Join Indoor Air 2024’s Conference Countdown Challenge

(posting on behalf of Dr. Karen Dannemiller)   The Indoor Air 2024 conference from the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISAIQ) will take place in beautiful Honolulu, HI.  Have your research highlighted as part of Indoor Air 2024’s Conference Countdown Challenge!   Starting July 10th, 2023, submissions of images related to the conference themes …

#COVID19 Journal Club: “Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Riders in Eastern China”

Here’s an article about a superspreader event… which of course falls under the rubric of the microbiology of the built environment, because all these large transmission events happen indoors!  “Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Riders in Eastern China” describes… well like it says in the title.  Good evidence for airborne spread here, …

#COVID19 Journal Club “First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: A study in Louisiana, USA”

More wastewater surveillance coming out.  Not sure about the title on this one since there’s been a number of publications on wastewater detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the US but maybe this title was correct when they submitted this paper “First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: A study in Louisiana, USA“.  Pretty …

Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunity in Indoor Environmental Quality

We are excited to announce that we have an opportunity for a postdoctoral scholar in the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) research group at The Ohio State University.  The postdoctoral scholar will conduct research on allergens in homes of asthmatic children in collaboration with clinicians at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and an interdisciplinary research team.  Feel free …

Job Post: Senior Chemist – Healthy Home at Bissell Corporation

The Senior Chemist – Healthy Home is responsible for development of next-generation technologies for the creation and management of a healthy home environment and microbiome, leveraging BISSELL’s unique position as a developer of both cleaning devices and chemical/natural based formulations. They assist in building department and product strategies, as well as being a liaison to …

Journal Club: “Crewmember microbiome may influence microbial composition of ISS habitable surfaces”

(h/t to Mark Martin for posting about this on Twitter) A break from COVID-19… Microbes in Spaaaaaaaaaace.  (it never gets old).  This article entitled “Crewmember microbiome may influence microbial composition of ISS habitable surfaces” is a much needed addition to the literature on the ISS microbiome.  Work from our lab an others has examined the …

Registration open for the 2020 MoBE GRC!

Registration is now open for the 2020 Gordon Research Conference on Microbiology of the Built Environment, to be held June 7 – 12, 2020 at Proctor Academy, Andover, NH (USA). Conference schedule and registration information is available on the conference website (https://www.grc.org/microbiology-of-the-built-environment-conference/2020/) with updates through the conference twitter handle (@MoBEGRC). We also have funds to …

Highly resistant “superbug” Candida auris shed in skin from infected patients 

The bug, called Candida auris, is highly resistant to many existing antifungal drugs. It’s also resistant to regular cleaning methods. Source: Patients with feared superbug shed large amounts of it from their skin Well – this is not fun.  An article in STAT reports on a presentation at the ASM 2019 meeting regarding Candida auris …