Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง (@SaikalyPascal) profile picture

Professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Wastewater treatment and reuse. Resource recovery. Microbial ecology. Views are my own.

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Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
My 13 year old Daughter died from #BrainCancer 5, 030 days ago. ๐Ÿ’” I would LOVE to see my Ashleyโ€™s name 5, 030 times in comments for all the days sheโ€™s been missing. When you lose a Child, the most beautiful word you can hear is their name. โค๏ธ A Repost & Follow would mean the world to us to keep our Ashleyโ€™s story alive. ๐Ÿ’œ ๐’œ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐“๐‘’๐“Ž ๐Ÿ’œ
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Electronic sensor detects early Parkinsonโ€™s markers in blood. Sensor technology developed by KAUST and Oxford detects Parkinsonโ€™s-related molecular signals in blood, achieving 90% accuracy in an initial clinical study. The technology simultaneously detects three forms of alpha-synuclein. In a blinded evaluation involving 59 participants, the platform achieved 90.9% accuracy in distinguishing disease-associated profiles from healthy controls. Read more: kaust.news/10jXF
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๐Ÿ™ MY HEARTFELT & URGENT APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ๐Ÿ™ My name is Bharat, and I am currently in the USA, where I have been battling advanced Cancer- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for the last 4 years. My doctors have told me that my condition is very critical and that I may not have much time left. At this stage of my life, I have just one heartfelt wish. I want to come back to my motherland, Andhra Pradesh, and spend the time I have left with my family and loved ones. I want to see my family, be with them, and return home one last time. This wish is giving me the strength to keep fighting. Because of my medical condition, I cannot safely travel on a regular commercial flight and urgently need medical air transportation/air ambulance assistance to travel from the USA to India. ๐Ÿ™ Honโ€™ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh @ncbn , Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh @PawanKalyan and the Government of Andhra Pradesh @AndhraPradeshCM @apnrtsofficial , and the Government of India I humbly request you to please help me come home. I am not asking for anything more than the chance to be with my family in my motherland during the time I have left. Please help me fulfill this final wish. Your timely support could mean everything to me and my family. ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ Please share this appeal widely and help it reach the concerned authorities. #AndhraPradesh #HelpBharat #AirAmbulance #MedicalEmergency #HumanitarianAppeal @naralokesh @ncbn @PawanKalyan @OfficeofNL @AndhraPradeshCM @APDeputyCMO @apnrtsofficial
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Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Excited to share our new paper in @EnvSciTech! ๐Ÿฆ  In nine full-scale AGS plants, we uncovered novel and known core genera with the potential to drive key treatment processes. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c03โ€ฆ @SaikalyPascal @DarioRShaw @MarioPronk @luciaruizhaddad @MuhammadWater
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These courageous Children are fighting cancer, but many will scroll by, ignoring their pain. #ChildhoodCancer is brutal, impacting whole families. ๐Ÿ’” Please support, follow, repost & give a ๐Ÿ’› to amplify their Voices. Picture credit: Cancer Response Team (@Nonprofit4Kids) ๐ŸŽ—๏ธ
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Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
When I post about my Daughter, it's not to get sympathy. Itโ€™s to keep her memory alive. โค๏ธ Your Follow & Repost would mean so much to get our Voices heard in our #ChildhoodCancer community. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป I miss you, Ashley. ๐Ÿฉท #Forever13
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Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
ON THE COVER Infinite currents. Artificial intelligence is often imagined as weightlessโ€”a flow of data moving through invisible digital systems. In reality, that flow depends on data centres that consume vast amounts of electricity and freshwater, much of it to remove heat. Could that heatโ€”and the water used to carry it awayโ€”come from somewhere already going to waste? Just a few kilometres away, in many cities, wastewater treatment plants discharge enormous volumes of treated effluent that can serve as a coolant. Their sludge drying and anaerobic digestion, in turn, need heat to runโ€”heat a data centre has too much of. In this issue, Aijie Wang and colleagues show how these two infrastructures can be coupled rather than managed in isolation. By mapping 4,775 data centres and 57,547 municipal wastewater treatment plants across 98 countries, they identify opportunities for treated effluent to cool data centres, while return heat supports sludge drying and anaerobic digestion. Their optimized dataโ€“water symbiosis could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by about 84 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent each year, conserve about 1,300 million m3 of freshwater and deliver annual net cost savings of US$95.4 billion. As AI expands, its infrastructure need not draw endlessly on separate streams of energy and water; it can be redesigned around exchange.
