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.
HRWM Workshop for pathogen risk management for drinking water consumption will be held at the IWA Water and Development Congress and Exhibition 2025 (Dec. 8-12, 2025, Bangkok, Thailand) →FINISHED You can find the details of the IWA Water and Development Congress and Exhibition 2025 from the following link: https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/
The following study will be presented at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2025 (Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 15-20, 2025).→FINISHED Optimized-SELEX for SARS-CoV-2 specific immunoglobulin A (IgA) aptamer selection in wastewater for epidemiological surveillance Yilei Wang Pacifichem 2025の詳細は以下からご確認ください。 https://pacifichem.org/
Prof. Sano and Assoc. Prof. Amarasiri will provide keynote speeches at the 2025 International Conference on Community Health, One Health & Climate Change (Nov. 19-12, 2025, Mahasarakham University, Thailand, Hybrid).→FINISHED Identification of environmental, socioeconomic, Water, Sanitation, and Hygene (WaSH) factors associated with infectious disease incidence Daisuke Sano Antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments Mohan Amarasiri You can find details of the…
The following work will be presented in the 13th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems (Nov. 13-15, 2025, Aoba Memorial Hall, Tohoku Univesity).→FINISHED Effects of cell-to-cell communication molecule concentration on toxin production in Microcystis aeruginosa Shoya Tanaka, Yohei Miura, Daisuke Sano You can find details of the 13th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems from the following link: http://kaigan.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/HEST/GSsympo/GSsympo.html
Marcus Sanchez was honored (WET Excellent Presentation Award) at the Water and Environment Technology Conference 2025 (July 5-6, 2025, City Hall Plaza-Aôre Nagaoka). Congratulations!!! Incorporating Population-Based Emissions Within a Watershed Model to Estimate the Distribution of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Aquatic Environments Marcus Joseph Angeles SANCHEZ, Yohei MIURA, Wasitha DILSHAN, Yusuke HIRAGA, Janaka BAMUNAWALA, Mohan AMARASIRI, Daisuke SANO
The following study will be presented at the 4th International One Health Conference (Sep. 30 – Oct. 2, 2025, Italy and Hybrid).→FINISHED 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 You can find the details of the…
Katayoun Dadeh Amirfard was awarded Professional Director for Sustainable Environment (PDSE) by the international Environmental Leadership Progrm, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University. Congratulations!!!
The following study will be presented at the International Society for Sanitation Studies Annual Conference 205 (ISSS AC2025, Sep. 30, 2025, online).→FINISHED Characterization of small-scale decentralized water supply systems: Literature review (poster presentation) Yoshiki Hasegawa, Ken Ushijima, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano You can find details of ISSS AC2025 from the following link: https://sanitationstudies.org/ac2025/
The following works will be presented at the 10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Expo (Sep. 29 – Oct. 3, 2025, Christchurch, New Zealand).→FINISHED The impact of cell-to-cell signaling molecules on microcystin production Shoya Tanaka, Yohei Miura, Daisuke Sano Development of a combined watershed model to estimate the distribution of Contaminants of Emerging Concern Marcus Sanchez, Mohan…
The following study will be presented at the 17th Aceh International Workshop on Sustainable Disaster Recovery (AIWET-DR2025, Aug. 20-22, 2025, Univeresity College London).→FINISHED A rapid mapping tool for flood-affected areas from satellite imagery Yohei Miura, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anawat Suppasri, Daisuke Sano You can find details of AIWET-DR2025 from the following link: https://aiwest-dr.usk.ac.id/
Prof. Sano has been appointed as a new Chair of IWA Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group at the WaterMicro2025. Prof. Sano will manage the IWA HRWM SG as a chair for coming two years.
The following works will be presented at the Water and Environment Technology Conference 2025 (WET2025, July 5-6, 2025, City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka).→FINISHED Incorporating Population-Based Emissions Within a Watershed Model to Estimate the Distribution of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Aquatic Environments Marcus Joseph Angeles SANCHEZ, Yohei MIURA, Wasitha DILSHAN, Yusuke HIRAGA, Janaka BAMUNAWALA, Mohan AMARASIRI, Daisuke SANO Soft…
The following work will be presented at the 7th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (ecoSTP, June 23-26, 2025, Stockholm, Sweden).→FINISHED Development of a multi-objective optimization model for designing sewer and non-sewer hybrid sanitation systems Wakana Oishi, Yuto Nakazato, Daijiro Mizutani, Daisuke Sano You can find details of ecoSTP from the following link: https://www.ecostp2025.org/
The following works will be presented at WaterMicro2025 (Amersfoort, the Netherlands, June 15-20, 2025).→FINISHED Aggregation and Virus Susceptibility to Disinfectant: Insights from Simulation Study Ren Suzuki, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano 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…
The following studies will be presented at the 2nd UCL-TU Joint Roundtable on Water Sustainability and Resilient Society (Tohoku University, Apr. 9th, 2025).→FINISHED Identification of potential infectious disease biomarkers for wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance Luyao Wang Dynamics of contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic environments Marcus Sanchez Sufrace water mapping using google earth engine in Phython: From setup to satellite data…
The following study will be presented at the World Bosai Forum 2025 (March 7-9, 2025, Sendai International Center).→FINISHED Applicability of land surface water mapping using water indices derived from optical satellite data for flood inundation detection Yohei Miura, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anawat Suppasri, Daisuke Sano You can find details of World Bosai Forum 2025 from the following link: https://worldbosaiforum.com/2025/en/
The following studies will be presented at the 2nd Symposium for Human and Environmental Security (Feb. 19th, 2025, Room 101, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University).→FINISHED Murine norovirus inactivation and adaptation to ammonia Putri Shafa Kamila The impact of climate change on the cyanotoxin production in drinking water sources Shoya Tanaka Framework development for sustainability assessment of decentralized…
Prof. Sano and Asst. Prof. Oishi will give invited talks at China-Japan High-level Expert Symposium on Decarbonized Society and Green Innovation (Dec. 23, 2024, Aoba Memorial Hall, Tohoku University).→FINISHED Viral genetic diversity and its effect on disinfection susceptibility Daisuke Sano You can find details of this symposium from the following link: China-JapanHigh-levelExpertSymposium_20241223
Prof. Sano will give a keynote speech at the International Society for Sanitation Studies Annual Conference 2024 (ISSS AC 2024, Nov. 26, 2024, online).→FINISHED WaSH Factors Associated with Infectious Disease Transmission Daisuke Sano Please find details of ISSS AC 2024 from the following link: https://sanitationstudies.org/ac2024/
The following study will be presented at the 12th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems – with Perspective of Global Safety(Aoba Memorial Hall, Tohoku University, Nov. 22, 2024).→FINISHED Murine norovirus inactivation and adaptation mechanism to ammnoa Putri Shafa Kamila, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano You can find program of this event from the following link: ISWES2024
The following studies will be presented at the UCL-TU Joint Roundtable on Water Sustainability and Resilient Society (Nov. 15, 2024, online).→FINISHED Global mapping of surface water areas using satellite-derived water indices for water resource management Yohei Miura Assessment of the habitat potential of sulphate-reducing bacteria in sewage pipes and its use in simulating the health of sewage pipes through spatial…
Prof. Sano will give an invited lecture at Curtin-Tohoku Joint Research Colloquium (Nov. 4-6, 2024, Curtin University, Australia. →FINISHED Human health risk management in wastewater reclamation and reuse Daisuke Sano
The following study will be presented at the 6th Academic Forum on Environmental Studies (Oct. 25, 2024, GSES main building, Tohoku University):→FINISHED Data-driven prediction of infectious disease cases using hybrid feature selection and multiple explanatory variables Luyao Wang You can find details of the 6th Academic Forum on Environmental Studies from the following link: https://sites.google.com/tohoku.ac.jp/touron2024/home_1?authuser=0
The following study will be presented at the IWA Biofilms 2024 Conference (Shanghai, Oct. 24-26, 2024).→FINISHED Exploring the influence of ZnO powder on bacterial biofilm formation and conjugation frequency utilizing a wastewater influent isolate Katayoun Dadeh Amirfard, Satorus Suzuki, Daisuke Sano You can find details of the IWA Biofilms 2024 Conference from the following link: https://iwabiofilm2024.tongji.edu.cn/Venue/cv.htm
Sewwandi Bandara and Aken Wanguyun were awarded Professional Director for Sustainable Environment (PDSE) by the international Environmental Leadership Progrm, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University. Congratulations!!!