Opportunities for Collaborative Studies

Benefits of Collaborative Research

Research funds can be more efficiently used

Large data base of herbicide analysis

Reproducible, comparable data from many environments

Good analytical information

Examples of Ongoing Collaborative Studies

Technical University of Munich Freising, Germany

National Water-Quality Assessment National Pesticide Synthesis

State of Kansas

Texas Technical University, Lubbock, Texas

CID-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

Ideas and Opportunities

New ELISA methods and antibody development

Quantification of insecticides in surface and ground water

Passive-sampling devices

Bioconcentration of organics using passive sampling devices

Toxicity screening for imports due to herbicides and insecticides

Online sensors development and field testing

For further information, contact: juliec@usgs.gov