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2023 Shaanxi Environmental Science and Technology Annual Conference

Prof. Sano will give an invited talk at the 2023 Shaanxi Environmental Science and Technology Annual Conference (Sep. 23, 2023, online).→FINISHED Soft sensor for monitoring pathogen log reduction in wastewater reclamation Daisuke Sano

07/24/2023

The 1st Internatinal Symposium for Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Wastewater Reclamatioin and Reuse

The following studies will be presented at the 1st Internatinal Symposium for Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Wastewater Reclamatioin and Reuse (July 25th, 2023, Rare Metal Research Building, Tohoku University). →FINISHED Development of soft sensor technology for real-time monitoring of virus removal efficiency in wastewater reclamation processes Daisuke Sano Chlorine disinfection and population genetics of murine norovirus Aken Puti Wanguyun, Wakana Oishi,…

07/12/2023

The WET Excellent Presentation Award

Sewwandi Bandara was honored (The WET Excellent Presentation Award) at The Water and Environment Technology Conference 2023 (July 8-9, 2023, online). Congratulations!!! Identification of environmental, socio-economic, water, sanitation, and hygiene determinants associated with COVID-19 transmissions in the Philippines Sewwandi Bandara, Clyde Dapat, Mayuko Saito, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano JSWE homepage： https://www.jswe.or.jp/awards/wetpresen/index.html

06/29/2023

The Water and Environment Technology Conference 2023 (July 8-9, 2023, Online)

The following studies will be presented at the Water and Environment Technology Conference 2023 (July 8-9, 2023, Online)→FINISHED Identification of environmental, socio-economic, water, sanitation, and hygiene determinants associated with COVID-19 transmissions in the Philippines Sewwandi Bandara, Clyde Dapat, Mayuko Saito, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano The use of different satellite-derived data for predicting the occurrence of freshwater cyanobacterial bloom with machine…

06/20/2023

6th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (June 26-29, Girona, Spain)

The following study will be presented at the 6th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (June 26-29, Girona, Spain).→FINISHED Onsite sanitation disinfection: A modeling approach for lime treatment of fecal matter containing viruses (poster presentation) Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano

06/02/2023

WaterMicro23 (June 4-9, 2023, Darwin, Australia)

The following achievements will be presented at WaterMicro23 (June 4-9, 2023, Darwin, Australia).→FINISHED Estimating actual infection number of SARS-CoV-2 based on virus amount in wasteater and state-space model (poster and short presentation) Syun-suke Kadoya, Hiroyuki Katayama, Daisuke Sano Mathematical optimization of sampling sites for wastewater surveillance (poster presentation) Wakana Oishi, Yusuke Hara, Takamasa Iryo, Daisuke Sano Prevalence of antibiotic resistance…

05/23/2023

International Conference of Environment & Climate Change Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Egypt

Prof. Sano gives a keenote speech at the International Conference of Environment & Climate Change Research Institute, National Research Contre, Egypt (May 23, 2023, Online)→FINISHED Responses of RNA virus populations to disinfection: Toward control of viral infectious diseases Daisuke Sano

04/25/2023

8th International Calicivirus Conference

The following study will be presented at the 8th International Calicivirus Conference (7-11, May, 2023, Rotterdam, The Netherlands).→FINISHED Nucleotide diversity and evolution rate of murine norovirus populations less sensitive to chlorine disinfection (poster presentation) Aken Puti Wanguyun, Wakana Oishi, Andri Taruna Rachmadi, Kazuhiko Katayama, Daisuke Sano

03/08/2023

Academic paper

Resource recovery technologies as microbial risk barriers: towards safe use of excreta in agriculture based on hazard analysis and critical control point

The following paper was accepted by Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. Resource recovery technologies as microbial risk barriers: towards safe use of excreta in agriculture based on hazard analysis and critical control point Wakana Oishi, Björn Vinnerås, Daisuke Sano Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2023 DOI: 10.1039/D2EW00832G

01/16/2023

Most Read in 2022, IWA Publishing

Yifan Zhu’s paper was one of the most read papers of Journal of Water and Health in 2022. You can find details from the following link: Most Read in 2022, IWA Publishing Paper information is as follow: 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…

11/13/2022

CESE2022 at Dubai

The following studies will be presented at the International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering 2022 (Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2022, Dubai, UAE).　→FINISHED Revealing the spatial and temporal dynamics of COVID-19 by wastewater surveillance Wakana Oishi, Yusuke Hara, Daisuke Sano Electrochemical sensor for detecting infectious disease-related biomarkers in wastewater Ayano Yamasaki, Masaaki Kitajima, Daisuke Sano

10/31/2022

The 4th GSES Forum

The following studies will be presented at the 4th GESE Forum (GESE main building, Oct. 28, 2022). →FINISHED Transmission dynamic modeling and determination of effective control measures for COVID-19 in indoor environments Sewwandi Bandara, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano Adaptation of viral populations to disinfectants Aken Puti Wanguyun, Wakana Oishi, Andri Taruna Rachmadi, Daisuke Sano

09/26/2022

Graduation Ceremony of Graduate School of Environmental Studies (Sep. 26, 2022)

Kaoru Imai and Yifan Zhu are awarded a doctrate for Environmental Studies. Congratulations!!!

