Conference Agenda

Session
WG5: Biological aerosols
Time:
Thursday, 04/Sept/2025:
11:30am - 12:30pm

Session Chair: Julia Burkart
Session Chair: Gozde Isik
Location: Room Raffaello


Presentations
11:30am - 11:45am
TH2-4: 1

Relating Respiratory Aerosol Emission Rates, the Exhaled Carbon Dioxide Flux and the Airborne Survival of Pathogens to Assess Transmission Risk in Indoor Environments

Jonathan P. Reid1, Bryan Bzdek1, Allen Haddrell1, Nan Zhou1, Andrew Shrimpton2, Tony Pickering2, Andrew Davidson3, Darryl Hill3, Adam Finn3, tristan Cogan4, Jamie Mann4

1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK; 2School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of Bristol, UK; 3School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; 4Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol, UK



11:45am - 12:00pm
TH2-4: 2

Evaluating Collection Efficiency of a Membrane-based Sampler for Environmental DNA and Bacillus globigii Spores

Gozde Isik1, Loic Coudron1, Ian Johnston1, Richard Kaye1, Chris Stopford1, Christabel Tan1, Shan Goh2, Lanka Weeasiri1, Nikolay Dimov1

1Wolfson Centre for Bio detection Instrumentation Research (WCBIR), School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire; 2School of Life and Medical Science, University of Hertfordshire



12:00pm - 12:15pm
TH2-4: 3

Aerosolization triggers de novo synthesis of ice nucleating proteins in the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

Corina Wieber1,2,3, María Palomeque Sánchez1, Sigurd Christiansen4, Meilee Ling5, Augusta Kjelstrup Isaksen1, Merete Bilde2,3,6,7, Thomas Boesen7,8,9,10, Bernadette Rosati3,11, Kai Finster1,2,6, Tina Šantl-Temkiv1,2,6,12

1Department of Biology, Section for Microbiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 2iCLIMATE, Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change, Aarhus University, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark; 3Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 4Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, 100, Faroe Islands; 5FMC Corporation, Hørsholm, 2970, Denmark; 6Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 7iNANO, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 8Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Protein Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 9Department of Biology, Center for Electromicrobiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 10DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark; 11University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, 1180, Austria; 12Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark



12:15pm - 12:30pm
TH2-4: 4

Characterization of Bioaerosols Using Mass Spectrometric Techniques

Rawan Ajaj, Yufang Hao, Abdul Aziz Kurdieh, Claudia Mohr, André Prévôt, Kaspar Rudolf Daellenbach, Lubna Dada

Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland