Agenda - 19th Annual New Orleans Aeroallergen Conference

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration/Light Breakfast at Ochsner Medical Center

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Introduction and Opening Remarks
Eddie Davis, MD and Estelle Levetin, PhD

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Operation of a Sampling Station: Equipment and Location
Estelle Levetin, PhD

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Microscopy
John Shane, PhD

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Hands On Set Up of a Burkard Sampler and Sample Processing
Estelle Levetin, PhD, John Shane, PhD, Eddie Davis MD

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Introduction to the Fungi: Fungal Biology and Ecology
Estelle Levetin, PhD

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Fungal Spore Characteristics and Asexual Spore Morphology
Estelle Levetin, PhD

2:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Fungal Spore Morphology and Identification - Asexual Spores: Hands On Microscopy
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

5:00 PM

Adjourn

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration/Light Breakfast at Ochsner Medical Center

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Basidiospore Morphology
Estelle Levetin, PhD

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Fungal Spore Morphology and Identification - Basidiospores: Hands On Microscopy
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Ascospore Morphology
Estelle Levetin, PhD

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Fungal Spore Morphology and Identification – Ascospores: Hands On Microscopy
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Rusts, Smuts, Myxomycetes and Others
Estelle Levetin, PhD

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Fungal Spore Morphology and Identification - Rusts, Smuts, Myxomycetes and Others: Hands On Microscopy
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Pollen Biology and Ecology
John Shane, PhD

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Pollen Characteristics
John Shane, PhD

2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Pollen Morphology and Identification: Hands on Microscopy
John Shane, PhD and Estelle Levetin PhD

5:00 PM

Adjourn

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration/Light Breakfast at Ochsner Medical Center

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Pollen Morphology and Identification: Hands on Microscopy
John Shane, PhD and Estelle Levetin PhD

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Pollen look-alikes and Microscopy
John Shane, PhD

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Pollen identification wrap-up session
John Shane, PhD

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Data Analysis: Converting Counts to Concentrations Data Analysis: Pollen and Spore Data Bases; NAB Certification
Estelle Levetin, PhD

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Pollen and Spore Analysis on Burkard Slides: Hands On Microscopy
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Pollen and Spore Analysis on Burkard Slides: Hands On Microscopy; Participant Unknowns (Bring own slides)
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Jeopardy: Aerobiology Style

5:00 PM

Adjourn

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration/Light Breakfast at Ochsner Medical Center

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Review of Common Spore and Pollen Types
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Unknowns and Use of Spore and Pollen Keys
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Analysis of Samples Using Keys
Estelle Levetin, PhD and John Shane, PhD

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Wrap up; Questions; Post Test

11:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Course Evaluation

12:00 PM

Adjourn