09/17/2022

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 at Copenhagen

The following studies will be presented at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022 (Sep. 11-15, 2022, Copenhagen). FINISHED Disinfection of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes using peracetic acid (PAA) and performic acid (PFA) H Kobayashi, M Amarasiri, R Ampo, T Furukawa, D Sano, K Sei Long-term wastewater norovirus surveillance and its Correlation with clinical reports Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano…

07/21/2022

WET Excellent Presentation Award

Luhur Devianto was honored (Excellent Presentation Award) at WET2022 . Congratulations!!!

07/19/2022

51st Annual Concention & Scientific Meeting of Philippine Society for Microbiology

Prof. Sano will provide an invitation lecture at the 51st Annual Concention & Scientific Meeting of Philippine Society for Microbiology (July 21-22, 2022, online). Water disinfection and virus evolution Daisuke Sano

07/07/2022

Advancements in Microbiological Safety for Potable Water Reuse

The following study will be presented at IWA webinar “Advancements in Microbiological Safety for Potable Water Reuse” on July 27, 2022. Soft-sensor development for monitoring virus removal performance of wastewater reclamation processes Yifan Zhu, Rong Chen, Chao Rong, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano You can register from the follwing link for free: Advancements in Microbiological Safety for Potable Water Reuse

05/17/2022

The 7th Food and Environmental Virology Conference

The following studies will be presented at the 7th Food and Environmental Virology Conference (May 16-19, 2022, Santiago de Compostela, Spain). FINISHED Buliding a wastewater surveillance-based weekly COVID-19 case prediction model in Sendai, Japan Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano Transmission dynamics modeling in indoor environments using network analysis P. R. C. Sewwandi Bandara, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano

04/13/2022

Singapore International Water Week 2022 Water Convention　

The following studies will be presented at Singapore International Water Week 2022 Water Convention (Apr. 17-21, 2022, Sands Expo & Convention Centre Marina Bay Sands, Singapore with online). FINISHED Regularized Regression Modeling of Rotavirus Disinfection in Wastewater for Predictive Environmental Microbiology in Sanitation Safety Planning Atsushi Ishii, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano Prediction of algal bloom in reservoir dams using sparse modeling…

04/01/2022

Dr. Wakana Oishi is appointed to an Assistant Professorship of Environmental Water Quality Engineering at Tohoku University

Dr. Wakana Oishi is appointed to an Assistant Professorship of Environmental Water Quality Engineering at Tohoku University.

03/01/2022

Academic paper

COVID-19 case prediction via wastewater surveillance in a low-prevalence urban community: a modeling approach

Our work with regards to COVID-19 case prediction using wastewater surveillance results has been published in Journal of Water and Health: 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 J Water Health (2022) 20 (2): 459–470.

11/11/2021

SETAC North America 42nd Annual Meeting

The following study will be presented at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 42nd Annual Meeting (Nov. 14-18, 2021, online): Influence of water temperature on copper toxicity to Raphidocelis subcapitata Gissela Pascual, Daisuke Sano, Takashi Sakamaki, Osamu Nishimura

10/25/2021

2021 International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering” (CESE-2021)

Prof. Sano will provide a keynote speech at the 2021 International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering” (CESE-2021, Nov. 5-6, 2021, online). Also, two students will present their works.→Finished Keynote Speech: What can we do with the results from wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2? Daisuke Sano Research Presentations: Virus adsorption onto magnetic carbon nanotubes and its composite for…

10/25/2021

The 62nd Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine

The following study will be presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting for the Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (Nov. 3-5, online): Estimation of storage time of human excreta for the Helminth inactivation using regression trees Wakana Oishi and Daisuke Sano Please find the details of this conference from the following link: https://www.pac-mice.jp/jstm2021/index.html

09/24/2021

IELP-PMSE Award to Sewwandi Bandara

Sewwandi Bandara completed the master program at the Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, and received the Professional Master for Sustainable Environment Award at the International Environmental Leadership Program (IELP-PMSE Award). Congratulations!!!

08/12/2021

WET2021 Excellent Presentation Award

Yifan Zhu was honored (Excellent Presentation Award) at WET2021 . Congratulatinos!!!

08/02/2021

Recorded IWA webinar “COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology” is freely available

International Water Association (IWA) webinar “COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology” recoded on June 17m 2021 is freely available from the following link: https://iwa-network.org/learn/covid-19-protecting-communities-with-wastewater-based-epidemiology/

07/26/2021

Water Environment and Technology Conference Online 2021

The following studies will be presented at the Water Environment and Technology Conference Online 2021 (WET2021).→FINISHED 3B-1-d: Estimating the scaling factor connecting gastroenteritis prevalence and wastewater surveillance: Towards the quantitative implementation of wastewater-based epidemiology Yifan Zhu, Daisuke Sano 3A-2-b: Inferring the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 in an evacuation center Sewwandi Bandara, Syun-suke Kadoya, Daisuke Sano 4B-2-c: Interactive effect…

07/21/2021

Imai’s achievement has been published in Research Features

The achievement of Kaoru Imai has been published in Research Features: Novel methods to assess the effectiveness of individual disinfectants

06/24/2021