AI may feel weightless, but its growth depends on very physical systems: electricity, cooling water, heat exchange, and urban infrastructure. ESE's new cover article about โ€œGlobal data-centreโ€“wastewater symbiosisโ€ reimagines this challenge as a circular infrastructure opportunity. Read the article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.2026.1โ€ฆ.
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The last weeks there was a surge in submission of (likely) AI generated copies of earlier published work to Water Research. All with non traceable authors. @Spottingthespot @fake_journals @Dr_5GH
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Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
Congratulations to Dr. Dario R. Shaw on receiving the Best Presentation Award at the International Water Association (IWA) Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference 2026. The award recognizes Dr. Shaw's research on a novel salt-tolerant anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) bacterium cultured from the Red Sea, with the potential to transform the treatment of high-salinity wastewater. The work could support more sustainable wastewater treatment by reducing energy demand while advancing water reuseโ€”an important step toward addressing water scarcity and supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. Presented at one of the world's leading conferences on wastewater treatment, nutrient removal, and resource recovery, this recognition highlights the international impact of KAUST research in environmental biotechnology. Congratulations to Dr. Shaw and the team on this outstanding achievement! Read more: bese.kaust.edu.sa/news/detaiโ€ฆ #EnvironmentalBiotechnology #WastewaterTreatment #WaterInnovation #KAUST @SaikalyPascal
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We recently submitted a brief research report to the Frontiers journal Environmental Engineering. There was a clearly unethical reviewer who was not dismissed by the journal editors. See a comment on what happened at #PubPeer: pubpeer.com/publications/D15โ€ฆ
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My 13 year old Daughter Ashley died from #BrainCancer 4,871 days ago. Iโ€™d love to see her name 4,871 times in the comments. โค๏ธ When you lose a Child, hearing their name is the most beautiful sound. Repost & Follow to keep Ashleyโ€™s story alive. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ’œ ๐’œ๐“ˆ๐’ฝ๐“๐‘’๐“Ž ๐Ÿ’œ
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18 years ago, the first edition of Biological Wastewater Treatment was published and quickly became a cornerstone text in the field. The second edition, published in 2020, built upon that foundation and has now been downloaded more than 400,000 times! - doi.org/10.2166/978178906036โ€ฆ The book brings together modern scientific and engineering approaches to wastewater treatment, moving beyond older empirical methods to a foundation based on chemistry, microbiology, and mathematical modelling. The second edition updates this core knowledge to reflect significant recent advances and includes emerging technologies such as granular sludge, membrane bioreactors, and biofilm systems. An essential read for young water professionals, Biological Wastewater Treatment is available to read as an Open Access eBook via our website - doi.org/10.2166/978178906036โ€ฆ #BiologicalWastewaterTreatment #BWWT #OpenAccess #Wastewater #WaterResearch
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At just 14 years old, Jude Baker had already survived a battle most adults can barely imagine. After fighting Ewing sarcoma, enduring chemotherapy, surgery & months in & out of hospitals, he was granted a Make-A-Wish. He could have asked for anything. A trip to Disney World. A celebrity meet & greet. A dream vacation. Instead, Jude chose to give. During his treatment, he had seen another kind of suffering. People sleeping on the streets with no bed, no warm meal & no one to care for them. That image stayed with him. So when his wish came, he didnโ€™t ask for an escape. He asked to help. In Summerville, Georgia, Jude turned his wish into a day of compassion. Together with Make-A-Wish Georgia & local volunteers, he organized an outreach event that served hot meals, distributed sleeping bags, backpacks & essential supplies to more than 300 people experiencing homelessness. Even after everything his body had been through, Jude stood & served. He made sure every person received what they needed before he allowed himself to rest. A Child who had every reason to focus on himself chose instead to lift others. Judeโ€™s story is a powerful reminder that healing goes far beyond surviving. Itโ€™s about what we do with the life weโ€™re given back. In healthcare we chase cures, technology & efficiency, which are all important. But moments like this show us the deepest medicine is often the simplest. Seeing someone, restoring their dignity & showing up with kindness. Jude didnโ€™t just beat cancer. He became a source of healing for others. โค๏ธ
