International One Health Symposium 2026

Session

Session 4: Climate Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution

Oct 5, 2026, 4:45 PM

Room B5

Conveners

Session 4: Climate Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution

• Simone Sommer

468. Wastewater based surveillance of fungi and mycotoxins

Christian Wurzbacher (Technical University of Munich)

10/5/26, 4:45 PM

Climate Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution

Oral presentation

Wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) has emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring population-level health and environmental exposure. Although WES is widely used for viruses, bacteria and chemical biomarkers such as pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs, its potential for tracking fungal communities and associated mycotoxins within a One Health framework has not been fully realized....

386. ZOOM: A glimpse into antimicrobial resistance in Berlin through wastewater surveillance

Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz (Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany)

10/5/26, 5:00 PM

AMR

Oral presentation

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to public health, and the European Union has introduced AMR monitoring regulations for wastewater (WW). Here, we implemented a multi-method approach to assess prevalence and circulation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the Berlin metropolitan area. In October 2025, we collected samples from the Schönerlinde WW treatment plant. We...

478. Zoonotic virus dynamics in megadiverse regions: insights from wildlife across land-use gradients in Colombia

Natalia Trujillo (Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt)

10/5/26, 5:15 PM

Climate Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution

Oral presentation

Land-use (LU) change in highly biodiverse regions is increasingly recognized as a key driver of zoonotic disease emergence. Such transformations reshape wildlife communities, alter vector dynamics, and create new interfaces among wildlife, domestic animals, and humans. The SIMPEL project aims to evaluate pathogen diversity and prevalence across a land-use gradient in the Colombian Amazon...

384. The pollen microbiome at the interface of air pollution and allergic sensitization: Genomic and NOx-responsive traits of Pantoea agglomerans

Lisa-Marie Streb (Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Helmholtz Munich)

10/5/26, 5:30 PM

Climate Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution

Oral presentation

Pollinosis is a significant public health burden, with its rising prevalence linked to environmental factors like traffic-related air pollution (e.g. Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)) and climate change. The ability of pollen allergens to induce allergic sensitization depends on the co‐delivery of non‐allergenic adjuvants like bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and virulence factors, that promote Th2...

515. Improved Climate Characterisation and Persistence of West Nile Virus Risk in Europe based on regional climate model projections and Machine Learning

Mr Fuseini Yakubu (Climate Service Center Germany, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon)

10/5/26, 5:45 PM

Climate Change, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution

Oral presentation

West Nile virus is expanding across Europe under climate change, yet continental projection studies largely focus on outbreak probability while providing limited information on suitability persistence or geographic velocity. We use an XGBoost framework to predict WNV outbreak probability at NUTS3 resolution across Europe using E-OBS observations, ECDC outbreak records (2010-2024), and a...