1st TRAINING SCHOOL - Training Materials and Content
COST Action CA 17108 1st Training School Harmonising Aedes invasive mosquito (AIM) surveillance across Europe
Akrotiri Environmental Education Centre, Akrotiri, Cyprus 13 - 17 January 2020
On this page you will fine all the available training materials and content available for the 1stTraining School:
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General Materials:
Presentations & Content:
Day 1 - Monday 13th January 2020
| Time | Title | File |
|---|---|---|
| 0945 - 1000 | Introduction to AIM-COST action CA17108 - Francis Schaffner |  |
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1000 - 1100 |
Understanding bio ecology of AIM – Introduction to harmonised surveillance in 2020 season. “Why harmonise”? Goal of sampling study - Miguel Miranda | |
| 1130 - 1200 | Mosquito sampling outlines – eggs - Francis Schaffner | |
| 1200 - 1230 |
Mosquito sampling outlines – Larvae - Francis Schaffner Identification key of Aedes Invasive mosquitoes - ECDC Guidelines |
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| 1230 - 1300 | Mosquito sampling outlines – resting adults - Filiz Gunay | |
| 1400 - 1430 | Mosquito sampling outlines – host seeking adults - Miguel Miranda | |
| 1430 - 1530 | Introduction to Mosquito Alert. Translating Mosquito Alert App - Frederic Bartumeus | |
| 1530 - 1600 | Introduction to VECMAP® : The One-stop-shop for Risk Mapping - Sabine Meurrens | |
| 1600 - 1700 | Introduction to the sampling site and sampling history in Akrotiri; Larval Sampling; Mosquito Alert & VecMap (Kelly, Frederic, Sabine, Francis) | No online materials |
Day 2 - Tuesday 14th January 2020
| Time | Title | File |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 - 1000 | Field sampling larvae in natural (marshes) and artificial habitats. Practical demonstration of data input in Mosquito Alert & VecMap (Kelly, Francis, trainees and local high school pupils) | No online materials |
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1000 - 1100 |
How to standardise your data for uploading to VectorNet database practical example (ECDC site Mosquito maps) (Francis) | No online materials |
| 1130 - 1230 | Morphology and identification of larvae and adults – theory (Francis) | |
| 1330 - 1445 |
Identification of larvae and adults (MosKeyTool) – theory (Filiz) |
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| 1500 - 1700 | Identification practice of AIM larvae (Filiz, Francis, Miguel) | MosKeyTool |
Day 3 - Wednesday 15th January 2020
| Time | Title | File |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 - 1000 | Introduction to Molecular techniques including Maldi Tof (Filiz, Francis) | No online materials |
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1000 - 1100 |
Sampling Adult mosquitoes with dry ice traps (Kelly, Filiz, Francis) | No online materials |
| 1130 - 1230 | Identification practice of AIM adults (Filiz, Miguel) | MosKeyTool |
| 1330 - 1445 |
Identification practice of AIM adults (Filiz, Miguel) |
MosKeyTool |
| 1500 - 1700 | Field sampling adults and larvae, setting up the dry ice baited traps (Filiz, Miguel) | No online materials |
Day 4 - Thursday 16th January 2020
| Time | Title | File |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 - 1100 | Collecting the dry ice baited traps and larvae (Filiz, Miguel, Dušan) | No online materials |
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1100 - 1230 |
Using ovitraps for AIM surveillance – case report Emilia Romagna – (Romeo) | |
| 1330 - 1430 | Identification practice of larvae and adults sampled (Filiz, Miguel, Dušan) | |
| 1430 - 1500 | |
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| 1500 - 1600 | Dataset structure, Data values and sampling requirements (Willy) | |
| 1600 - 1630 | Communicating with stakeholders (Willy) | |
| 1800 – 2030 | Everything you wanted to know about mosquitoes! Dare to ask! Raising awareness event at Cyprus University of Technology, Tasos Papadopoulos building, Amphitheatre 1 (All, coordinated by Kelly and Marlen) | |
1800 – 2030
Day 5 - Friday 17th January 2020
| Time | Title | File |
|---|---|---|
| 0900 - 0945 | Harmonised surveillance in 2020 season (All) | No online materials |
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0945 - 1030 |
Harmonised surveillance in 2020 season - Modelling Citizen science data Results from Mosquito Alert leaflet reviews - Frederic Bartumeus | |