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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

Singapore International Water Week 2021 Online

The following study will be presented at Singapore International Water Week 2021 (SIWW2021) Online (June 21 – July 2, 2021).→FINISHED Maximum likelihood estimation of inactivation kinetic parameters for Escherichia coli In concentrated urine Wakana Oishi, Ikuo Kato, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano You can find details of SIWW2021 from the following link: https://www.siww.com.sg/home

06/17/2021

IWA Webinar for COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology

IWA webinar, COVID-19: Protecting communities with wastewater-based epidemiology, was held on June 17th. The recorded webinar and related materials will be available from the following link very soon: https://iwa-network.org/learn/covid-19-protecting-communities-with-wastewater-based-epidemiology/

05/07/2021

IWA Digital World Water Congress

The following study will be presented at the IWA Digital World Water Congress (May 24 – June 4, 2021). >FINISHED Inactivation kinetic modelling of Escherichia coli in the concentrated synthetic urine Wakana Oishi, Ikuo Kato, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano Day 4 (May 28th), Session 25, Water Reclamation

04/19/2021

2021 Best Paper Award

The following paper received a best paper award for Year 2021 from Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis Group). Amarasiri, M., D. Sano, S. Suzuki. 2020. Understanding human health risks caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Current knowledge and question to be answered. 50:2016−2059. Best Paper Award 2020…

04/01/2021

SDGS-ID Research Award Project for Young Researchers, the System Design of Inclusive Society with Infectious Diseases

The research proposal of Wakana Oishi has been accepted by SDGS-ID Research Award Project for Young Researchers, the System Design of Inclusive Society with Infectious Diseases. Wakana Oishi receives the excellent young researchers award with this proposal. Congratulations!!! In addition to it, the research proposal of Yifan Zhu and Sewwandi Bandara have been also accepted by the SDGS-ID Research Award…

03/19/2021

Water Project 2021 International Webinar

Assoc. Prof. Sano will give an invited speech at the Water Project 2021 International Webinar (online, March 20, 2021).→FINISHED Daisuke Sano Risk management of waterborne infectious diseases in the SDG era

03/12/2021

3rd Agricultural Engineering Lecture Series: Environmental Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Sano will give an invited speech at the 3rd Agricultural Engineering Lecture Series: Environmental Engineering (online, March 18, 2021). →FINISHED Daisuke Sano Health risk from wastewater reuse and recycle for agriculture practices

03/05/2021

Media

Kadoya has posted an e-letter at Science website.

Kadoya has posted an e-letter “A happy marriage between epidemiological modeling and wastewater-based epidemiology is anticipated” at Science website. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6526/eabe2424/tab-e-letters

01/21/2021

RCCE & SDGs 2020

Assoc. Prof. Sano will give an invited talk at the Regional Conference in Civil Engineering & Sustainable Development Goal in Higher Education Institution | UTM Campus Sustainability (Jan. 23-24, 2021, online). -> FINISHED Antimicrobial Resistance in Marine Environment (SDG 14) Daisuke Sano You can find details from the following link: https://www.utm.my/sustainable/rccesdgs2020/

01/06/2021

An article of Assoc. Prof. Sano has been posted at Special Issue Author Blog Post for Journal of Water and Health

What do we know about antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environments? On the release of an important new Special Issue, Editors of Journal of Water & Health tell us more about this crucial topic in water and sanitation. Maronel Steyn, Tasha M. Santiago-Rodriguez, Daisuke Sano & Gary Toranzos https://www.iwapublishing.com/news/special-issue-water-health-author-blog-post

12/28/2020

Media

The latest newsletter of IWA-HRWM Specialist Group (Dec. 2020) has been published

The latest newsletter (Dec. 2020) of Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group at International Water Association has been published The following articles of Assoc. Prof. Sano are included: p3: Daisuke Sano. COVID-19 Taskforce of Japan Society on Water Environment P4: Mohan Amarasiri, Takashi Furukawa, Daisuke Sano, Kazunari Sei. Update on quantifying the antibiotic concentrations which can lead to evolution of antibiotic…

