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- 2024/12/12
[Event] Special Seminar Series #64 (Dr. Ryota Gomi/Lecture)
Dr. Ryota Gomi of Kyoto University gave a special lecture. His research topic is genomic analysis of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacteriaceae bacteria in environmental waters.
A large audience of students and researchers gathered, and a lively question-and-answer session took place. Seminar report
- 2024/12/09
[Event] Special Seminar Series #63 (Prof. Tong Zhang/Lecture)
Chair Prof. Tong Zhang of the University of Hong Kong gave a special lecture. He is a world-famous professor on microbial ecology and beyond.
Despite the short notice, the audience filled up the meeting room and a lively question and answer session continued until the closing time. Seminar report- 2024/11/28
[Media] Newspaper article about institutionalization of wastewater surveillance (Project Prof. Kitajima)
The Yomiuri Shimbun published an article about the wastewater surveillance, in which Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima was interviewed.
下水の新型コロナウイルス調査、予算１・７倍要求で範囲拡大…１週間後の流行を予測 (only in Japanese)- 2024/11/27
[Award] Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2024 (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima has been selected as "Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2024". Using qualitative and quantitative analysis to identify researchers from across the globe whose work holds broad influence, the list is drawn from highly cited papers that rank in the top percentile of citations for field and publication year over the past decade.
The news was featured in the Topics on the School of Engineering website (in Japanese).- 2024/11/20
[Media] Launch of laboratory of WBE in IWA Newsletter (Project Prof. Kitajima)
One of IWA's Specialist Groups is the Health-Related Water Microbiology (HRWM group). The June issue of their Newsletter featured the Launch of the Laboratory of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology led by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima and Project Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama.
- 2024/11/19
[Publication] Paper on SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam's surface water(Project Prof. Kitajima)
The following paper by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) et al. was published by Sci. Total Environ. This is the result of joint research between University of Yamanashi, Phenikaa University, Viet Nam, University of Tokyo and Hanoi University of Public Health.
Siri, Y., Malla, B., Thao, L. T., ... Kitajima, M., ... & Haramoto, E. (2024). Assessment of environmental factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam's surface water across two years of clinical data. Science of The Total Environment, 957, 177449.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177449- 2024/11/16
[Lecture, presentation etc.] 61st Environmental Engineering Research Forum (Profs. Takizawa, Katayama, Kitajima, Hashimoto)
The 61st Environmental Engineering Research Forum, organized by Environmental Engineering Committee, JSCE, will be held on November 26-28 in Niigata, Japan. Program(PDF)
At the planning session open to the public, Prof. Satoshi Takizawa will give a lecture as the subcommittee chair of the "Water Infrastructure Renewal Subcommittee." In addition, Prof. Takizawa and Assoc. Prof. Takashi Hashimoto (Subcommittee on IoT/ICT/AI utilization in water and sewage systems) will be on the panel discussion as experts.
In the oral session, Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima will present his paper.
Izuki NAKASO, Akira HAFUKA, Masaaki KITAJIMA, Katsuki KIMURA DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-CONCENTRATION VERSION OF THE EPISENS-M METHOD SUITABLE FOR TREATED WASTEWATER AND EVALUATION OF VIRUS REMOVAL PERFORMANCE BY MBRAlso, a student from Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama's laboratory will give a short oral & poster presentation.
Kotaro Shimazu・Takashi Hashimoto・Hiroyuki Katayama「限外濾過によるT型ファージ阻止における粒子特性の影響」- 2024/11/15
[Publication] COVID-19 infection Up-to-date 25 (Project Prof. Kitajima)
A review article by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) was published in the September issue of Modern Media, an academic information magazine on medicine and public health published in 1955. The article is available to the public in PDF format. (in Japanese)
安藤宏紀、北島正章 (2024) 下水疫学調査による新型コロナウイルスの感染動向把握, モダンメディア, 70(9), pp.292-301.- 2024/11/14
[Publication] Paper that analyzes wastewater-based epidemiology research using structural topic model (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) et al. used a structural topic model to provide an overview of the topics involved in WBE in various research fields and elucidate their characteristics, and published a paper in Results in Chemistry.
Michio Murakami, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Masaaki Kitajima (2024) Analysis of research fields involving wastewater-based epidemiology and interdisciplinary spillovers using a structural topic model, Results in Chemistry, 12, 101897.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2024.101897- 2024/11/02
[Media] Cooperating with Kyodo News for coverage on earthquake resistance of water supply (Prof. Takizawa)
Kyodo News interviewed Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division), and the article was published in almost all local newspapers. In particular, the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper devoted a space under the headline "Management Efforts Reaching Their Limits" as "A story from Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (Water Administration) of the University of Tokyo Graduate School."
