aeroHEALTH
The German-Israeli Helmholtz International Laboratory aeroHEALTH (www.aerohealth.eu) investigates the toxicity of air pollution. aeroHEALTH combines multidisciplinary expertise from Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Institute of Computational Biology and CMA at Helmholtz Munich.
Central questions concern the differences in biological response to anthropogenic and biogenic compounds as components of aerosols. A major step towards real-world scenarios is made by considering the interactions between anthropogenic and biogenic emissions (e.g., naphthalene from cars and α-pinene from trees) and atmospheric aging of aerosols (see also newHICE). The goal is to explore the complexity of airborne constituents in order to assess their potential adverse effects on human health as realistically as possible. Samples of fresh and artificially aged aerosols obtained in the project will be characterized chemically in detail. One focus is on the quantification of substances that are known or potentially relevant from a toxicological point of view.
aeroHEALTH
The German-Israeli Helmholtz International Laboratory aeroHEALTH (www.aerohealth.eu) investigates the toxicity of air pollution. aeroHEALTH combines multidisciplinary expertise from Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and the Institute of Computational Biology and CMA at Helmholtz Munich.
Central questions concern the differences in biological response to anthropogenic and biogenic compounds as components of aerosols. A major step towards real-world scenarios is made by considering the interactions between anthropogenic and biogenic emissions (e.g., naphthalene from cars and α-pinene from trees) and atmospheric aging of aerosols (see also newHICE). The goal is to explore the complexity of airborne constituents in order to assess their potential adverse effects on human health as realistically as possible. Samples of fresh and artificially aged aerosols obtained in the project will be characterized chemically in detail. One focus is on the quantification of substances that are known or potentially relevant from a toxicological point of view.