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Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Assoc. Prof. Sano contributed to the publication of WHO technical brief with regards to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management. Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Authors: World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Organization for Animal Health https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/wash-wastewater-management-to-prevent-infections-and-reduce-amr/en/

06/04/2020

New article of Wakana Oishi (PhD student) has been published in JEMA.

New article of Wakana Oishi (PhD student) has been published in JEMA. Inactivation kinetics modeling of Escherichia coli in concentrated urine for implementing predictive environmental microbiology in sanitation safety planning Wakana Oishi, Ikuo Kato, Nowaki Hijikata, Ken Ushijima, Ryusei Ito, Naoyuki Funamizu, Osamu Nishimura, Daisuke Sano Journal of Environmental Management, August 2020, 268, 110672. ABSTRACT Urine concentration (condensation) leads to…

05/10/2020

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

New article of Syun-suke Kadoya (PhD student) has been published in JVI. OPEN ACCESS!!! Bottleneck Size-Dependent Changes in the Genetic Diversity and Specific Growth Rate of a Rotavirus A Strain Syun-suke Kadoya, Syun-ichi Urayama, Takuro Nunoura, Miho Hirai, Yoshihiro Takaki, Masaaki Kitajima, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Satoshi Okabe, Osamu Nishimura and Daisuke Sano Journal of Virology, May 2020, Volume 94,…

02/21/2020

U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), Viral Diseases Panel Meeting

The following study will be presented at U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), Viral Diseases Panel Meeting (Feb. 26-27, 2020. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand). Histo-blood group antigen-like substances bearing bacteria are prevalent in wastewater Mohan Amarasiri

02/06/2020

“A QMRA Framework for Sanitation Treatment Decisions” was introduced in GWPP Newsletter

Global Water Pathogen Project Newsletter Vol. 6, Issue 2 February 5, 2020 https://mailchi.mp/5ad1cdc063e9/gwpp-newsletter-qmra-framework-for-sanitation-treatment-decisions?e=e1e2204839

01/26/2020

Interdisciplinary seminar on mucosal immunology at Tohoku University 2020

The following study will be presented at Interdisciplinary seminar on mucosal immunology at Tohoku University 2020 (Feb. 19, 2020, Espace, Tohoku University Katahira Campus). Genetic diversity and free chlorine susceptibility of a rotavirus A strain Syn-suke Kadoya You can find the agenda of this seminar from here: Mucosal Immunology Seminar 2020.

01/16/2020

JST-SICORP Seminar

The following studies will be presented at JST-SICORP Seminar (Environmental Studies Building 2F Lecture Hall, Jan. 21, 2020).→FINISHED Health risk management in energy recovery and water reuse in the SDG era Daisuke Sano Modeling of virus removal efficiency during water and wastewater treatment processes Yifan Zhu

12/16/2019

Tohoku University Environmental Studies Seminar 2019

Assoc. Prof. Sano will have a lecture at Tohoku University Environmental Studies Seminar 2019 (Brawijaya University, Dec. 18, 2019).→FINISHED Risk management of waterborne infectious diseases in the SDG era Daisuke Sano Tohoku University Environmental Studies Seminar 2019 is here→TUSeminar@UB_191218_program

11/09/2019

8th IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Specialist Conference

The following studies will be presented at the 8th IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Specialist Conference (ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima, Nov. 17-20, 2019).→FINISHED Microbial Assessment of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Two Years After Nepal 2015 Earthquake (poster presentation) Sital Uprety, Mohan Amarasiri, Bipin Dangol, Daisuke Sano, Thanh H. Nguyen Antibiotic-induced Changes in Enterobacter cloacae SENG-6 Extracellular Polymeric Substances (poster…

11/08/2019

7th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems

The following study will be presented at the 7th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems (Nov. 15, 2019 at Room 101, Engineering Laboratory Complex Building, Tohoku University).→FINISHED Human health risk of Legionella pneumophila infection caused by the groundwater usage in a decentralized drinking water system Arief Nurul Umam, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano You can download the program from here→Program_Sym 7th

11/05/2019

World Bosai Forum 2019

The following study will be presented at World Bosai Forum 2019 (Nov. 9-12, 2019 at Sendai International Hall/Kawauchi Hagi Hall, Tohoku University).→FINISHED Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) assessments two years after Nepal 2015 Earthquake Sital Uprety, Mohan Amarasiri, Bipin Dangol, Daisuke Sano, Thanh H. Nguyen Details of World Bosai Forum are here: World Bosai Forum 2019

11/01/2019

Invited Speech: Assit. Prof. Mohan Amarasiri at the 6th Environmental Technology and Management Conference

Assit. Prof. Mohan Amarasiri will give an invited speech at the 6th Environmental Technology and Management Conference.→FINISHED Quantification of human health risks caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Future research directions Mohan Amarasiri The 6th Environmental Technology and Management Conference Prime Plaza Hotel, Sanur, Bali, Nov 5-7

10/07/2019

State-of-the-Art Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Daisuke Sano at the 7th International Calicivirus Conference

Assoc. Prof. Sano will be the State-of-the-Art Speaker at the 7th International Calicivirus Conference. Session 10: Food Safety and Environmental Distribution Water Disinfection and norovirus evolution Daisuke Sano You can find details of the conference from HERE.

