Academic papers
  1. Effect of protists on horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes in water environment
    Satoru Suzuki, Daisuke Sano
    Journal of Water and Environment Technology, accepted.
  2. Multiple traces of monkeypox detected in non-sewered wastewater with sparse sampling from a densely populated metropolitan area in Asia
    Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Parichart Hongsing, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, Sudarat Chadsuthi, Suparinthon Anupong, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Ali Hosseini Rad S. M., Stefan Fernandez, Angkana T. Huang, Naris Kueakulpattana, Chanikan Tanasatitchai, Porames Vatanaprasan, Thammakorn Saethang, Sirirat Luk-in, Robin James Storer, Puey Ounjai, Naveen Kumar Devanga Ragupathi, Phitsanuruk Kanthawee, Daisuke Sano, Takashi Furukawa7, Kazunari Sei, Asada Leelahavanichkul, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Nattiya Hirankarn, Paul G. Higgins, Anthony Kicic, Tanittha Chatsuwan, Alexander D McLellan1, Shuichi Abe
    Science of the Total Environment, February 2023, 858(1), 159816.
  3. Temporal variations of human and animal Rotavirus A genotypes in surface water used for drinking water production
    Takayuki Miura, Syun-suke Kadoya, Hiroyuki Takino, Daisuke Sano, Michihiro Akiba
    Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2022, 13, 912147.
  4. Disinfection efficacy and mechanism of olanexidine gluconate against noroviruses
    Kaoru Imai, Makoto Tanaka, Seiji Miyoshi, Ren Murakami, Akifumi Hagi, Sachi Yamagawa, Daisuke Sano
    American Journal of Infection Control, July 2022, 50, 764-771.
  5. Interface behavior and removal mechanisms of human pathogenic viruses in anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR)
    Baolei Wu, Huan Liu, Zhendong Liu, Jinfan Zhang, Xuanyu Zhai, Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano, Xiaochang Wang, Rong Chen
    Water Research, July 2022, 219, 118596.
  6. Recent developments of anaerobic membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery: Focusing on novel configurations and energy balance analysis
    Yisong Hu, Xuli Cai, Yi Xue, Runda Du, Jiayuan Ji, Rong Chen, Daisuke Sano, Yu-You Li
    Journal of Cleaner Production, July 2022, 131856.
  7. The intrapopulation genetic diversity of RNA virus may influence the sensitivity of chlorine disinfection
    Syun-suke Kadoya, Syun-ichi Urayama, Takuro Nunoura, Miho Hirai, Yoshihiro Takaki, Masaaki Kitajima, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Satoshi Okabe, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano
    Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2022, 13, 839513.
  8. Experimental adaptation of murine norovirus to calcium hydroxide
    Wakana Oishi, Mikiko Sato, Kengo Kubota, Ryoka Ishiyama, Reiko Takai-Todaka, Kei Haga, Kazuhiko Katayama and Daisuke Sano
    Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2022, 13, 848439.
  9. The water temperature changes the effect of pH on copper toxicity to the green microalgae Raphidocelis subcapitata
    Gissela Pascual, Daisuke Sano, Takashi Sakamaki, Michihiro Akiba, Osamu Nishimura
    Chemosphere, March 2022, 291, 133110.
  10. Virus removal during sewage treatment by anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR): The role of membrane fouling
    Jinfan Zhang, Baolei Wu, Jie Zhang, Xuanyu Zhai, Zhendong Liu, Qiqi Yang, Huan Liu, Zhaoyang Hou, Daisuke Sano, Rong Chen
    Water Research, March 2022, 211, 118055.
  11. Unveiling the characterization and development of prokaryotic community during the start-up and long-term operation of a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor for the treatment of real municipal wastewater
    Zhe Kong, Lu Li, Jiang Wu, Chao Rong, Tianjie Wang, Rong Chen, Daisuke Sano, Yu-You Li
    Science of The Total Environment, March 2022, 813, 152643.
  12. COVID-19 case prediction via wastewater surveillance in a low prevalence urban community: A modeling approach
    Yifan Zhu, Wakana Oishi, Chikako Maruo, Sewwandi Bandara, Mu Lin, Mayuko Saito, Masaaki Kitajima, Daisuke Sano
    Journal of Water and Health, February 2022, 20(2), 459-470.
  13. Comparison of five polyethylene glycol precipitation procedures for the RT-qPCR based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, bacteriophage phi6, and pepper mild mottle virus as a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from wastewater
    Shotaro Torii, Wakana Oishi, Yifan Zhu, Ocean Thakali, Bikash Malla, Zaizhi Yu, Bo Zhao, Chisato Arakawa, Masaaki Kitajima, Akihiko Hata, Masaru Ihara, Shigeru Kyuwa, Daisuke Sano, Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama
    Science of the Total Environment, February 2022, 807, 150722.
