Aerobiology 2005 - University of Tulsa



Aerobiology 2005

Conference Schedule

Thursday, 2 June 2005

Oliphant Hall

7:45 am-8:30 – WORKSHOP REGISTRATION and Continental Breakfast – Oliphant Hall – 2nd Floor

8:30 am - 12:00pm: Myxomycete Workshop – Oliphant Hall Room 207 – Steve Stephenson, University of Arkansas – presenter – Workshop fee $25

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Digital Photography Workshop – Oliphant Hall Room 207 – John Shane, Environmental Microbiology Labs – presenter – Workshop fee - $20

4:00 – 9:00pm - CONFERENCE REGISTRATION – Allen Chapman Activities Center – 2nd floor

6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. OPENING RECEPTION – Allen Chapman Activities Center – President’s Lounge

Friday, 3 June 2005

Allen Chapman Activity Center

2nd Floor Great Hall

7:45 -8:30am Continental Breakfast – Great Hall B

8:30 Welcoming remarks – Great Hall A

9:00am SESSION 1 – KEYNOTE SYMPOSIUM: Molecular and Immunodiagnostics Methods of Fungal Detection – Great Hall A

9:00 1.1 The Potentials and Limitations of Monoclonal Antibody-Based Detection Techniques for Fungi - Detlef Schmechel, PhD, CDC, NIOSH

9:50: COFFEE BREAK – Great Hall B

10:10 1.2 Quantitative PCR for the Detection of Fungal Contaminants – Patricia Cruz, PhD, University of Nevada Las Vegas

11:00am – SESSION 2 – Indoor Air Abstract Paper Session - Great Hall A

11:00 2.1 Visible fungal infestation and airborne fungi – a case study – De-Wei-Li, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

11:20 2.2 Mold profile in hurricane damaged residential properties – R. Otero, 1 A.

Chamorro, 2 I. Hurtado. 1, 3, 4 RAMS Environmental Laboratory, Inc., 1 and Ambient Environmental, Inc.,2 Miami, Fl., IVIC, 3 Caracas, Venezuela, and University of New Mexico, 4 Albuquerque, NM

11:40 2.3 Spores in typical homes – Charles Barnes, Frank Hu, Kara Wagner,

Linda Johnson, Kevin Kennedy, and Jay Portnoy, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

12:00pm – 1:30 pm LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30pm – SESSION 3: Indoor Air Abstract Paper Session - Great Hall A

1:30 3.1 Differences between ground level and rooftop airborne fungal populations and their implication for indoor air quality investigations – Leslie Ungers, Ungers & Associates, Cincinnati

1:50 3.2 Controlling fungal contamination on building materials using tea tree oil –

Christin Townsend and Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa

2:10 3.3 TBA

2:30pm SESSION 4 PLENARY SESSION

4.1 What Constitutes an Effective Air Cleaner, Richard Shaughnessy,

University of Tulsa

3:30pm COFFEE BREAK

3:30 – 5:00 pm PAAA Committees and Working Groups

Saturday 4 June 2005

Allen Chapman Activity Center

2nd Floor - Great Hall

7:45 – 8:30am Continental Breakfast – Great Hall B

8:30am SESSION 5 Panel Discussion: Soybean Rust, moderator Stuart Gage, Michigan State University

1. Spatial and temporal dimensions of the soybean rust incursion into North America. A. Ariatti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and S.A. Isard, Penn State University

5. 2 North American Plant Disease Forecasting Center, Thomas Keever, North Carolina State University, USA

5.3 Monitoring and forecasting the soybean rust in the U.S for the 2005 growing season – S.A. Isard, Penn State University and A. Ariatti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

10:00am COFFEE BREAK

10:20am SESSION 6 General Aerobiology Abstract Paper Session

10:20 6.1 Effect of climate change on tree and grass airborne pollen dynamic in

Southern Spain – E. Leon, H Garcia-Mozo, P. Alcazar, and C. Galan, University of Cordoba, Spain

10:40 6.2 Bioclimatology of grasses pollination optimum – B. Escamilla-Garcia

and P. Comtois, University of Montreal, Canada

11:00 6.3 Airborne pollen concentration in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 2004-2005 – Burcu

Bursali, Hacettepe University, Turkey

11:20 6.4 Modeling air-mediated pollen dispersal and assessing the risk of gene

flow – A. Kuparinen, University of Helsinki, Finland

11: 40 6.5 Pollenpro: a general pollen forecasting system – K. Johnson, A. Lyle, B.

