2025

Academic Papers

1. Tapeworm infection incidence in rural Japan points to a common environmental source of Iinfection
   Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Yu Suzuki, Daisuke Akaneya, Mika Moriya, Taichi Adachi, Yoshikazu Okuma, Daisuke Ishizawa, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui”, Kazunori Moriya, Hirotake Mori, Naveen Ragupathi, Yoshitaka Shimotai, Daisuke Sano, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Paul Higgins, Tetsuji Aoyagi, Anthony Kicic, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Aisha Khatib, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe, Hiroshi Hamamoto
   Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics, accepted.
2. The role of ammonia in virus inactivation: A systematic and meta-analysis review
   Putri Shafa Kamila, Daisuke Sano, Wakana Oishi
   Water Research, December 2025, 287, Part B, 124493.
3. A comparative analysis of Landsat-8 and MODIS 1 data for forecasting cyanobacterial blooms in small-scale reservoirs
   Yohei Miura, Yoshiya Touge, Shoya Tanaka, Yoshifumi Masago, Hiroomi Imamoto, Yasuhiro Asada, Michihiro Akiba, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano
   Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, August 2025, 39, 101672.
4. A global multi-sensor dataset of surface water indices from Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 satellite measurements 
   Yohei Miura, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anawat Suppasri, Daisuke Sano
   Scientific Data, 2025, 12. 1253.
5. Exploring the potential positive impact of phage-bacterium interactions on membrane fouling mitigation 
   Bei Zang, Hang Zhou, Huakai Nan, Yu Li, Qian Li, Daisuke Sano, Rong Chen
   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, July 2025, 19. 139.
6. Aptamer-based biosensors for wastewater surveillance of influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, and norovirus: A comprehensive review
   Yilei Wang, Mohan Amarasiri, Wakana Oishi, Masayasu Kuwahara, Yuka Kataoka, Hiroki Kurita, Fumio Narita, Rong Chen, Qian Li, Daisuke Sano
   Water Research, July 2025, 279, 123484.
7. Global participatory wastewater surveillance to understand Mpox clade diversity in war and conflict-affected countries
   Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, Getachew Alemkere Kolech, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Stefan Fernandez , Angkana T. Huang, Nada M. Melhem, Andrew C Singer, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Juliana Calabria de Araujo, Kazunari Sei, Asuka Nanbo, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Yoshitaka Shimotai, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Paul G. Higgins, Tetsuji Aoyagi, Anthony Kicic, Asuka Nanbo, Hirotake Mori, Richard Siow, Ozgur Kurt, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Aisha Khatib, Daisuke Sano, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe, Hiroshi Hamamoto
   Journal of Travel Medicine, July 2025, 32(5), taaf052.
8. Streptococcus pyogenes surveillance through surface swab samples to track the emergence of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in rural Japan
   Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, Yu Suzuki, Kazunori Moriya, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Angkana T. Huang, Yoshikazu Okuma, Yoshitaka Shimotai, Andrew C Singer, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Yangzhong Wang, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Paul G. Higgins, Nobuhito Nemoto, Aisha Khatib, Anthony Kicic, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Daisuke Sano, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe, Hiroshi Hamamoto
   Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2025, 13, jiaf234.
9. Surveillance of avian influenza through bird guano in remote regions of the global south to uncover transmission dynamics
   Dhammika Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, John Jefferson V. Besa, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Stefan Fernandez, Angkana T. Huang, Puey Ounjai, W.K.C.P. Werawatte, Ali Hosseini Rad S. M., Porames Vatanaprasan, Dylan John Jay, Thammakorn Saethang, Sirirat Luk-in, Phitsanuruk Kanthawee, Wanwara Thuptiang, Ratana Tacharoenmuang, Bernadina Cynthia, S.P.H Spencer Vitharana, Natharin Ngamwongsatit, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Takashi Furukawa, Yangzhong Wang, Andrew Singer, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Tanittha Chatsuwan, Kazunari Sei, Asuka Nanbo, Asada Leelahavanichkul, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Paul G. Higgins, Daisuke Sano, Anthony Kicic, José O. Valdebenito, Jonas Bonnedahl, Sam Trowsdale, Parichart Hongsing, Aisha Khatib, Kenji Shibuya, Shuichi Abe
   Nature Communications, May 2025, 16, 4900.
10. Quantifying health risks from wastewater reclamation and agricultural reuse using life cycle assessment and quantitative microbial risk assessment 
    Jarin Tasnim Heia, Mohammed Engha Isah, Shuhei Masuda, Kazuyo Matsubae, Rong Chen, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano
    Science of the Total Environment, May 2025, 977,  179363.
11. Water Reuse – Retrospect for Sustainable Future Prospect
    Morteza Abbaszadegan, Absar Alum, Masaaki Kitajima, Takahiro Fujioka, Yasuhiro Matsui, Daisuke Sano, Hiroyuki Katayama
    Water, March 2025, 17(6), 789.
12. Network-based virus dynamics simulation: Evaluating the fomite disinfection effectiveness on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in indoor environment
    Syun-suke Kadoya, Sewwandi Bandara, Masayuki Ogata, Takayuki Miura, Michiko Bando, Daisuke Sano
    Infectious Disease Modelling, March 2025, 10(1), 229-239.
13. Genetic diversity of murine norovirus associated with ethanol sensitivity
    Aken Puti Wanguyun, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2025, 109, 28.
14. State-space modeling using wastewater virus and epidemiological data to estimate reported COVID-19 cases and the potential infection numbers
    Syun-suke Kadoya, Yubing Li, Yilei Wang, Hiroyuki Katayama, Daisuke Sano
    Journal of the Royal Society Interface, January 2025, 22, 20240456.