"Government emergency inspection in response to the Noto earthquake: Earthquake resistance of water supply 15% at disaster prevention bases" Kyoto Shimbun, Kanagawa Shimbun, and many others (in Japanese)- 2024/10/30
[Lecture] Invited speech on Water and Wastewater in Korea (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) gave an invited speech at a conference organized by Korea Society of Water and Wastewater.
Masaaki Kitajima. Technology Development and Social Implementation of Wastewater-based Epidemiology in Japan. Korean Society of Water and Wastewater (KSWW) Conference, Jeju, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2024.- 2024/10/26
[Lecture] 2 lectures in Qingdao, China (Prof. Katayama, Dr. Liu)
Project Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama and Asst. Prof. LIU Miaomiao (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Microbial Ecology from October 25th to 28th. Prof. Katayama delivered a keynote speech, while Dr. Liu focused on networking and reconnecting with both new and long-standing collaborators. See News from Shandong University, the co-host of the meeting.
Lecture title:
In addition to the meeting, they were invited to the School of Environmental Science and Technology at Shandong University, where they participated in academic discussion and Prof. Katayama gave an invited lecture.
Wastewater-based Epidemiology: Experience in Japan (Hiroyuki Katayama and Masaaki Kitajima)
- 2024/10/25
[Event] Research exchange with Wenzhou University (Prof.Katayama)
During his business trip to China, Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development) visited Wenzhou University and had discussion with President Zhao Min and other researchers.
RECWET and The College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research collaboration. See the history of research exchange
Image: College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University- 2024/10/23
[Event] SEAWE-14 latest information
We received 166 presentation applications, which exceeded our expectations, and we hurriedly increased the number of programme committee members to review the abstracts. The symposium has been structured to have slots of approximately 110 oral presentations and 50 flash talk in three rooms.
In addition, we have selected 17 presentations by young researchers from middle- and low-income countries to provide support for their travel expenses by utilizing a conference grants from private foundations.
Currently, Universiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur is coordinating keynote speakers and venues, and planning technical tours. University of Tokyo is busy coordinating with travel grant recipients and accepting registrations. Please join!
https://www.recwet.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/asian_water2024/- 2024/10/16
[Press Release] Evaluating survey techniques in wastewater-based epidemiology for accurate COVID-19 incidence estimation (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology), Prof. Michio Murakami of Osaka University and others analyzed the survey methods for wastewater surveillance necessary to understand the status of COVID-19 infection in regions, and clarified appropriate survey method criteria.
- Press Release from Osaka University (English)
- Press Release from Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER), Osaka University (Japanese)- 2024/10/09
[Media] Introduced as a partner on the latest science news portal (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) has been introduced as a partner on the INNOVATION NEWSNETWORK, a portal site that posts the latest scientific news from around the world.
From now on, articles about Project Prof. Kitajima will be published as news on this site. Also, Past articles are also posted on the same page.
Tracking viral disease dynamics through wastewater-based epidemiology- 2024/10/07
[Cooperated event] Hydrosphere Science Seminar #18 (Dr. Hashimoto, RECWET)
#18 of Hydrosphere Science Seminar, which RECWET also collaborate to co-sponsor, was given by Assoc. Prof. Takashi Hashimoto (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) from 15:00, 7th October (Mon).
Lecture title
Ensuring Safe Potable Water Supply with Membrane Filtration: Aging Mechanisms and Monitoring Strategies- 2024/10/02
Agreement concluded to promote collaboration between Institute for Aqua Regeneration, Shinshu University and School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
On 1st October 2024, Institute for Aqua Regeneration, Shinshu University and School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo concluded an agreement and held a signing ceremony to promote collaboration.
Press Release has been issued from the School of Engineering (in Japanese)
RECWET is in charge. Director Satoshi Takizawa, Deputy Director Takashi Kato and Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama attended the signing ceremony.- 2024/09/30
[Lecture] Invited speech at SpringX "Cho" School/YouTube Live (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) gave a lecture held simultaneously at the venue and online on Sep 17. YouTube Live is available. (in Japanese)
Knowledge Capital "Cho" School
A course that enriches “life” and “lifestyle” by considering with evidence, season2
Part 3 Wastewater-based Epidemiology - Cutting-edge knowledge for the Osaka/Kansai Expo -
(Translation of the event name, not official)
- 2024/09/22
[Lecture] Keynote speech at SETAC Asia-Pacific (Prof. Kurisu)
Prof. Futoshi Kurisu (Water System Management) gave a keynote lecture at SETAC Asia-Pacific 14th Biennial Meeting (September 21-25, Tianjin, China), an international conference on environmental toxicology and chemistry.
