Shizhen’s application for this year’s NSFC general grant has been successful. She secured a new NSFC project on Assessing the organic molecular markers for tire-wear particles in the atmosphere (大气中轮胎磨损颗粒物（TWPs）及其有机分子标志物研究，42473070，2025.01 – 2028.12，经费52万元). Congratulations!
From August 3 to 8, Wang Weiru visited the University of Malaya per invitation by Dr. Bong Chui Wei（黄翠薇）. This mobility is an element of the Research Project of the Alliance of International Scientific Organization (ANSO) – Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Air Toxicants (MORATOXA). The main goal of the visit was to promote substantial cooperation between the two sides, as well as to bring the air samples, dust samples and hair samples back to Guangzhou the base of the ANSO project. Dr. Bong and her students fully supported Weiru in the collection of the hair samples. They also demonstrated the high quality atmospheric sampling and preservation in Kuala Lumpur which are dedicated to MORATOXA. At last, a total of 21 air samples (including one field blank), 36 hair samples and 35 house dust samples were retrieved and brought back. The samples are well stored in the fridge now.
(The first row, from left to right: Dr. Bong, 育莜，Weiru；The second row, from left to right: Walter, Yvaine, Boyu)
Arab Trade Routes exhibited in Muzium Negara
(‘Negara’ is a Malaysian word with the meaning of nation)
The lab work
During the visit, Weiru was also entertained by Dr. Bong’s students to taste the local food, learn about the local languages and visit the zoo.
It was an efficient and enjoyable visit. We all look forward to further progress on this project soon!
Nigar’s paper entitled ‘Screening Legacy and Emerging Organic Pollutants in the Contaminated Soil of Dhaka, Bangladesh ‘ has been accepted for publication in Emerging Contaminants; and another paper ‘Occurrence and fate of current-use pesticides in Chinese forest soils‘ has also been accepted for publication, in Environmental Research. Congratulations to Nigar and Shizhen!