  14. Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance
    Warish Ahmed, Stuart L. Simpson, Paul M. Bertsch, Kyle Bibby, Aaron Bivins, Linda L. Blackall, Sílvia Bofill-Mas, Albert Bosch, João Brandão, Phil M. Choi, Mark Ciesielski, Erica Donner, Nishita D’Souza, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Daniel Gerrity, Raul Gonzalez, John F. Griffith, Pradip Gyawali, Charles N. Haas, Kerry A. Hamilton, Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Valerie J. Harwood, Rehnuma Haque, Greg Jackson, Stuart J. Khan, Wesaal Khan, Masaaki Kitajima, Asja Korajkic, Giuseppina La Rosa, Blythe A. Layton, Erin Lipp, Sandra McLellan, Brian McMinn, Gertjan Medema, Suzanne Metcalfe, Wim G. Meijer, Jochen F. Mueller, Heather Murphy, Coleen C. Naughton, Rachel T. Noble, Sudhi Payyappat, Susan Petterson, Tarja Pitkänen, Veronica B. Rajal, Brandon Reyneke, Fernando A. Roman Jr., Joan B. Rose, Marta Rusiñol, Michael Sadowsky, Laura Sala-Comorera, Yin Xiang Setoh, Samendra Sherchan, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Wendy Smith, Joshua Steele, Rosalie Subburg, Erin M. Symonds, Phong Thai, Kevin V. Thomas, Josh Tynan, Simon Toze, Janelle Thompson, Andy S. Whiteley, Judith Chui Ching Wong, Daisuke Sano, Stefan Wuertz, Irene Xagoraraki, Qian Zhang, Amity G. Zimmer-Faust, Orin C. Shanks
    Science of the Total Environment, January 2022, 805, 129877.
Keynote Speeches

TBD

Invited Speeches
  1. RNA virus responses to disinfection: Toward control of viral infectious diseases
    Daisuke Sano
    International Forum of Water Sustainability
    Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (Online)
    April 8th, 2022
Articles
  1. Wastewater surveillance predicts the number of COVID-19 positives: Public verification experiment since November 2021
    Daisuke Sano
    HRWM Newsletter May 2022
  2. Updates on the estimation of human health risks by exposure to antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) in aquatic environments
    Mohan Amarasiri, Takashi Furukawa, Daisuke Sano, Kazunari Sei
    HRWM Newsletter May 2022
Conference Presentations
  1. Revealing the spatial and temporal dynamics of COVID-19 by wastewater surveillance
    Wakana Oishi, Yusuke Hara, Daisuke Sano
    International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering 2022
    Dubai, UAE (Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2022)
  2. Electrochemical sensor for detecting infectious disease-related biomarkers in wastewater
    Ayano Yamasaki, Masaaki Kitajima, Daisuke Sano
    International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering 2022
    Dubai, UAE (Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2022)
  3. Transmission dynamic modeling and determination of effective control measures for COVID-19 in indoor environments
    Sewwandi Bandara, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano
    The 4th GESE Forum
    GESE main building, Tohoku University (October 28th, 2022)
  4. Adaptation of viral populations to disinfectants
    Aken Puti Wanguyun, Wakana Oishi, Andri Taruna Rachmadi, Daisuke Sano
    The 4th GESE Forum
    GESE main building, Tohoku University (October 28th, 2022)
  5. Disinfection of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes using peracetic acid (PAA) and performic acid (PFA)
    Hiroki Kobayashi, Mohan Amarasiri, Ryuji Ampo, Takashi Furukawa, Daisuke Sano, Kazunari Sei
    IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022
    Bella Center, Copenhgen, Denmark (September 11-15, 2022)
  6. Long-term wastewater norovirus surveillance and its Correlation with clinical reports
    Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano
    IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022
    Bella Center, Copenhgen, Denmark (September 11-15, 2022)
  7. Predictive models of algal bloom with sparse modeling and support vector machine
    Yohei Miura, Hiroomi Imamoto, Yosuhiro Asada, Michihiko Akiba, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano
    IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022
    Bella Center, Copenhgen, Denmark (September 11-15, 2022)
  8. Environmental factors that affect the conjugative transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (poster presentation)
    Momoko Moriyama, Satoru Suzuki, Daisuke Sano
    IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022
    Bella Center, Copenhgen, Denmark (September 11-15, 2022)
  9. Regularized regression analysis for the prediction of enterovirus inactivation efficiency in wastewater by chlorine disinfection (poster presentation)
    Atsuhiro Ishii, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano
    IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022
    Bella Center, Copenhgen, Denmark (September 11-15, 2022)
  10. The ELISA-based detection of SARS-CoV-2-specific human immunogloblin tyep A from wastewater
    Luhur Akbar Devianto, Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano
    Water and Environment Technology Conference Online 2022(WET2022-online)
    Online (July 9-10, 2022)
  11. Disinfection of extracellular antimicrobial resistant genes (ARGs) using free chlorine (Cl), peracetic acid (PAA), and performic acid (PFA)
    Hiroki Kobayashi, Mohan Amarasiri, Takashi Furukawa, Daisuke Sano, Kazunari Sei
    Water and Environment Technology Conference Online 2022(WET2022-online)
    Online (July 9-10, 2022)
  12. Buliding a wastewater surveillance-based weekly COVID-19 case prediction model in Sendai, Japan
    Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano
    The 7th Food and Environmental Virology Conference
    Santiago de Compostela, Spain (May 16-19, 2022)
  13. Transmission dynamics modeling in indoor environments using network analysis
    P. R. C. Sewwandi Bandara, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano
    The 7th Food and Environmental Virology Conference
    Santiago de Compostela, Spain (May 16-19, 2022)
  14. Regularized regression modeling of rotavirus disinfection in wastewater for predictive environmental microbiology in Sanitation Safety Planning
    Atsuhito Ishii, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano
    Water Convention 2022 at Singapore Internatinal Water Week (hybrid)
    Apr 17-22, 2022.
  15. Prediction of algal bloom in reservoir dams using sparce modeling and Support Vector Machine (poster presentation)
    Yohei Miura, Shota Yashima, Hiroomi Imamoto, Yasuhiro Asada, Michihiko Akiba, Daisuke Sano
    Water Convention 2022 at Singapore Internatinal Water Week (hybrid)
    Apr 17-22, 2022.