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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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…
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.

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

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…

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