2026 AutoPollen-SYLVA Training School
The AutoPollen – SYLVA Training School 2026 will took place from 31 August to 4 September 2026 in Rauris, Austria, at the foot of the historic Sonnblick Observatory, celebrating its 140th anniversary. Co-organised with GeoSphere Austria, this event supported the growing European collaboration around automatic bioaerosol monitoring.
The Training School was designed for students and scientists who want to get basic knowledge in automatic bioaerosol monitoring. The programme combined essential theoretical lectures with extensive hands-on sessions using real open-access datasets, offering a practical introduction to automatic measurement principles, monitoring network design, data quality and calibration, training dataset preparation, fungal spores, eDNA methods, numerical modelling, and current developments in aerobiology.
Participants also took part in a field visit to the Sonnblick Observatory, where they explored the unique environment of this high-altitude research station.
Lectures presented in this Training School have been kindly shared by lecturers so they can benefit everyone.