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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…
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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
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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
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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
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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
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.…
Conference Presentations

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…
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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
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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
Academic paper

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…
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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.

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