The following research news was released at Tohoku University website: Bacterial Energy Model Reveals How Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Spreads in Environment Paper information: Energy allocation trade-offs among conjugative transfer, biofilm formation, and heavy metal resistance: A dynamic energy budget theory perspective Katayoun Dadeh Amirfard, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano* Water Research, March 2026, 291, 125216.
A paper has been published on the effect of virus particle aggregation on the efficiency of chlorine disinfection. Modeling of viral aggregation and its impact on chlorine disinfection efficacy Putri Shafa Kamira, Ren Suzuki, Syun-suke Kadoya, Wakana Oishi, Daisuke Sano Water Research, September 2026, 303, 126225. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 21H04570. https://waterqualitytohoku.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Cap18WR_English.mp4
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/
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