Lab. of Environmental Hygiene (Sei Lab.), Kitasato Univ.

New project is adopted by "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)" (PI : Prof. Sei). JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Project Title :  Qualitative evaluation of general disinfection methods to prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic environment PI :  Prof. Kazunari Sei Collaborators :  Dr. Takashi Furukawa, Dr. Shotaro Maehana, Dr. Yuki Hoshiko (Kitasato Univ.), Dr. Takahisa Ueno (Natl. Inst. Tech., Oita College) Research Period :  F

Mr. Karidokoro and Mr. Yoshida, undergraduate students from our laboratory, gave poster presentations at 60th Japan Society on Water Environment Annual Meeting. Collaborative researches are also presented by Mr. Sekine (M1) of Dept. of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kitasato Univ., Ms. Onoda (M1) of Kyushu Institute of Technology, Dr. Wang of Kanazawa University. Conference Name :   60th Japan Society on Water Environment Annual Meeting Date :  9-11 March, 2026 Venue :   Chuo U

Mr. Yoshida, an undergraduate student (B4) in our laboratory, won the JSWE-LION Best Student Poster Presentation Award at the 60th Japan Society on Water Environment Annual Meeting (Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 10, 2026). Congratulations!

New article on the surveillance of malaria parasite in wild macaques feacal DNA for monitoring zoonotic transmission in Southeast and South Asia has been accepted in " The Journal of Infectious Diseases ", as a result of international collaboration research. Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Charin Modchang, Bernadina Cynthia, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Stefan Fernandez, Nada M. Melhem, Sirirat Luk-in, Andrew C. S

New article on the inactivation of viruses in aerosol by pulsed electric field application has been published in " Environmental Pollution ". Takashi Furukawa, Takahisa Ueno, Suzuha Moroishi, Yuki Hoshiko, Shotaro Maehana, Mohan Amarasiri, and Kazunari Sei (2026) Inactivation of bio-aerosolized viruses by applying pulsed electric field. Environmental Pollution , 395,  127841. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.127841 .

New article on genetic analysis of the tigecycline-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital wastewater has been published in " Environmental Microbiology Reports ". Shotaro Maehana, Masato Suzuki, Naoko Ishimura, Hiroki Izawa, Ryotaro Eda, Masaki Nakamura, Mohan Amarasiri, Takashi Furukawa, Fumiaki Kojima, Kazunari Sei, Makoto Kubo (2026) Emergence of tigecycline-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa  harboring tmexC6D6-toprJ1b  from hospital sewage in Japan. Enviro

Prof. Sei and Dr. Furukawa joined the field survey and meeting for AMED/JICA SATREPS Project (PI : Prof. Naotoshi Tsuji of School of Medicine) in Ghana. Duration :  23-29 October, 2025 Destination :  Republic of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana Eastern Region Health Service Center Kwahu East District Health Service Kotoso Village, Kotoso CHPS, Kotoso Primary School

New article on the surveillance of the environmental source of tapeworm infection in rural Japan has been published in " Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics ", as a result of international collaboration research. Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Mohan Amarasiri, Phatthranit Phattharapornjaroen, Cameron Hurst, Yu Suzuki, Daisuke Akaneya, Mika Moriya, Taichi Adachi, Yoshikazu Okuma, Daisuke Ishizawa, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Miyanaga, Longzhu Cui, Kazunori Moriya, Hirotake Mori, Naveen

Prof. Sei gave oral presentation and Dr. Hoshiko gave poster presentation at 10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Exhibition 2025 (10th IWA-ASPIRE 2025). Conference Name : 10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Exhibition 2025 (IWA-ASPIRE 2025) Date : September 29 - October 3, 2025 Venue : Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre / Christchurch Town Hall (Christchurch, New Zealand) Kazunari Sei, Miku Kanazashi, Yuki Hoshiko, Shotaro Maehana, Mohan Amarasiri, and Takashi Furukawa (2025) Profiles o

Dr. Hoshiko and Dr. Maehana gave poster presentation at 22nd IWA Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference (WaterMicro2025)....

New article on the waswater based surveillance on Mpox diversity in war and conflict-affected countries has been accepted in " Journal of...

New article on the passive sampling of urban runoff solids for environmental DNA analysis to detect rodents has been accepted in "Water...