Dr. Garth Covernton 👨🏼‍🔬🔬👨🏼‍💻👨🏼‍🏫

Join me Jan. 16-17 for a free #workshop on #microplastics with experts from academia, government, and NGOs. I'll be speaking Day 1 on Human Health Methods, Monitoring and Exposure, and Considerations Register free here: eventbrite.ca/e/environment-…

@schuerc @sustainablesam_ @ChelseaRochman @lisaerdle @AliceXiaZhu What are you into? I won't be in town unfortunately but if you want to dm me maybe I can suggest some things! My recommendations are a bit neighbourhood specific being somewhat new to Toronto but I probably have some things.

Also, I have two days in Toronto beforehand, in case anyone has any top secret things to do/see/eat/experience there (never been). 🙏 @sustainablesam_ @ChelseaRochman @lisaerdle @GCovernton @AliceXiaZhu

How hard is it to do science in a language that’s not your first language? We quantified the severity of #languagebarriers for non-native English speakers when reading/publishing papers and attending/presenting at international conferences. doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/9

Earlier this week, Mira and @GCovernton from the @ChelseaRochman lab met up with the @ROMtoronto Summer Club to talk through #PlasticPollution, share a behind the scenes of research and discuss potential solutions. Such a fun day!! Thanks for having us!

Canada's science & innovation talent pipeline is a massive filter, removing those without external financial support. How many potential Nobel laureates have we excluded? How many who may have cured cancer? Pay emerging scientists a living wage @cafreeland. #SupportOurScience

I'm paid through a U of T fellowship , but @NSERC_CRSNG sets the standard. When I first moved to Toronto and lived on my own I was spending more than my income every month until I met my current partner and moved in with her. Canada needs to do better. #SupportOurScience

4 DAYS LEFT! 🚨 Will you join us Monday to #SupportOurScience! Awards for #GradStudents and #Postdocs have not increased in 20 YEARS, despite 50% inflation during this time! It's time to change that. ⏲️ Find out more info about the walkouts here: supportourscience.ca/nationwide-wal…

@robert_hechler Ooh nice one Rob!! 🎉

Very honoured to receive this award! Huge thank you to all of the students I had the pleasure of working with this year 😊

@katjakasimatis @uvabio Huge congrats Katja!!!

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be joining @uvabio as an Assistant Professor in January 2024! My lab will be studying the evolutionary genomics of sexual conflict using genetic engineering & experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis nematodes. More details to come! 🪱🧬🔬🧡💙

@AliceXiaZhu @MoorePlasticRes @Win_OpenData @CapnMoore 👌🏻

Lots of exciting things are happening at the @MoorePlasticRes Institute - automation of plastic pollution identification, monitoring of #microplastics in drinking water, and the establishment of new lab space! Thank you to @Win_OpenData and @CapnMoore for showing me around! 😁🔬

We are seeking instructors & co-instructors for field courses this summer. Come teach in a hands-on learning environment, with a fleet of boats, flow-through seawater system, helpful support staff, & access to diverse coastal habitats. Details here: bit.ly/3Zt7qPo

I'm going to instruct some students next week on giving a good 12 min science talk-they'll be presenting on studies they've done over the last 4 weeks. Any essentials I should hit?

Few months ago I was contacted by @Nature and asked if I would write a commentary on #circulareconomy and #plasticpollution . I obviously agreed to this honor and wrote about the UN #plastictreaty on plastic and the pitfall of focussing solely on recycling nature.com/articles/d4158…

@AliciaMateos_ @MicroPlastic101 Yes please.

@MicroPlastic101 Meanwhile I got invited to review proposals for an European grant and they offered €50/proposal

@Amanda_Manta I'm going to do this!!

5) have you got a method that we have not covered? Download our dataset and test it out! Super keen to hear if it works!

My absolute favourite project is published. 🥰 It all started with a tweet 2yrs ago and evolved into incredibly comprehensive testing of MP control data 🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.jhaz… #microplastics @masants_oceano @JordiNelis @taymot @aims_gov_au

@Amanda_Manta @masants_oceano @aims_gov_au Oh no worries, hard to get everything. The approach was different anyway as I did blank subtraction but building in the contamination uncertainty in the process. I want to validate this and maybe do some simulation and your paper is an inspiration for my future plans! Thank you!

@GCovernton @masants_oceano @aims_gov_au Ahh sorry we missed your paper! Would have been great to reference it

Blank correcting levels of #microplastics in environmental samples is not standardized in the literature. Check out our new paper assessing the best ways to do so! ⁦@Amanda_Manta⁩ ⁦@aims_gov_au⁩ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@BCarneyAlmroth @Imogennapper @darragh_d92 Nice one!! I'll need to dive in and give this a good read soon. I've been wondering lately about sorting out the effects of particle characteristics meta-analytically!

@wastefreephd Similar boat!

@JustineAmmendo1 so sad you're not here at #7IMDC in person but super happy I get to watch you present!!