At the AAAS Meeting in Vancouver in February there was a session focusing on “The Earth Microbiome Project” and related topics. The session was organized by Jack Gilbert and had a series of talks that may be of interest to those concerned about the microbiology of the built environment. I gave a talk in the …
An excellent workshop summary came out today entitled “Challenges in Microbial Sampling in Indoor Environments”. Download the PDF here This workshop was held Feb 14-15 2011 and was a collaboration between the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), and Yale University. The purpose of the Challenges in Microbial Sampling …
UPDATED AGAIN: For those funded by the Sloan Foundation Program in Microbiology of the Built Environment there will be a workshop for all grantees in Boulder May 31 and June 1. Apologies for the earlier incorrect posting with dates of May 24-25. The perils of blogging while hosting a meeting … I posted before the dates …
In preparation for the New Year, we’ve updated our “Upcoming Events” page and calendar to include conferences/workshops etc. that we hope will be of interest. We’ve tried to include both microbiology and building sciences, but mainly places where they overlap. https://www.microbe.net/upcoming-events/ Please feel free to send us any additional suggestions!
Just became aware of a conference that may be of interest to those who care about microbiology of the built environment: The Second International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE). From their website: Energy and environment concerns have been ranked among the top problems facing society for the next 50 years, of which buildings …
For those interested in microbiology of the built environment you might want to consider going to Healthy Buildings 2012 July 8 – 12, 2012 in Brisbane. There will be a few sessions there with a microbial focus including, for example, “Infection spread: will breathing kill you?”
Great TED talk yesterday by Jessica Green who is one of the folks in charge of the BioBE Center, another project funded by the Sloan Foundation Indoor Air Program. Here she talks about the relationship between outdoor air and mechanically vented air in hospitals.
In response to our request for people to upload their presentations from Indoor Air 2011 we’ve received several presentations. These can be found here. If you were a speaker at Indoor Air 2011 and have already uploaded your presentation to Slideshare, please let us know and we’ll add you to the page.
Just got this from Rich Corsi, the organizer of Indoor Air 2011. Rosie Flores performing at Indoor Air party. http://www.youtube.com/v/KQvioz3VENE?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
Here are some quick notes from my trip to Austin Texas for the Indoor Air 2011 meeting. About the meeting: I got involved in helping organize a session at this conference as part of my microBEnet project. More on the planning and the meeting later but here are some quick notes just to get them …