The following research news was released at Tohoku University website: Bacterial Energy Model Reveals How Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Spreads in Environment Paper information: Energy allocation trade-offs among conjugative transfer, biofilm formation, and heavy metal resistance: A dynamic energy budget theory perspective Katayoun Dadeh Amirfard, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano* Water Research, March 2026, 291, 125216.
Prof. Sano will give a keynote lecture on the 2026 International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals (June 11th, 2026, Hybrid)→FINISHED Safe wastewater reuse for sustainable and resilient communities: Disinfection, pathogen risk, and public health protection Daisuke Sano You can find details of the 2026 International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals from the following link: https://sdgs-ic.ub.ac.id/
Assoc. Prof. Sano contributed to the publication of WHO technical brief with regards to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management. Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Authors: World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Organization for Animal Health https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/wash-wastewater-management-to-prevent-infections-and-reduce-amr/en/
The following works will be presented at EDAR8 2026 (Aug. 2-7, 2026, Brisbane, Australia).→FINISHED Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) reduction in environmental samples after a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) intervention in Nepal (poster presentation) Mohan Amarasiri, Sital Uprety, Chihiro Konuma, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Tatsuo Omura, Thanh Helen Nguyen, Daisuke Sano Predictive modeling of metal-driven antimicrobial resistance in environmental systems:…