09/27/2019

Award

Poster Award at 20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology

Asst. Prof. Mohan Amarasiri received Poster Award at the 20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology (Vienna, Austria, Sep. 15-20, 2019). 20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology Poster Award Extracellular antibiotic resistance gene decay by free chlorine treatment Mohan Amarasiri, Chihiro Konuma and Daisuke Sano Foto von Zsolt Marton

09/01/2019

Books / Book Chapters

A QMRA Framework for Sanitation Treatment Decisions

The following web book chapter has been published (Aug. 15, 2019): Sano, D., Haas, C.N. and Rose, J.B. 2019. A QMRA Framework for Sanitation Treatment Decisions. In: J.B. Rose and B. Jiménez-Cisneros, (eds) Global Water Pathogen Project. http://www.waterpathogens.org (J.B. Rose and B. Jiménez-Cisneros) (eds) Part 1 The Health Hazards of Excreta: Theory and Control) http://www.waterpathogens.org/book/a-QMRA-framework-for-sanitation-treatment -decisions. Michigan State University, E.…

08/30/2019

20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology

The following studies will be presented at the 20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology (Sep. 15-20, 2019, Vienna, Austria).→FINISHED Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions on thebacterial pathogen load in households in rural Nepal Sital Uprety, Mohan Amarasiri, Bipin Dangol, Daisuke Sano, Thanh H. Nguyen Determining norovirus infectivity based on specific detection of negative strand viral…

07/23/2019

WEF-EESS Conference on Advancement in Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

The following study will be presented at WEF-EESS Conference on Advancement in Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (July 30-31, 2019, UTown Auditorium 2, Stephen Riady Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore).→FINISHED Predictive Water Microbiology: Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling for Forecasting Virus Disinfection Efficiency Syun-suke Kadoya, Osamu Nishimura, Hiroyuki Kato, Daisuke Sano

06/14/2019

The Sixth Symposium for Environmental Water Quality Engineering

The following study will be presented at the Sixth Symposium for Environmental Water Quality Engineering (June 22, 2019, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan)→FINISHED Quantitative microbial risk assessment for users of a decentralized drinking water system (Poster presentation) Arief Nurul Umam, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano

05/21/2019

SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting

The following study will be presented at SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting (May 26-30, 2019, Helsinki, Finland).→FINISHED Effect of test medium on metals toxicity using microalgae: A chemicals mixture effect Gissela Pascual Pariona, Daisuke Sano, Takashi Sakamaki, Osamu Nishimura

03/14/2019

Special lecture presented by Sital Uprety from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Sital Uprety, a special research student from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign will give us a talk with regards to his PhD work as follow: Data and Time: March 20th, 16:30 Location：Tohoku University, Aobayama East Campus, F01, 309 講演タイトル：Influence of natural conditions and anthropogenic factors on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) →FINISHED

03/07/2019

Our work with regards to the prediction of pathogen concentration in water has been accepted by Journal of Water and Health

Our work with regards to the prediction of pathogen concentration in water has been accepted by Journal of Water and Health. In this study, the prediction accuracy is improved by sign-constrained linear regression, a new statistical approach. Sign-constrained linear regression for prediction of microbe concentration based on water quality datasets Tsuyoshi Kato, Ayano Kobayashi, Wakana Oishi, Syun-suke Kadoya, Satoshi Okabe, Naoya…

03/04/2019

A review paper by Amarasiri and Sano has been accepted by Viruses.

A review paper by Amarasiri and Sano with regards to the specific interaction of human noroviruses with environmental substances has been appeared by Viruses. Specific interactions between human norovirus and environmental matrices: Effects on the virus ecology Mohan Amarasiri and Daisuke Sano Viruses, 11(3), 224.

02/20/2019

CWR Seminar by Associate Professor Daisuke Sano, 25 Feb 19 @3.00pm, EA #01-06, NUS

You are cordially invited to a seminar on “Water Infrastructure and Virus Evolution” by Associate Professor Daisuke Sano from Environmental Water Quality Engineering, Tohoku University.→FINISHED Date: 25 Feb, 2019, Time: 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm at EA #01-06, Faculty of Engineering, NUS

01/23/2019

Our work has been accepted by Water Science and Technology

The following study was accepted by Water Science and Technology. Specific interactions of rotavirus HAL1166 with Enterobacter cloacae SENG-6 and their contribution on rotavirus HAL1166 removal Mohan Amarasiri, Hiroki Kawai, Masaaki Kitajima, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano Water Science and Technology, accepted.

01/04/2019

Dr. Andri Taruna Rachmadi moves to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Dr. Andri Taruna Rachmadi moves to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST, Saudi Arabia) as a post doctoral research fellow. Information about KAUST is here→https://kaust.edu.sa/en

12/25/2018

Call for Abstract: 20th Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology

Call for Abstract of the 20th Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology has been issued. HRWM Announcement Folder_2019_Web

12/19/2018

The latest issue of IWA HRWM Newsletter has been issued.

You can download the latest issue of IWA HRWM Newsletter from here→HRWM_Newsletter_Dec2018

12/16/2018

Tohoku University Environmental Studies Seminar 2018 in Institut Teknologi Bandung

The following studies will be presented at Tohoku University Environmental Studies Seminar 2018 in Institut Teknologi Bandung (Dec. 19, 2018, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia).→FINISHED Model development of natural decay of waterborne viruses in water environments Ikuo Kato, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano

11/16/2018

The 6th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems

The following works will be presented at the 6th International Symposium on Water Environment Systems (Nov. 30, 2018, Room 101, Engineering Laboratory Complex building, Tohoku University).→FINISHED Oral Presentation: Using microbial quantification for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) intervention study in rural Nepal Sital Uprety, Bipin Dangol, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano, Thanh Nguyen Poster Presentation: The potential appearance of free-chlorine resistant…

11/09/2018