{"id":440,"date":"2019-07-24T16:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T16:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bxmc.poly.edu\/~moeezosaleem\/IDMTest\/?p=440"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:28:46","slug":"flooding-and-the-urban-microbiome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/index.php\/flooding-and-the-urban-microbiome\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding and the Urban Microbiome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professors Elizabeth H\u00e9naff, Tega Brain, and Andrea Silverman (From the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering) have won the second annual Seed Grant Award from the <a href=\"https:\/\/marroninstitute.nyu.edu\/blog\/flooding-and-the-urban-microbiome\">Marron Institute<\/a>! Their proposal is focused on \u201cThe Impact of Flooding on the Urban Microbiome and City Residents\u2019 Exposure to Sewage Pathogens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.bxmc.poly.edu\/~moeezosaleem\/IDMTest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal\" class=\"wp-image-441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-439x247.jpg 439w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-467x263.jpg 467w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/idm.engineering.nyu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Kensinger_Gowanus_landmarks-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Brooklyn&#8217;s Gowanus Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Working at a study location in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, the team will evaluate how urban flooding changes the microbial community of urban surfaces, investigate the ways in which the resulting microbial fingerprint evolves over time after a flood event, and determine how long it takes for the community to return to a pre-flood profile. The project team will focus in particular on human health considerations, specifically determining how long sewage pathogens may stay viable\/infective after a flood event.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professors Elizabeth H\u00e9naff, Tega Brain, and Andrea Silverman (From the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering) have won the second annual Seed Grant Award from the Marron Institute! 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