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A like, comment & repost could make the difference. ๐Ÿ’” #ChildhoodCancer ๐Ÿ’”
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My heart was shattered when my precious Ashley died from #BrainCancer at just 13 years old. ๐Ÿ’” Today, I carry her light forward by raising awareness about childhood cancer, sharing Ashleyโ€™s beautiful story & offering comfort, hope & support to other Children & families walking this heartbreaking path. If Ashleyโ€™s story touches you, Iโ€™d be incredibly grateful for your follow & a repost to help amplify these important voices. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป Together, we can bring more light to those in the darkness.
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Every repost & new follow helps amplify the voices of our brave #ChildhoodCancer fighters. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
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Please help us share Rupertโ€™s story ๐ŸŒˆ Rupert is a baby living with an ultra-rare, life-threatening condition (AHC). Rupertโ€™s Rainbow raises awareness & helps us be ready for a treatment & cure being developed in the US. A share could help give him a future ๐Ÿ’™ justgiving.com/crowdfunding/โ€ฆ @VancityReynolds @RMcElhenney @michaelsheen @RealHughJackman @chrishemsworth @channingtatum @Carra23 @GNev2 @WayneRooney @IanWright0 @PaddyTheBaddy @rickygervais @simonsquibb @FishwickDavid
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1. You can hear the heartbreaking desperation in this dadโ€™s voice โ€” he wants to help his son so badly. This video is over three minutes long which means it wonโ€™t get recommended in Instagramโ€™s algorithm. If youโ€™re on Instagram, please go share it so more people can see it and become potential blood stem cell donors. Link to the video in the post below.
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Pascal Saikaly ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง retweeted
My precious Ashley died from #BrainCancer at only 13. ๐Ÿ’” My mission now is to raise awareness, share my Ashleyโ€™s story & offer light & hope to other Children & families facing this devastating journey. We would be so grateful for a follow & repost to get our voices heard. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
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๐Ÿšจ URGENT HELP NEEDED: This is Liv Perrotto โ€” an incredible little girl with cancer whoโ€™s just been given six months to live Doctors are attempting to throw in the towel. But sheโ€™s REFUSING to quit. Livโ€™s trying to get her case in front of @drpatrick ASAP, and @US_FDA MUST approve her to start Anktiva, a potentially lifesaving treatment, IMMEDIATELY. This is Livโ€™s LAST HOPE, SO PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE! And if anyone can have Dr. Soon-Shiong reach out, that would be tremendous. Red tape is getting in the way, as FDA is currently BLOCKING minors from receiving this treatment, so this might even require @SecKennedy to step in. Liv is such a brave fighter. I genuinely donโ€™t know how she does it. Iโ€™ve gotten to know Liv and her family over the past few months. Theyโ€™ve tried absolutely everything, cross-crossing the country trying various treatments. No luck. From Livโ€™s mom @rebeccaperrotto: โ€œWe tried an immunotherapy trial in Seattle and that was unsuccessful. We have been at this since March 2021. Her cancer is everywhere now. It recently spread to leptomeningeal. We are doing ten radiation treatments to help her side effects. But not to cure.โ€ Liv refuses to give up, and I refuse to give up on Liv. Any help, prayers, or shares is appreciated ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
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