Update from MetaSUB Sydney Dr Catherine Burke MetaSUB Summit 2016 Shanghai, China

Sydney, Australia – Rail Network The Sydney Rail network consists of over 815 km of track, 7 lines and 178 stations, and services 290 million people annually. 4 of the 7 lines converge in the City Circle (outlined in red), which transports more than 300 000 people every day.

The City Circle 6 stations May 4th : 4 undergound, 2 aboveground May 4th : 3 x swabs for seats, handrails, bins, at each station 3 human volunteers: Hands swabbed before and after riding the City Circle Wash hands then swab 3 hours later 70 swabs total processed for DNA, 16S PCR and sequencing (V3-V4 region) June 21st 3 x swabs for seats, handrails, ticket machines at each 60 swabs total

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Logistics and lessons learned Transport NSW gave permission to access stations for sampling dependent on: Signing in to each station for a visitor pass, swabbing only with a visitor pass Couldn’t sample from trains, only platform Not seeking media coverage Worried about “dirty train station” media stories

Planning for CSD 2017 New research hub at UTS – partnership between Transport NSW and Institute for Sustainable Futures Opportunity for possible collaboration between architects, city planners Biofoundry – Citizen Science Laboratory in Sydney Connect with enthusiastic citizen scientists for CSD 2017