Lecture Title:
Non-target screening of persistent micropollutants and their ecotoxicological evaluation in wastewater treatment and river- 2024/09/19
[Lecture] Keynote speech and Special lecture in Taipei (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) gave a keynote speech at ASME 2024 being held at National Taiwan University, and also gave a special lecture at the same university.
Title: Technological advancement and social implementation of wastewater-based epidemiology: experience in Japan
●2024 The 14th Asian Symposium of Microbial Ecology (ASME 2024), 18-20 September, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
●Special lecture, 19 September, Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei.- 2024/09/11
[Publication] Paper on data standardization method for wasterwater surveillance (Project Prof. Kitajima)
The following paper by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) et al. was published by Sci. Total Environ. (Printed version is published on Nov 25).
N. Endo, A. Hisahara, Y. Kameda, K. Mochizuki, M. Kitajima, M. Yasojima, ... & H. Tanaka (2024) Enabling quantitative comparison of wastewater surveillance data across methods through data standardization without method standardization, Science of The Total Environment, 953, 176073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176073- 2024/09/10
[Event] Special Seminar Series #62 (Distinguished Prof. Bryan W. Brooks/Lecture)
Distinguished Prof. Bryan W. Brooks of Baylor University, who is the Editor-in-Chief of ACS Publications' ES&T Letters, would like to exchange opinions with researchers in the field of environmental science in Japan. Then he visited UTokyo and gave a lecture in the afternoon on September 10th. Additionally, Dr. Takanori Komatsu of ACS Publications, who accompanied the professor, gave a presentation about the publisher's journals.
This lecture was particularly useful for those working in the field of environmental toxicology and risk assessment, as well as anyone interested in publishing in ES&T Letters or related journals. Seminar details- 2024/09/01
[Media] Interview articles (Prof. Takizawa)
As Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) is knowledgeable about waterworks projects, facilities, and administration, he is often asked for interviews and has been featured in newspapers as shown below (in Japanese).
Asahi Shimbun, Sep 1, Earthquake resistance rate of water treatment plants
Tokyo Shimbun, Jul 1, Interview with Prof. Takizawa about delays in earthquake-proofing water supplies
Suidou news, May 13, Sustainability and evolution of water and sewage business
NHK NEWS, Apr 24, Increases in water charges in 20 years- 2024/08/29
[Publication] Papers by 5th term JICA program students (Prof. Takizawa et al.)
The following 3 papers by students were issued. Their supervisers are Prof. Satoshi Takizawa, Project Asst Prof. Benyapa Sawangjang and Assoc. Prof. Shinobu Kazama of JICA Water Engineering and Utility Management for Future Leaders program.
● Mr. Ankit (M2) Aug 29：
Improvement of Removal Rates for Iron and Manganese in Groundwater Using Dual-Media Filters Filled with Manganese-Oxide-Coated Sand and Ceramic in Nepal, Water, 16(17), 2450. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172450
● Ms. Masayu (M2) Aug 18：
Filling Discrepancies between Consumer Perception and Actual Piped Water Quality to Promote the Potable Use of the Municipal Water Supply in Indonesia, Sustainability, 16(16), 7082. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16167082
● Mr. Saiful (M2) Aug 12：
Causes and Effects of Scale Deposition in Water Supply Pipelines in Surakarta City, Indonesia, Water, 16(16), 2275. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16162275- 2024/08/21
[Event] SEAWE-14 the latest information
By the August 14th deadline, we had received well over 100 abstracts. With travel support provided by conference grants adopted by two domestic institutions, selected young researchers who submitted excellent abstracts can present without any problems even if they are from developing countries. Providing opportunities for research presentations within the region, we believe that we can contribute to strengthening the research network.
The keynote speakers include;
- Dato' Seri Prof. Ir. Dr. Zaini Bin Ujang (former professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), who specializes in water environment and is currently the Secretary General of the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education
- Ir. Khor Bee Chin, a senior manager at a Malaysian state-owned wastewater and sanitation company
- Prof. Satoshi Takizawa, director of RECWETPlease visit the event website, which also includes travel and accommodation information.
