Establishing infrastructure to quantify spore concentrations in the European air using molecular methods
Name of applicant
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth
Title
Professor
Institution
Aarhus University
Amount
DKK 429,470
Year
2023
Type of grant
Research Infrastructure
Summary
To collect daily air samples in all of 2024 at 25 different European locations and analyse them with molecular methods using a the molecular technique: digital droplet PCR. This will reveal the abundance and variation of key spores in Europe: Those known to cause allergic symptoms. A new model, with predictive skill, will be developed for application in research and forecasting environments.