About
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I am Jaffer Yousuf, hailing from Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas Kashmir, India, where I spent my formative years near streams. Witnessing the rapid degradation of water bodies led me to study aquatic fauna and flora during my four years of undergraduate studies. During my master's, I focused on assessing microplastic pollution along the west coast of India and its impact on marine life. Later, I studied environmental law and policy for a year to better understand green law issues poignant worldwide, particularly in the Indian context. I was accepted as a PhD student in Prof Hans Peter Grossart`s lab. at IGB, Berlin, to explore the ecological impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics pollution in aquatic environments.
More than two years have passed since I started the PhD and it has been truly inspiring. I have conducted experiments seeking answers on how the presence of microplastic particles in water bodies can be detrimental to the microbial ecosystem. We found that microplastics act as a hot spot for antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) transfer. These genes confer resistance to pathogenic bacteria against antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance is already a worldwide menace that seems to be accelerated by microplastics in the environment. There is much more to know about this direction!!!
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April 2024