- 2024/08/21
[Publication] Paper on long-term wastewater monitoring (Prof. Katayama)
The following paper by Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development) et al. was published online by Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy. Shoko Tateishi, ... Hiroyuki Katayama, ... Shintaro Yanagimoto (2024) Facility wastewater monitoring as an effective tool for pandemic infection control: An experience in COVID-19 pandemic with long-term monitoring, Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiac.2024.08.014- 2024/08/16
[Media] Interview and commentary articles in Jul and Aug (Project Prof. Kitajima)
An interview article with Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) and his 2 commentary articles were published as follows:
The Hokkaido Shimbun (Aug 14, interview)
The Environmental News (Jul 24, full page commentary)
Journal of Sewerage, Monthly (Aug issue, Commentary published in new series on WBE)
(in Japanese)- 2024/08/05
[Event] Special Seminar Series #61 (Prof. Hadas Mamane/Lecture)
Prof. Hadas Mamane of Tel-Aviv University is researching and developing decentralized water treatment technology utilizing UV light-emitting diodes that is effective in providing safe water in low-income and remote areas. She gave a lecture based on her case study conducted in Uganda and India. Seminar details
- 2024/08/02
[Lecture] Keynote speech at a lecture on wastewater surveillance (Prof. Kitajima)
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima gave a keynote speech at the Japan WasteWater Surveillance Association's 3rd Lecture: "Utilization of Wastewater Surveillance and its nationwaide expansion in a Post-Corona Society" (August 2nd, 9F, East Bldg, TFT Building near Tokyo Big Sight).
The lecture video has been released. Please take a look. (in Japanese)
- 2024/08/01
[Publication] Paper on DHS reactor's E. coli removal mechanism (Prof. Syutsubo)
The following paper by Prof. Kazuaki Syutsubo (International Water Environment) et al. was published by J. Environ. Sci. Health.
Noriko Tomioka, Thao Tran P., Masataka Aoki, Yasuyuki Takemura & Kazuaki Syutsubo (2024) Escherichia coli removal in down-flow hanging sponge reactors: insights from laboratory reactor studies, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 59(6), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529.2024.2384205- 2024/07/31
[Publication] Paper on antimicrobial resistance genes (Drs. Liu & Kasuga)
The following paper by Project Asst. Prof. Liu Miaomiao and Project Assoc. Prof. Ikuro Kasuga (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) was published by Sci. Total Environ. (Printed version is published on Nov 1).
Miaomiao Liu and Ikuro Kasuga (2024) Impact of chlorine disinfection on intracellular and extracellular antimicrobial resistance genes in wastewater treatment and water reclamation, Science of The Total Environment, 949, 175046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175046- 2024/07/23
[Event] Special Seminar Series #60 (Prof. Joana Portugal Pereira/Lecture)
Prof. Joana Portugal Pereira, author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group 3 (WG3/Mitigation of Climate Change) report, gave a special lecture on the afternoon of July 23rd. Seminar details
- 2024/07/23
[Lecture] Plenary lecture at ILCC 2024 (Prof. Kato)
Prof. Takashi Kato (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development Division) gave a Plenary lecture "Advanced Functional Liquid-Crystalline Materials" at the 29th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2024) being held in Rio de Janeiro from July 21 to 26.
- 2024/07/21
[Conference] Oral presentation at WET2024 (Dr. Burzio)
Project Researcher Cecilia Burzio gave an oral and poster presentation at Water and Environment Technology Conference 2024 (WET2024) (July 20-21, Okayama University). She also participated in Networking Dinner held the day before by the young researchers organization Japan-YWP, and had the opportunity to exchange information and interact with various people regarding water issues.
● Cecilia Burzio, Yoshihiko KAWAGUCHI, Koji KOSAKA, Kazuhiro KOMATSU, Takashi HASHIMOTO, "Rapid Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Pesticides in River Water Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy"- 2024/07/15
[Publication] Paper based on joint research with Beijing Normal University et al (Prof. Takizawa)
A paper about fouling behavior of BTEX presenting in petrochemical wastewater has been published in a joint research by Prof. Yu Yang of Beijing Normal University, Prof. Satoshi Takizawa (International Water Environment Division) and others.
