The projects MARMICROTOX and RealRiskNano have a major science outreach components. The aims are to enhance easy access to science targeting especially the academic community, the general public and school pupils. Some of the most prominent activities so far are:

 Meetings/Conferences

• Catarino AI, Investigating the effects of micro and nanoplastics in marine organisms, Seminar at Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, New Southern University, Florida, USA, 7 January 2016: ww.facebook.com/HCNSO/posts/1079258248751886 (invited speaker)
• “MARMICROTOX project: Effects of microplastics in marine organisms and use of mussels to assess their presence in the Scottish coast” (digital poster), MASTS Annual Science Meeting: MAKING WAVES, 3-5 September 2014, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK, http://www.masts.ac.uk/annual-science-meeting
• “Environmental impacts of microplatstics: an issue of local, regional and global concern”, co-chair of Microplastics session, SETAC North America 35th Annual Meeting, 9-13 November 2014, Vancouver, Canada, http://vancouver.setac.org
• “Distribution and Effects of Microplastics in Aquatic Organisms” (poster), SETAC North America 35th Annual Meeting, 9-13 November 2014, Vancouver, Canada, http://vancouver.setac.org
• SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting (poster), 3-7 May 2015, Barcelona, Spain, http://barcelona.setac.eu/?contentid=767
• SETAC Latin America 2015 Meeting (co-chairing Microplastics session and poster presentation), 7-10 September 2015, http://sla2015.setac.org/

Public Engagement/outreach

• Raising the Flag for Ethnic Diversity in STEM Sciences (18/03/2017). Event organised by Dr Ana Catarino under the umbrella of Native Scientist [LINK: https://www.nativescientist.com]: https://media.wix.com/ugd/6c3fe4_6f46ef84fb8944868b317c471ebf085d.pdf* Retweet by NERC: https://twitter.com/NativeScientis1/status/843387089265872897* Tweet liked by NERC: https://twitter.com/NativeScientis1/status/843216453885186049
  

  Native Scientist on Twitter twitter.com “Pictures from today’s #Polish and #Arabic sessions are up on facebook. Shout out to @Zebrazuli and @GeomechSteph for organising @LeithLabs”

  * Event mentioned in the press, The National (Scottish newspaper): http://www.thenational.scot/news/15167173.Thousands_set_to_join_Edinburgh_s_March_for_Science_in_solidarity_with_America/

• Collaboration with project partner Native Scientist (www.nativescientist.com), a non-profit enterprise promoting bilingualism and science within school children in the UK, France and Germany
  • Science outreach activity at Lusofonias, School of Portuguese of Edinburgh (October 2016), https://www.facebook.com/pg/nativescientist1/photos/?tab=album&album_id=858511884249470
  • Activity’s dissemination included various retweets such as from the ELSEVIER Foundation, https://twitter.com/ElsFoundation/status/788016595922722816
• Blogpost: Catarino AI, Five Tips on Developing an Effective Science Outreach Strategy, https://egispostdocforum.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/five-tips-on-developing-an-effective-science-outreach-strategy/
• Dr. Catarino is a volunteer as a role model at the European Commission campaign, Science: It’s a Girl Thing
• Presentation “Neither here nor there: the adventures of a marine biologist”, by Ana Catarino at Women in Science 2015, 23 March 2015, Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, UK
• Dr. Catarino contributes to the project Native Scientist, promoting bilingualism and science within school children (UK), as its ambassador in Scotland and as a Social Media Officer, http://www.nativescientist.com/about-us.html
• Dr. Catarino tweets @Zebrazuli