Indoor/outdoor Bioaerosols Interface and Relationships Network - BioAirNet

2019年，英格兰公共卫生部估计，在英国，每年有28，000至36，000人死亡可归因于长期暴露于空气污染。然而，我们仍然不知道生物来源的颗粒物（BioPM）或生物气溶胶在这种健康负担中扮演什么角色，也不知道室内或室外连续体中暴露的确切影响。因此，我们还不知道如何控制BioPM。关于生物颗粒物质排放的物理-化学和生物特性如何在室内-室外连续体中受到影响，以及这些特性如何影响接触模式和由此产生的健康影响，也存在着重大的知识差距。迄今为止，缺乏进展的主要原因是科学学科和部门重点相互脱节，各自有自己的观点、术语和方法。同样，缺乏对剂量-反应关系的了解，以及人口在整个生命过程中以及在不同的室内和室外环境中对生物PM的社会心理、经济和身体脆弱性和易感性不断变化的情况，是估计健康惠益的主要障碍。因此，拟议的网络将解决量化和管理人类暴露于生物颗粒物和相关健康风险所需的跨学科挑战，这些挑战跨越了不同的室内到室外环境。该研究将与广泛的参与者合作，以实现社会影响，并建立交叉合作活动，沿着全面的“生物群落”评估和表征的路线图。整个项目计划开展互动活动，包括研讨会和在线讨论论坛。这些活动将为参与者提供一个独特的机会，在不同利益集团的竞争空间中围绕生物PM问题进行辩论。这将揭示新的思维方式和创新的解决方案，以政策和问题周围的生物PM，以及通知正在进行的重点网络。建立联系和传播活动包括一项年度社区活动，展示创建一个连贯的研究社区所需的学科，该社区可以从分子水平的功能到引入新方法和技术的社会影响一直探索该领域。各工作组（WG）将确定优先领域，并利用选定的参与者，以确保学科之间的知识交叉和转移，将其转化为利益相关者，政策制定者和其他社区行为者的实际产出。与其他网络的联合活动将对知识和专长的相互交流和双向转让发挥重要作用。跨主题研讨会将作为过渡研究发展的跨学科和行业/学术讨论的沙坑。还有一个强烈的重点是赋予早期职业研究人员（ECR）与年度ECR会议，跨学科技能培训，外展活动，积极的实验室间和行业借调计划，并直接为ECR流动性分配资金，以在国际活动中展示工作。BioAirNet拥有强大而稳健的管理和治理计划，具有高水平的社区-以利益相关者的参与为基础，并扩大范围，吸引全球航空界的成员。

In 2019 the Public Health of England estimated that, in the UK, between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths a year can be attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution. However, we still do not know what role particulate matter of biological origins (BioPM) or bioaerosols play in this health burden nor the precise impact of exposures within the indoor or outdoor continuum. Therefore, we don't yet know how to control BioPM. There is also significant knowledge gap on how the physico-chemical and biological characteristics of BioPM emissions are affected at the indoor-outdoor continuum and how these affect exposure patterns and what are the resultant health impacts. The lack of progress to date mainly stems from disconnected scientific disciplines and sectoral foci, each with their own perspectives, terminology and methods. Likewise, lack of knowledge on dose-response relationships and changing landscapes of psychosocial, economical and physical vulnerability and susceptibility of the population to BioPM over the life course and in different indoor and outdoor environments are key barriers to the estimation of health benefits. Therefore, the proposed network will address the interdisciplinary challenge needed for quantifying and managing human exposure to biological particulate matters and related health risks across a continuum of diverse indoor to outdoor environments. The research will engage with a wide range of actors to realise societal impact and establish cross-collaboration activities along with a roadmap for a comprehensive "Bio-exposome" assessment and characterisation.Interactive activities including workshops and an online discussion forum are planned throughout the project. These activities will offer a unique opportunity for participants to debate issues around BioPM in a contested space with different interest groups. This will reveal new ways of thinking and innovative solutions to policy and issues around BioPM, as well as informing the ongoing focus of the network. Networking and dissemination activities include an annual based community event which showcases the disciplines needed to create a coherent research community that can explore the field all the way from functionality at a molecular level to the societal implications of introducing new approaches and technologies. Working groups (WG) each focused on a different theme will identify priority areas and draw on selected participants to ensure cross-fertilisation and the transfer of knowledge between disciplines, translating these into tangible outputs for stakeholders, policy-makers and other community-based actors. Joint events with other Networks will have an important function for cross-fertilisation and two-way transfer of knowledge and expertise. Cross-theme workshops will act as sandpits for cross-disciplinary and industry/academic discussion of transitional research developments. There is also a strong focus on empowering early career researchers (ECR) with an annual ECR conference, cross-disciplinary skills training, outreach activities, active programmes of inter-laboratory and industry secondments and directly allocated funds for ECR mobility to present work at international events.BioAirNet has a strong and robust management and governance plan that has a high level of community-based stakeholders' involvement and reaches out to attract membership of the Air Community worldwide.