British Aerobiology Federation Scientific Meeting

November 18^th 2009 at the Rothamsted Research, Harpenden

Airborne Pollen and Spores (Dispersal and Health)

10.30 Tea and Coffee

11.00 Introduction: P J A Burt

11.10 Brian Flannigan (Scottish Centre for Pollen Studies, Edinburgh Napier University): Being at home with fungi: progress in understanding the impact of fungi in indoor environments on health

11.30 Jonathon Taylor (University College London): GIS, Building Simulation and Microbes in Flood Impact Studies

11.50 Abbie Fairs (University of Leicester): Characterisation of baseline levels of indoor airborne fungal spores

12.10 Eric Caulton (Scottish Centre for Pollen Studies, Edinburgh Napier University): Monitoring the airborne spora of Alternaria in a rural site in southeast Scotland during 2008 and 2009.

12.30 Malgorzata Jedryczka (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan): Real-time pathogen inoculum monitoring: a high potential of aerobiology for plant protection

12.50 Lunch and poster viewing

13.45 Matt Smith (National Pollen and Aerobiology Research Unit, University of Worcester):   Bad smell heralds the arrival of birch pollen to North London by long-range transport

14.05 Lukasz Grewling (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland): Predicting the severity of Platanus pollen season in Poznan

14.25 Joanna Kaczmarek (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan): Visual and qPCR detection of Leptosphaeria and Pyrenopeziza ascospores in air samples from Poland

14.45 Cat Pashley (University of Leicester): Molecular characterisation of fungal spores in outdoor air

15:05 Jon West (Rothamsted Research): Recent developments at Rothamsted for monitoring plant pathogen spores in air.

15.25 Concluding remarks: P J A Burt

15:30 Tea/coffee discussions and poster viewing

16.00 Meeting closes

 

Fees and registration:

If booked before 12^th October the cost for the meeting will be £20.00 for BAF members (£15.00 for Honorary members), £10.00 for students and £30:00 for those not in these categories: this will include morning and afternoon tea/coffee, and lunch.

An additional £5.00 per category will apply for bookings received between 13^th October and 6^th November.

Registration for the meeting will close on 7^th November.