This commentary is intended to provide a research roadmap for utilizing recent chemical and molecular-biological technological advances for addressing dampness and mold in buildings. The perspective is unique in that both the mold industry practitioners and academic researchers drive the questions. Research needs were derived from a 2018 international workshop attended by practitioners, researchers and governmental representatives, where challenges and opportunities in the mold remediation and restoration field were discussed focusing on the need to develop new tools that improve building diagnosis and clearance certification for mold inspectors and remediators. Suggestions are made on how new technologies surrounding DNA-based sequence analysis for fungal and bacterial identification and real-time chemical sensor technology can be leveraged by practitioners to improve inspection and remediation. The workshop put into effect a logical progression to distill and extract practice-based implications and encourage the process of transfer of the science to practice. Goals for the workshop, and this subsequent paper, are also centered on encouraging US government-funding agencies to better position and define research on the built environment geared for end-user scientists and practitioners to better explore practical solutions to dampness and mold in indoor environments. By facilitating the workshop forum and targeting industry, field practitioners, and government agencies, a sharing of needed commonalities may be infused into future research agendas and outreach efforts.

该评论旨在为利用最新的化学和分子生物学技术进步解决建筑物中的潮湿和霉菌提供研究路线图。这种观点的独特之处在于模具行业的从业人员和学术研究人员都在提出问题。研究需求来自于2018年国际研讨会，由从业人员，研究人员和政府代表参加，在研讨会上讨论了模具修复和修复领域的挑战和机遇，重点是开发新工具以改善模具检查员的建筑诊断和间隙认证的需求。修正者。从业人员如何利用围绕基于DNA的序列分析进行真菌和细菌鉴定以及实时化学传感器技术的新技术，可以被从业人员利用，以改善检查和补救措施。讲习班实现了逻辑上的进步，以提炼和提取基于实践的含义，并鼓励将科学转化为实践的过程。研讨会的目标以及随后的论文也都集中在鼓励美国政府资助机构更好地定位和定义建筑环境方面的研究，以供最终用户科学家和从业人员更好地探索室内环境中潮湿和发霉的实用解决方案。 。通过促进研讨会论坛并针对行业，现场从业人员和政府机构，