Konkuk University's (KU) research team led by Prof. Youn-Joo An (corresponding author), Dept. of Environmental Health Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, presented research results which visually confirmed through bioimaging the three-level trophic transfer of fluorescent quantum dots (QDs).
(Photo: Prof. Youn-Joo An (left) and Dr. Woo-Mi Lee (right))
The research was implemented by Dr. Woo-Mi Lee (first author) and funded as part of the project for fostering next-generation researchers promoted by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea. The outcomes were published online in Nanotoxicology (Aug. 14, 2014), an international journal in the toxicology field, titled "Evidence of three-level trophic transfer of quantum dots in an aquatic food chain by using bioimaging."
Posted by Eun Jin Cho