11/09/2020

8th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems

The following study will be presented at the 8th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems — with Perspectives of Global Safety (Nov. 13-14, 2020, Tohoku University).-> FINISHED Virus removal by membrane bioreactors: mechanism and modeling efforts Yifan Zhu, Rong Chen, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano

10/31/2020

2020 International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering”

The following study will be presented at 2020 International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering” (CESE2020, Nov. 7-8, 2020, ONLINE) -> FINISHED Partial least square-structural equation modeling for evaluating the impact of an environmental education program on sustainable waste management behaviors of high school students in Indonesia Sagitaningtyas Susanti Utami, Mohammad Nuh, Oscar R. Danar, Daisuke Sano

10/31/2020

Water Environment and Technology Conference 2020

The following studies will be presented at Water Environment and Technology Conference 2020 (WET2020, Nov. 7-8, 2020, ONLINE). -> FINISHED Natural Inactivation Kinetics Modeling of a Waterborne Enteric Virus in Surface Water by Sparse Regression and Hierarchical Bayesian Estimation Wakana OISHI, Ikuo KATO, Osamu NISHIMURA, Daisuke SANO Gastroenteritis patient prediction based on wastewater-based epidemiology and dynamic modeling Yifan ZHU, Wakana OISHI,…

10/30/2020

Yifan Zhu won the Best Poster Award.

Yifan Zhu won the Best Poster Award at the 2nd Academic Forum on Environmental Studies at Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University. Congratulations!!!

10/24/2020

Academic paper

New article of Yifan Zhu (PhD student) has been published in Water Research

New article of Yifan Zhu (PhD student) has been published in Water Research. OPEN ACCESS!!! Virus removal by membrane bioreactors: A review of mechanism investigation and modeling efforts Yifan Zhu, Rong Chen, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano Water Research Backgrounds: Waterborne enteric viruses in wastewater pose a serious threat to public health, to keep up with the increasing demand for water…

10/22/2020

Academic paper

New article of Syun-suke Kadoya (PhD student) has been published in ESWRT

New article of Syun-suke Kadoya (PhD student) has been published in ESWRT. OPEN ACCESS!!! Regularized Regression Analysis for the Prediction of Virus Inactivation Efficiency by Chloramine Disinfection Syun-suke Kadoya, Osamu Nishimura, Hiroyuki Kato and Daisuke Sano Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, accepted.

10/19/2020

ISERME2020

The following study will be presented at the International Symposium on Earth Resources Management and Environment 2020 (ISERME2020, Oct. 23, 2020, Online). #This symposium has been postponed. Estimation of the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a sewershed based on wastewater-based epidemiology Yifan Zhu, Wakana Oishi, Chikako Maruo, Masaaki Kitajima, Daisuke Sano You can see the details of this symposium from HERE

09/25/2020

Graduation ceremony for Mr. Arief Nurul Umam and Ms. Sagitaningtyas Susanti Utami

Today is the graduation ceremony for Mr. Arief Nurul Umam and Ms. Sagitaningtyas Susanti Utami. Congratulations!!!

09/03/2020

2nd Sustainable Waste Management Conference

The following study will be presented at 2nd Sustainable Waste Management Conference (Virtual, Sep. 15-17). Hierarchical Bayesian modeling for predictive environmental microbiology towards safe resource recovery from human excreta Wakana Oishi, Shun-suke Kadoya, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano

08/03/2020

IWA Webinar “COVID-19: Wastewater-based Epidemiology” is now available on demand.

IWA Webinar “COVID-19: Wastewater-based Epidemiology” is now available on demand from the following link: COVID-19: Wastewater-based Epidemiology You can find a summary of this webinar from the following link: IWA Webinar: COVID-19: Wastewater-based Epidemiology

07/14/2020

Assoc. Prof. Sano will talk in a webinar hosted by International Water Association

Assoc. Prof. Sano will talk in a webinar for wastewater-based epidemiology hosted by International Water Association. You can register it from the following link: https://iwa-network.org/learn/covid-19-wastewater-based-epidemiology/

07/04/2020

The latest newsletter of Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group has been published.

You can download it from the following link. HRWM_SG_Newsletter_ June2020.pdf

06/10/2020