Project Description
An environmental microbiome is defined as the population of microorganisms that inhabit a specific environment. Recent research has highlighted how low microbiome diversity and exposure are correlated to increases in public health effects, such as asthma, allergies, obesity, cancer, depression, and the transmission of potential pathogens. Our team is developing a prototype methodology for co-evaluating spatiotemporal environmental conditions and microbial metrics to observe the dynamics of airborne microbial colonials within an urban microclimate of New York City.
Coloring Book Zine
As an interdisciplinary lab, our work on the environmental microbiome engages the public through traditional academic and non-traditional artistic and design-based means. One form of media we find constructive for this is through the use of coloring books that explain the urban aerobione. The coloring book is free to download through this link.
| Title | Type | Venue | Date | People | Topics | Projects | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ExhibitLLI | Governor’s Island, New York, NY | September 22, 2024 | |||||
Conference PresentationNYU seminar | NYU Urban Research Day, New York, NY | March 6, 2024 | |||||
Award | NYU Urban | September 1, 2023 → May 31, 2024 | |||||
Conference Presentation | 52nd International Conference on Urban Affairs, New York, NY | April 25, 2024 | Diedre Brown Progga Nabiha Bhuiyan Harry Trethowan Tori Coleman Elizabeth Hénaff | Holobiont Interactions, Resilient Cities | |||
Conference Presentation | Standards for Microbiome and Multi'Omics Measurements, National Institute for Standards in Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO | 2022-08-22 | |||||
Conference Presentation | 8th Annual Urban Soils Symposium – Metabolism of Cities ,The Arts Center at Governor’s Island | December 12, 2023 | Diedre Brown Harry Trethowan Progga Nabiha Bhuiyan Tori Coleman |
