• An operational robotic pollen monitoring network based on automatic image recognition 

      Oteros, José; Weber, Alisa; Kutzora, Suzanne; Rojo, Jesús; Heinze, Stefanie; Herr, Caroline; Gebauer, Robert; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2020)
      There is high demand for online, real-time and high-quality pollen data. To the moment pollen monitoring has been done manually by highly specialized experts. Here we evaluate the electronic Pollen Information Network ...
    • Artemisia pollen is the main vector for airborne endotoxin 

      Oteros, José; Bartusel, Elke; Alessandrini, Francesca; Núñez, Andrés; Moreno, Diego; Behrendt, Heidrun; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Buters, Jeroen (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2018)
      Background: Endotoxin (LPS) released from gram-negative bacteria causes strong immunologic and inflammatory effects and, when airborne, can contribute to respiratory conditions, such as allergic asthma. Objectives: We ...
    • Building an automatic pollen monitoring network (ePIN): Selection of optimal sites by clustering pollen stations 

      Oteros, José; Sofiev, Mikhail; Smith, Matt; Clot, Bernard; Damialis, Athanasios; Prank, Marje; Werchan, Matthias; Wachter, Reinhard; Weber, Alisa; Kutzora, Susanne; Heinze, Stefanie; Herr, Caroline; Menzel, Annette; Bergmann, Karl C.; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2019)
      Airborne pollen is a recognized biological indicator and its monitoring hasmultiple uses such as providing a tool for allergy diagnosis and prevention. There is a knowledge gap related to the distribution of pollen traps ...
    • Drivers of the release of the allergens Bet v 1 and Phl p 5 from birch and grass pollen 

      Maya-Manzano, José María; Oteros, José; Rojo, Jesús; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2022)
      The drivers affecting the Pollen Allergen Potency (PAP, amount of allergen released per pollen) are sparsely known. Betula and Poaceae airborne pollen are the two main allergenic pollen in the World. Airborne pollen ...
    • Effects of future climate change on birch abundance and their pollen load 

      Rojo, Jesús; Oteros, José; Picornell, Antonio; Maya-Manzano, José María; Damialis, Athanasios; Zink, Katrin; Werchan, Matthias; Werchan, Barbora; Smith, Matt; Menzel, Annette; Timpf, Sabine; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Bergmann, Karl C.; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Wiley, 2021)
      Climate change impacts on the structure and function of ecosystems will worsen public health issues like allergic diseases. Birch trees (Betula spp.) are important sources of aeroallergens in Central and Northern Europe. ...
    • Spatial interpolation of current airborne pollen concentrations where no monitoring exists 

      Oteros, José; Bergmann, Karl C.; Menzel, Annette; Damialis, Athanasios; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia; Schmidt-Weber, Carsten; Buters, Jeroen (Elsevier, 2019)
      Background: Pollen is naturally emitted and is relevant for health, crop sciences and monitoring climate change, among others. Despite their relevance, pollen is often insufficiently monitored resulting in a lack of data. ...
    • Understanding hourly patterns of Olea pollen concentrations as tool for the environmental impact assessment 

      Fernández-Rodríguez, Santiago; Maya-Manzano, José María; Monroy-Colín, Alejandro; Pecero-Casimiro, Raúl; Buters, Jeroen; Oteros, José (Elsevier, 2020)
      Bioinformatics clustering application for mining of a large set of olive pollen aerobiological data to describe the daily distribution of Olea pollen concentration. The studywas performedwith hourly pollen concentrations ...