(NT14) Microbiology in the indoor environment
Wednesday 8 (PM) & Thursday 9 (AM) September 2010
Organizers: Geoff Robson — email geoff.robson@manchester.ac.uk & Cath Rees — email cath.rees@nottingham.ac.uk
Indoor environments provides microbes with a number of diverse ecological niches and substrates that can impact on human health as well as causing deterioration of materials within buildings. This symposium will focus on particular aspects of microbiology in indoor environments including fungal spores and asthma, bacteria flora in the home and in public buildings and the role of microbes in deterioration of materials.
For a printable Session Outline click here
Wednesday 8 September - NT14 |
Chair |
Mathew Upton |
14:00 |
Legionella pneumophila survival in aquatic environments
Louise Vanysacker
Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Environmental Microbiology Group, Leuven Belgium |
14:30 |
Sink drain biofilms; recalcitrance and antimicrobial resistance
Andrew McBain
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester |
15:00 |
Fungi and sick building syndrome
Brian Crook
Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton, UK |
15:30 |
Refreshments |
16:00 |
Buildings, wood and Serpula lacrymans
Sarah Watkinson
University of Oxford, UK |
16:30 |
Offered presentation
Development of a biofilm remover for dental water units
Xiaohui Sun, Peter Bacon & Phil Hill
University of Nottingham, UK |
16:45 |
Offered presentation
Measuring respiratory output of aerosolised Mycobacterium tuberculosis by mask sampling
Eddy Cheah & Mike Barer
University of Leicester, UK |
17:00 |
Drinks reception and poster viewing |
18:30 |
Public Event - Stopping the spread of superbugs
Business School South - Hall B52 |
Thursday 9 September - NT14 |
Chair |
Andrew McBain |
09:00 |
Liquids, lights and gasses - novel approaches to environmental decontamination
Mathew Upton
University of Manchester School of Medicine, UK |
09:30 |
Microbial communities associated with household dust
Helena Rintala
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland |
10:00 |
Fungi in museums, collections and libraries: biodeterioration of cultural heritage
Katja Sterflinger
University of Natural Resources and Applied Sciences Vienna, Austria |
10:30 |
Refreshments |
11:00 |
Fungal spores, allergy and asthma
Paul Bowyer
University of Manchester, UK |
11:30 |
Offered presentation
Molecular environmental microbiology of the intensive care unit environment
G. L. Kay , G. Mills, R. Townsend, T. J. Smith and K. N. Stanley
Sheffield Hallam University, UK |
11:45 |
Offered presentation
The ability of Salmonella enterica to form a biofilm on food contact surfaces
Corcoran, M, Morris, D, De Lappe, N, Ward, J, O'Connor, J., Doran, G. Cormican, M.
National University of Ireland, Ireland |
12:00 |
Lunch |
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