Invited Speeches

TBD

Internatinal Conference Presentations

1. The impact of cell-to-cell signaling molecules on microcystin production
   Shoya Tanaka, Yohei Miura, Daisuke Sano
   10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Expo
   Christchurch, New Zealand
   Sep. 29 – Oct. 3, 2025
2. Development of a combined watershed model to estimate the distribution of Contaminants of Emerging Concern
   Marcus Sanchez, Mohan Amarasiri, Janaka Bamunawala, Daisuke Sano
   10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Expo
   Christchurch, New Zealand
   Sep. 29 – Oct. 3, 2025
3. Antibiotic resistance gene persistence in the environment in Nepal: Effects of a water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention after 2015 Earthquake (poster pitch)
   Mohan Amarasiri, Sital Uprety, Chihiro Konuma, Takashi Furukawa, Kazunari Sei, Tatsuo Omura, Thanh H. Nguyen, Daisuke Sano
   10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Expo
   Christchurch, New Zealand
   Sep. 29 – Oct. 3, 2025
4. Characterization of small-scale decentralized water supply systems: Literature review (poster presentation)
   Yoshiki Hasegawa, Ken Ushijima, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano
   International Society for Sanitation Studies Annual Conference 2025
   Online
   Sep. 30, 2025
5. Quantitative assessment of water, sanitation, and hyiene measures and their contribution to COVID-19 peak reduction in the Philippines
   Sewwandi Bandara, Clyde Dapat, Wakana Oishi, Emmanuel Kagning Tsinda, Mayuko Saito, Daisuke Sano
   4th International One Health Conference
   Italy and Hybrid
   Sep. 30 – Oct. 2, 2025
6. A rapid mapping tool for flood-affected areas from satellite imagery
   Yohei Miura, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anawat Suppasri, Daisuke Sano
   The 17th Aceh International Workshop on Sustainable Disaster Recovery (AIWET-DR2025)
   Univeresity College London, London, UK
   Aug. 20-22, 2025
7. Development of a multi-objective optimization model for designing sewer and non-sewer hybrid sanitation systems
   Wakana Oishi, Yuto Nakazato, Daijiro Mizutani, Daisuke Sano
   The 7th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (ecoSTP)
   Stockholm, Sweden
   June 23-26, 2025
8. A Data-Driven Framework for Predicting Case Number of Infectious Disease Using Hybrid Feature Selection and Wastewater Surveillance Data
   Luyao Wang, Syun-suke Kadoya, Yifan Zhu, Albert Bosch, Rosa Pinto, Susana Guix, Gloria Sanchez, Walter Randozzo, Charlotte Sakarovitch, Olivier Schlosser, Sophie Courtois, Jean Francois Loret, Daisuke Sano
   WaterMicro2025
   Amersfoort, The Netherlands
   Jun. 15-20, 2025
9. Global survey on genetic microbiological testing in the water sector: why is adoption so slow? (poster presentation)
   Katalin Demeter, Mats Leifels, Claudia Kolm, Regina Sommer, Rosina Girones, Daisuke Sano, Ricardo Santos, Anicet R. Blanch, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Gertjan Medema, James Ebdon, Orin C. Shanks, Alexandria Boehm, John Scott Meschke, Amy Pruden, Thomas Edge, Veronica Rajal, Maria Ines Sato, Douglas Mushi, Maronel Steyn, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Megan Devane, Warish Ahmed, Stefan Wuertz, Monika Finsterwald, Joan Rose, Andreas Farnleitner
   WaterMicro2025
   Amersfoort, The Netherlands
   Jun. 15-20, 2025
10. Norovirus GII in Wastewater and Its Association with Gastroenteritis Cases: Insights from 8 Years Wastewater Surveillance
    Aken Puti Wanguyun, Putri Shafa Kamila, Jarin Tasnim, Chikako Maruo, Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano
    WaterMicro2025
    Amersfoort, The Netherlands
    Jun. 15-20, 2025
11. Aggregation and Virus Susceptibility to Disinfectant: Insights from simulation study
    Ren Suzuki, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano
    WaterMicro2025
    Amersfoort, The Netherlands
    Jun. 15-20, 2025
12. Applicability of land surface water mapping using water indices derived from optical satellite data for flood inundation detection (poster presentation)
    Yohei Miura, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anawat Suppasri, Daisuke Sano
    World Bosai Forum2025
    Sendai International Cneter
    Mar. 7-9, 2025
13. Murine norovirus inactivation and adaptation to ammonia
    Putri Shafa Kamila
    The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
    Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
14. The impact of climate change on the cyanotoxin production in drinking water sources
    Shoya Tanaka
    The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
    Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
15. Framework development for sustainability assessment of decentralized sanitation systems
    Riki Moriyasu
    The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
    Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
16. Development of a model to evaluate and monitor the ecological health of the aquatic environment
    Tatsunoshin Wakino
    The 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security
    Feb. 19, 2025, Tohoku University
17. Identification of environmental, socioeconomic, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) factors associated with COVID-19 incidence in the Philippines: A nationwide modelling study
    Sewwandi Bandara
    Annual Research Forum, RITM-TOHOKU Collaborating Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
    RITM Training Center (Feb. 7, 2025)