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.
Prof. Sano has been appointed as a new Chair of IWA Health-Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group at the WaterMicro2025. Prof. Sano will manage the IWA HRWM SG as a chair for coming two years.
HRWM Workshop for pathogen risk management for drinking water consumption will be held at the IWA Water and Development Congress and Exhibition 2025 (Dec. 8-12, 2025, Bangkok, Thailand) →FINISHED You can find the details of the IWA Water and Development Congress and Exhibition 2025 from the following link: https://waterdevelopmentcongress.org/
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/