- More robust means of linking plastic degradation to biological activity, e.g. via isotopically labelled plastics

We strongly advocate for:
- Use of environmentally relevant polymers, microplastics, in situ incubations, and long-term incubations
- Detailed reporting on the size, concentration and physical properties of plastic, for meaningful comparison of results
- Controls, controls, controls! ...

Lots of other fun Antarctic-themed things happening all week for the Family Fiesta too!
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