{"id":6,"date":"2024-04-04T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/funhome\/avaleht\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T04:38:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T01:38:26","slug":"avaleht","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/funhome\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tIndoor microorganisms play an important role in our daily lives as we spend a substantial part of our days in different built\u00a0environments. Although it is common thinking that microorganisms cause harm, less is known about their beneficial effects. For filling the caps and extending sampling area, researches from the University of Tartu (Estonia)\u00a0have\u00a0initiated a citizen Science project \u201cFunHome\u201d. Our\u00a0aim\u00a0is\u00a0to\u00a0identify dust-associated bacteria, fungi, arthropods and pollen in homes across the world and characterize factors that\u00a0shape their distribution by using highly innovative molecular identification methods.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1887\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/funhome-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Figure 1. Some characteristic organisms found in the house dust (A. Dust mite, B. Gliomastix murorum, C. Stachybotrys chartarum and D. pollens of coniferous tree).\" alt=\"Figure 1. Some characteristic organisms found in the house dust (A. Dust mite, B. Gliomastix murorum, C. Stachybotrys chartarum and D. pollen).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/funhome-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/funhome-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/funhome-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/funhome-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/funhome-1536x1132.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo far, citizen scientists as well as scientists\u00a0have sent us\u00a0samples from more than 64 territories\u00a0and ~500 buildings (~2000 samples; Figures 2 and 3). In addition,\u00a0we have gathered\u00a0samples during a\u00a0popular science expedition with sailboat, Admiral Bellingshausen, from\u00a0North Europe to the Antarctic\u00a0and to the Arctic (blue dots on\u00a0Figure 2). Only the last expedition was unfortenately\u00a0cut off due to the travelling restrictions.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18\" style=\"width: 3000px;height: 1500px\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Figure 2. World map with sampled sites (yellow dots-dust samples from homes, blue dots-dust samples collected during sailboat, Admiral Bellingshausen)\" alt=\"dust\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_bell-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Figure 3. Dust samples collected from Europe\" alt=\"dust-europe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/dust_europe-uus-2-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>If you are willing to help us getting samples from unsampled areas, let us know!<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indoor microorganisms play an important role in our daily lives as we spend a substantial part of our days in different built\u00a0environments. Although it is common thinking that microorganisms cause harm, less is known about their beneficial effects. 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