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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
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
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/
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/
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…
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,…
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
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
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.
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
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
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…
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