Programme

Thursday 8th June 2017

09:00 - 10:00

Registration

10:15 - 10:20

Welcome & Introduction

Ian Colbeck – University of Essex

Session 1: Atmospheric

Chairperson: Ian Colbeck – University of Essex

10:20 - 11:05

Plenary Lecture

Not bugging the neighbours: building an evidence-based regulatory framework for industrial bioaerosol management

Rob Kinnersley – Environment Agency

11:05 - 11:20

Probing the fundamentals of bioaerosol longevity as a function of atmospheric and particle compositions through using a next generation electrodynamic balance

Allen Haddrell – University of Bristol

11:20 - 11:35

A simple model to predict bioaerosol dispersion in transport hubs

Ian Hall – Public Health England

11:35 - 11:50

What is the contribution of bioaerosols to the atmospheric burden of cloud ice nucleating particles?

Daniel O’Sullivan – University of Leeds

11:50 – 12:05

Use of real-time detection of airborne biological particles in Antarctica to investigate local and long range dispersion sources

Ian Crawford – University of Manchester

12:05 - 12:20

Advances in bioaerosols emissions characterization from green waste composting

Zaheer Ahmad Nasir – Cranfield University

12:20 – 12:35

Size fractionation of endotoxin from organic waste

Catherine Rolph –  Open University

12:35 – 12:50

Machine learning algorithms for classification of biological aerosol using the WIBS

Simon Ruske – University of Manchester

12:50 - 13:50

Lunch

Exhibitor exhibition

Networking opportunities

Session 2: Health & NGS

Chairperson: Sean Tyrrel – Cranfield University

13:50 - 14:05

Development of a novel co-culture model of alveolar macrophage and alveolar epithelial cells to investigate immune responses to lipopolysaccharide

Shagun Khera –  Plymouth University

14:05 - 14:20

The use of next generation sequencing to study the environmental mycobiome and its potential health effects

Emma Marczylo – Health Protection Agency

14:20 - 14:35

Novel insights into the size distribution of bacterial bioaerosols at composting sites

Robert Ferguson – University of Essex

14:35 - 14:50

Combining chemical and molecular markers for monitoring bioaerosols from outdoor environments

Sonia Garcia Alcega – Cranfield University

14:50 - 15:05

Investigating the fluid dynamics of aerosolisation and the effects on biological organisms

Sarah Windiate – DSTL

15:05 - 15:30

Refreshments, exhibitor exhibition & networking.

Session 3: Environmental exposure

Chairperson: Janine Jordan – DSTL

15:30 - 15:45

Field sampling and laboratory studies of airborne norovirus

Malin Alsved – Lund Universityl

15:45 - 16:00

Characterization and fate of viral bioaerosols on filters of air handling units

Victor Bandaly – IMT Atlantique

16:00 - 16:15

Inactivation of MS2 phage aerosols by non-thermal plasma exposure

Herek L Clack – University of Michigan

16:15 - 16:30

Testing bioaerosol removal using pilot-scale biofilters at a material recovery facility

Ikpe Ibanga – University of Leeds

16:30 - 16:45

Legionella and non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in UK domestic showers. An aerosol risk?

Allan Bennett – Public Health England

16:45 - 16:55

Awards presentations:

  • Outstanding Junior Researcher awards sponsored by Atmosphere

 

 

Final remarks and meeting close.

Aerosol Society members and Focus Meeting 10 delegates will be able to view the programme abstracts from the 9th June 2017.