Photograph Courtesy of Pierre Billard. Pierre is a Tennessee Home inspector (Tennessee Lic # 719) who provides microbial/mold screening to his clients. Click here to visit his WEBPAGE. Microbial growth and mold are big problems in Tennessee crawlspaces. Our hot and humid summers, plus considerable rainfall, fuel microbial growth in crawlspaces. Microbes and mold often […]
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Pathogen Detection Drone in the News
An update on the Pathogen Detection Drone technology that incorporates Assured Bio Labs’ patented M-TRAP technology. The article was published in Venture Nashville Connections. Click Here to link to the published article: Pathogen Detection Drone
Innovative Drone Technology Incorporates Assured Bio Labs’ patented M-TRAP® Technology to Capture Mold and Plant Pathogens.
Assured Bio Labs is excited to collaborate with GeoAir to bring rapid disease detection to farmers and grower. The ability to detect plant disease pathogens, and pinpoint the location of early infection in a field crop, such as corn or soybeans, will allow farmers to treat disease hot-spots in a field with pesticides, rather than […]
Pioneer in merging indoor environmental issues with architecture passed away.
Steve M. Hays, 66, founding partner and chairman emeritus of the Nashville based Gobbell Hays Partners (GHP) Environmental + Architecture firm, died Thursday after an extended illness. For more than 30 years, Hays, a chemical engineer, was known nationally for identifying and safely mitigating hazards related to asbestos, mold and lead-based paints in buildings. Hays […]
Mold and Microbe Detecting Drone
Assured Bio Labs, and GeoAir of Knoxville TN have teamed up to develop a microbial detecting drone. The drone incorporates Assured Bio’s patented M-TRAP® microbe capture technology. Follow our blog for future updates and exciting developments in Microbiology and the Built-Environment.
M-TRAP® Capture Technology used to evaluate mold and bacterial exposure from Air Condition Systems.
Recent studies conducted in the Great Basin Desert region of the United States have shown that skin test reactivity to fungal and dust mite allergens are increased in children with asthma or allergy living in homes with evaporative coolers (EC). The M-TRAP® air sampling cassette was used to examine occupant exposure to microbes from homes with […]
Thoughts on a MRSA outbreak in Neonatal Facility and Redirecting Reactive Tendencies.
A MRSA outbreak remained undisclosed for 9 months at UC Irvine Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. None of the 10 infants that contracted the infection died, and the infections have been effectively treated. However, the root cause and source of the MRSA outbreak remains a mystery, which is not unusual for HAI’s. Recall the mold […]
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M-TRAP®, ERMI, The New Big Two – Which Test Is Right For You?
Hi Fellow Readers, it’s an exciting day to be alive because it’s Fun[gi] Friday! In today’s spotlight, we are featuring Marcus Reed, one of our laboratory analysts who is talking about the differences between tests that we offer at Assured Bio Labs, LLC. Marcus attended Roane State Community College where he earned an Associate […]
Motel Inspection: A Dylan Graves Interview
Hello Fellow Readers, I hope you are having a Fun[gi] Friday! Today I have another interview by one of our very own employees here at Assured Bio Labs, LLC, Dylan Graves. Dylan is a laboratory technician and an environmental investigator. He successfully completed the Certified Mold Inspector program at the University of Tennessee in 2012. […]