K. Gao, Y. Yang, A. Li, J. Pu, S. Takizawa, N.J.D. Graham, L. Hou (2024) Fouling behavior of BTEX in petrochemical wastewater treated by nanofiltration (NF), Journal of Hazardous Materials, 476, 135185.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135185- 2024/07/13
[Publication] Paper on non-target screening (Prof. Kurisu, Dr. Kasuga)
The following paper by Prof. Futoshi Kurisu (Water System Management), Project Assoc. Prof. Ikuro Kasuga (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) et al. was published by Sci. Total Environ. (Printed version is published on Oct 15).
Aishwarya Pandey, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu (2024) Non-target liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry screening to prioritize unregulated micropollutants that persist through domestic wastewater treatment, Science of The Total Environment, 947, 174486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174486- 2024/07/12
[Media] Newspaper interview articles in June and July (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Interview articles with Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima have been published in multiple media.
Asahi Shimbun (July 12)
The contents include the fact that Wastewater-based Epidemiology is attracting attention due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the increase in inbound tourists, start of wastewater surveillance at international airports, cost effectiveness of the surveillance, future direction of the research and so on.
Nikkei Biotechnology & Business (July 11)
Tokyo Shimbun (June 16)
(in Japanese)- 2024/07/10
[Event] Symposium on Wastewater & Environmental Surveillance in Asia (Project Prof. Kitajima, Dr. Liu, Dr. Canh)
"Online Symposium on Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance (WES) in Asia" was held, where Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima and Prof. Sungpyo Kim (Korea University) were the Meeting organizers. Also Project Asst. Prof. Miaomiao Liu and Project Researcher Canh Duc Vu served as secretariat.
There were talks from 8 countries/regions of Asia. Dr. Kitajima presented "Ongoing wastewater surveillance programs in Japan". Symposium outline & Program(PDF)- 2024/07/02
[Event] Special Seminar Series #59 (Prof. Helen Nguyen/Lecture)
Prof. Helen Nguyen of University of Illinois gave a lecture for research exchange at UTokyo. She has been invited to Tohoku University to develop technologies for monitoring Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in the water environment using genome editing technology CRISPR-Cas9. Seminar details
- 2024/07/01
[Publication] Paper on virus adsorption and elution (Profs. Kato, Katayama, Dr. Liu)
The following paper by Prof. Takashi Kato and Hiroyuki Katayama (Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development), Dr. Liu Miaomiao et al. was published by RSC Applied Polymers (First published on Apr 2). This is the result of joint research between Dept. Chemistry and Biotechnology and Dept. Urban engineering.
Junya Uchida, Miaomiao Liu, Shizuka Matsuyama, Hiroyuki Katayama and Takashi Kato (2024) Virus adsorption and elution using cationic polymer brushes: potential applications for passive sampling in wastewater-based epidemiology, RSC Applied Polymers, 2(4), pp.670-677. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3LP00216K- 2024/06/27
[Event] Special Seminar Series #58 (Profs. Sheng-Jie YOU & Ya-Fen WANG/Lecture)
Environmental Sceience Center (ESC) and RECWET jointly held a Special Seminar, and two professors from Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan gave special lectures. Prof. Sheng-Jie YOU is listed as the World's Top 2% Scientists. Prof. Ya-Fen WANG has held senior positions in the environmental field. Seminar details
- 2024/06/27
[Lecture] Keynote and invited lectures (Project Prof. Kitajima)
Projct Prof. Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) gave following keynote lecture and invited lectures.
● Masaaki Kitajima (2024) Wastewater surveillance at international airports to monitor imported infectious diseases: a proof-of-concept study in Japan, NSF Research Coordination Network Webinar Series #37, June 7, Online.
● Masaaki Kitajima (2024) Wastewater-based Epidemiology [Keynote], International Young Researchers' Conference 2024, June 8, UTokyo
● Masaaki Kitajima (2024) Wastewater & Environmental Surveillance for Public Health Action in Asia [Keynote Panel], PREPARE-TF READl: Developing a Regional Agenda for Wastewater & Environmental Surveillance and Research for Epidemics and Pandemics, June 24-28, PARKROYAL on Beach Road, Singapore.
● (予定) 北島正章 (2024) 札幌市における下水疫学調査に資する下水中ウイルス高感度検出技術, 第35回北海道輸血シンポジウム(PDF), Jul 20, 日本赤十字社北海道ブロック血液センター, 札幌.- 2024/06/27
[Press Release] Willingness to pay for nationwide wastewater surveillance system for infectious diseases in Japan (Project Prof. Kitajima)
School of Engineering has issued a press release regarding research conducted by Project Professor Masaaki Kitajima (International Wastewater-based Epidemiology) with Waseda University, Keio University, Technische Universität München, and others.
