Traditional and Molecular Indicators to Support Wastewater Based Epidemiology, IWA HRWM Webinar Mini-Symposium Part I on Dec. 3rd, 2021

Traditional and molecular indicators to characterise sewage in wastewater-based epidemiology

Organizers & Moderators:
Joan B. Rose, Michigan State University, USA
Kwanrawee Joy Sirikanchana, Chulabhorn Research Institute, THA
Anicet Blanch, University of Barcelona, ESP
Andreas H. Farnleitner, TU Wien + KL Krems, ICC Water&Health, AUT

Program:
– Introduction
– Invited Mini-Keynote Speech
Human Wastewater Surveillance: A New Opportunity for Microbial Source Tracking
Orin Shanks (US EPA)
– Short presentations – Part I: Indicators/MST to support viruses targeted WBE
Normalisation of SARS-CoV-2 for Sewage Surveillance
Gertjan Medema (KWR, Netherlands)
Applicaation of MST Markers to Normalize Shedding rates in a Campus Monitoring Program in Singapore
Mat Leifson (SCELSE, Singapore)
Estimating Relative Abundance of Two SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Wastewater Settled Solids
Marlene Wolfe (Emory University, USA)
– Short presentations – Part II: Indicators/MST to support bacterial targeted WBE
Antibiotics and Resistance Genes as Indicators for Multidrug Resistant Bacteria?
Sarah Essert (University Hospital Bonn, Germany)
High Persistence of Traditional and Molecular Fecal Indicators Support Propotional Auto-Sampling of Sewage
René Mayer (TU Wien, Austria)
– Final Discussion and Closure of the first HRWM Webinar Mini Symposium

Further accepted abstracts:
Development of RNA Standards for Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 and PMMoV by RT-qPCR for Wastewater Surveillance
Subhanjan Mondal (Promega Corporation)
SARS-CoV-2 variant-specific mutation testing in wastewater: the applicability of PCR-based assays
Kata Farkas (Bangor University, UK)
Validation of Methods for Wastewater Surveillance for SARS CoV-2
Brian Swalla (IDEXX Water)
A Direct Nucleic Acid Capture Method for Purification and Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Material from Wastewater
Brigitta Saul (Promega Corporation)