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SYLVA, A SYstem for reaL-time obserVation of Aeroallergens
SYLVA (A SYstem for reaL-time obserVation of Aeroallergens) started at the first of januari 2023 and will run until december 2026. It builds upon the experience from the AUTOPOLLEN project (2018-2022). A few questions for Mikhail Sovief, coördinator of SYLVA: For allergy, it is well known that reactions are much faster than one day. Peaks, […]
Anthropogenic climate change is worsening North American pollen seasons
One of the most quoted papers about pollen and climatechange is written by William Anderegg, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah in Salt Lake City. . “Anthropogenic climate change is worsening North American pollen seasons” . The impact of climate-change for hayfever-patiënts is a very interesting topic. A few questions about his research. 1.What […]
Airborn pollen related to Corona infection
Recently a paper was published about the correlation between airborne pollen and infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This research was done by Thanos Damialis, airobiologist and researcher at Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg, Bayern in Germany. A few questions to learn more about this research project. . Higher […]
Characterization of atmospheric pollen fragments during springtime thunderstorms
Thunderstorm asthma is a very interesting topic. What happens to pollen and pollen particles during such a storm? How do you measure this? Some questions about this research done by Betsy Stone and her team from Iowa University. 1.What’s your job at University of Iowa ? I am an associate professor in the Departments of […]
Deep learning for pollen allergy surveillance from twitter in Australia
Australian researchers looked into the possibilities of using tweets to map hayfevercomplains using deep learning technology. “Deep learning for pollen allergy surveillance from twitter in Australia“ A few questions about this project to the authors of the article from the Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities, Victoria University, Melbourne. 1. What was the goal […]