Biological availability of traffic-related platinum-group elements (palladium, platinum, and rhodium) and other metals to the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) in water containing road dust

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2713-2718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Zimmermann ◽  
Friedrich Alt ◽  
Jürgen Messerschmidt ◽  
Alex von Bohlen ◽  
Horst Taraschewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zebra Mussel ◽  
Dreissena Polymorpha ◽  
Road Dust ◽  
Platinum Group Elements ◽  
Biological Availability ◽  
Platinum Group ◽  
Palladium Platinum

Platinum group elements in urban road dust

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 938 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Okorie ◽  
J. Enwistle ◽  
J. R. Dean
Keyword(s):  
Road Dust ◽  
Platinum Group Elements ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
Platinum Group

Platinum group elements in urban road dust

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 938 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Okorie ◽  
J. Enwistle ◽  
J. R. Dean
Keyword(s):  
Road Dust ◽  
Platinum Group Elements ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
Platinum Group

An assessment of the inhalation bioaccessibility of platinum group elements in road dust using a simulated lung fluid

2018 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 1009-1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare L.S. Wiseman ◽  
Jianjun Niu ◽  
Christine Levesque ◽  
Marc Chénier ◽  
Pat E. Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Road Dust ◽  
Platinum Group Elements ◽  
Lung Fluid ◽  
Platinum Group ◽  
Simulated Lung Fluid

Vertical Alignment of Educational Opportunities for STEM Learners: Evaluating the Effects of Road Dust on Biological Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 710-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason A. Rosenzweig ◽  
Daniel Vrinceanu ◽  
Hyun-Min Hwang ◽  
Shishir Shishodia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Road Dust ◽  
Platinum Group Elements ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Literature Mining ◽  
School Students ◽  
Platinum Group ◽  
The Impact

In efforts to develop a unique pedagogy for underrepresented high school and undergraduate students, we developed a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of vertically integrating STEM research education from high school students through Ph.D. candidates. The interdisciplinary research project's overarching goal is to assess the impact of environmental pollutants (specifically, platinum group elements found in road dust) on eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and develop computational models to predict the outcomes of exposure. Ultimately, the project involves elements of fate and transport of platinum group elements in soil, water, and air and their impacts on environmental microbiology, eukaryotic cell signaling, and environmental computational modeling. Our vertically integrated and aligned mentorship model paired high school students with undergraduates, M.S. students, and Ph.D. students in various laboratories. To complement their laboratory research exposure, students also attended professional development seminars on résumé preparation, literature mining/searching, preparation of manuscripts, presentation of data, and critical reading of peer-reviewed articles. Our pilot study was very successful in exposing future STEM workers (high school students and college undergraduates) to meaningful research experiences that they translated into seven poster and oral presentations, three review articles (in preparation), three journal articles, and improved attitudes toward STEM careers.

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