Waters, S. East, R. Gamble, Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa, USA

12:00–2:00pm PAAA Business Meeting and Lunch – Lunch provided – Great Hall A

2:00pm SESSION 7 Medicine and Health Abstract Paper Session – Chouteau Room

2:00 7.1 Fungal biodiversity in the sinunasal cavity – W. Buzina, H. Braun, H.

Stammberger, D. Haas and E. Marth, Medical University Graz, Austria

2:20 7.2 Preliminary analysis of outdoor allergen exposure and asthma

exacerbations – Christine Rogers, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

2:40 7.3 Indoor and outdoor aeroalgae – Role as allergens: Aerobiological

perspective – K. S. Ramchander Rao, St Martin’s Engineering College, India

3:00 7.4 TBA

3:20pm COFFEE BREAK - Great Hall B

3:40pm SESSION 8 Poster Session – Gallery Room

8.1 Preliminary survey of airborne pollen and mold spores in central Minnesota – M.A. Zenzen, B.M. Hoffmann and S.G. Saupe. College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, USA

. 8.2 Exposure of employees of waste water treatment plants to bioaerosols –

M. Unteregger1, D. Haas1, I. Wendelin1, M. Panholzer2, E. Marth1, F.F. Reinthaler1 1 Institute of Hygiene, Medical University Graz, 2 Sewage Authority, City of Graz, Austria

8.3 Molds in indoor air of Austrian households. D. Haas1, J. Habib1, I. Wendelin1, W. Buzina1, M. Unteregger1, R. Schlacher2, E. Marth1, F.F. Reinthaler1, 1Medical University Graz, 2 Department of Environmental Hygiene Styria, Austria

8.4 Comparison of airborne spore levels from three sites in the Tulsa area – Abeer Khattab and Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa, USA

8.5 Aerobiology and morphology of myxomycete spores – Shernell Surratt and Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa, USA

8.6 TBA – Mary Larsen-Purvis and Estelle Levetin

4:30pm SESSION 9 Chouteau Room

Future of PAAA – Discussion Leader – Ines Hurtado, RAMS Environmental Laboratory, Inc., Miami, Fl.; IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela: and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

7:00pm – 10:30pm CONFERENCE BANQUET – Great Hall A

Sunday 5 June 2005

Allen Chapman Activity Center

2nd Floor

7:45 – 8:30am Continental Breakfast – Great Hall B

8:30am SESSION 10 – Hands-on Demonstration – Chouteau Room

1. Cleaning the Burkard Personal Sampler – Dan Friedman, American Home Services Co.

9:15am SESSION 11 – Panel Discussion: Identification Tools in Aerobiology, moderator Ines Hurtado, RAMS Environmental Laboratory, Inc., Miami, Fl.; IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela: and University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

10:15am COFFEE BREAK – Great Hall B

10:30am SESSION 12 – General Aerobiology Abstract Paper Session – Great Hall A

10:30 12.1 Isolation of fungal spores in stream waters: Comparisons of methods and

relationship with airborne assemblages. J. Hobeila, B. Escamilla-Garcia, P. Comtois, F. Courchesne, and A.G. Roy, University of Montreal, Canada

10:50 12.2 Effects of meteorological factors on the levels of Alternaria and

Cladosporium spores in the atmosphere of Ankara, 2004-2005 – C. Dogan, Burcu Bursali, Hacettepe University, Turkey

11:10 12.3 A Comparison of counting methods for hourly airborne spore

concentrations – Lora Lindley1 and Estelle Levetin2, 1University of Arkansas, 2University of Tulsa, USA

11:30 12.4 Pan American Aerobiology Certification Board – Christine Rogers and

Mike Muilenberg,Harvard School of Public Heath, USA

12:00pm LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:45pm SESSION 13 – Unknown Workshop, Location TBA

Monday 6 June 2005

Oliphant Hall Room 207

8:00am Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 5:00pm: Spore Camp – John Haines and Payam Fallah Spore Camp Leaders fee $100 – Box Lunch Provided

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