Laboratory of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology
Research Center for Water Environment Technology
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Information
- 2024/10/16
[Press Release] Evaluating survey techniques in wastewater-based epidemiology for accurate COVID-19 incidence estimation (Project Prof. Kitajima)NEW
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima, 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)NEW
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima has been introduced as a partner on the INNOVATION NEWSNETWORK, a portal site that posts the latest scientific news from around the world.Tracking viral disease dynamics through wastewater-based epidemiology
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.- 2024/09/30
[Lecture] Invited speech at SpringX "Cho" School/YouTube Live (Project Prof. Kitajima)NEW
Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima 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)
- 2024/09/11
[Publication] Paper on data standardization method for wasterwater surveillance (Project Prof. Kitajima)
The following paper by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima 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- 2024/08/27
[Lecture] Keynote speech at a lecture on wastewater surveillance (Project 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)