- 2024/06/24
[Cooperated event] Hydrosphere Science Seminar #17 (Australian meteorologist)
#17 of Hydrosphere Science Seminar, which RECWET also collaborate to co-sponsor, will be given by
Prof. Gab Abramowitz (University of New South Wales, Australia) and(Cancelled) Dr. Fitsum Woldemeskel (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia) from 15:00, 2nd July (Tue). Please register here and join us!- 2024/06/22
[Conference] Invited panelist at 2024 ACUNS Annual Meeting (Dr. Burzio)
At the conference below, Dr. Cecilia Burzio was invited to participate in a roundtable session on water, energy, and food as a panelist.
● Conference：2024 ACUNS Annual Meeting (June 20-22)
"Global Governance and Sustainable Development:Revitalizing Research to Support Multilateral Solutions"
● Co-hosted at：United Nations University, Tokyo and University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus
● Roundtable(PDF)："Empowering Youth for Sustainable Futures: Exploring the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus" (June 22)- 2024/06/22
[Conference] Oral/poster pres. at SIWW 2024 (Project Prof. Kitajima, Dr. Liu, Dr. Canh)
The members of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology gave oral/poster presentations at Singapore International Water Week 2024 (SIWW 2024) (June 18-22, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore) as follows:
● M. Kitajima and H. Ando：
"Tracking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on other viral diseases through wastewater-based retrospective epidemiological surveillance"
● T. Takeda, M. Kitajima, E. Haramoto et al.：
"Towards a regional framework for wastewater-based epidemiology"
● V. D. Canh, H. Katayama et al.：
"Low-Cost Virus Concentration Method for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology"
● M. Liu, V. D. Canh, H. Katayama et al. (Dr. Canh was the presenter)：
"Viral indicators for combined sewer overflow (CSO) pollution based on capsid integrity quantitative PCR"- 2024/06/19
[Event] The 14th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment
RECWET has been holding SEAWE series, one of our major events, in various Southeast Asian countries in collaboration with other Southeast Asian countries. The 14th SEAWE will be held for the first time in Malaysia (3-5 December 2024).
This conference focuses on the water environment in the Southeast Asian region. The purpose is to provides an opportunity for researchers active in the region and those conducting research that contributes to the local enveironment to gather and present and discuss their research results. We particularly aim to foster networks among young researchers.
We are now accepting abstracts for oral presentations. Please visit the event website.- 2024/06/19
[Event] Major conferences that members are involved
The following academic conferences are managed and prepared by RECWET faculty and researchers.
■ 14th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2024 (Oct 22-24@Tokyo)
Prof. Kato1 : Conference Chair
■ 29th International Liquid Crystal Conference(ILCC 2024) (Jul 21-26@Rio de Janeiro)
Prof. Kato : International Advisory Board
■ Singapore International Water Week 2024(SIWW) (Jun 18-22@Singpore)
Prof. Katayama1,3 : Water Convention Theme 5 (Water quality and one health) Programme Committee
■ The 13th IWA Micropol and Ecohazard Conference (Jun 16-20@Taipei)
Prof. Kurisu2 : Organizing Committee, Prof. Kurisu & Project Assoc. Prof. Kasuga3 : Programme Committee
■ 8th International Society for Food and Environmental Virology Conference(ISFEV) (Jun 9-14@Tokyo)
Prof. Katayama: Chair of Organizing committee
■ International Young Researchers' Conference(IYRC Spring 2024) (Jun 8@UTokyo)
Dr. Vu Duc Canh3: IYRC Coordinator
1 Water Quality Control Technologies and Materials Development, 2 Water System Management, 3 International Wastewater-based Epidemiology- 2024/06/17
[Lecture] Invited lectures in May-Jun (Prof. Kurisu)
Prof. Fustoshi kurisu (Water System Management Division) gave following invited lectures.
● Kurisu, F., Ota, M., Shinfuku, Y., Kasuga, I., Suzuki, Y. and Kameya, T. (2024) Risk Evaluation by Target Screening of the Compounds on the Emerging Contaminants List in Water Environment in Japan. The 13th IWA Micropol and Ecohazard Conference, Jun 17, Taipei, Taiwan.
● 栗栖太 (2024) 複雑系である環境微生物と有機物の理解と制御, 中国地区5校合同環境セミナー, May 11, 広島市国際青年会館（アステールプラザ）.
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