Former visiting scholar Leilei Zhang published the first paper from the research she conducted as an intern in the Hoagland Lab investigating how nanoplastic contamination in soils can influence plant-soil-microbial feedbacks. Results of this study will help scientists develop solutions to this growing problem.
“The combination of hyperspectral imaging, untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics highlights a coordinated stress-related biochemical reprograming triggered by polyethylene nanoparticles in lettuce.” Science of the Total Environment: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969725002384.