Congratulations to Dr Sharon Velasquez-Orta who has been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Green Futures Fellowship to work on a project entitled CHANGE: Carbon dioxide conversion by intensified electrobiocatalysis. The Fellowship is one of 13 In in a new programme funded by the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology …
Congratulations to our colleagues in the EBIC Hub on the outcomes of the recent flexible funding round. Over £800k in total has been awarded to four projects, including one on Development of Peptide/Aptamer-Based Biosensing Platforms for Real-Time, Ultrasensitive Detection of PFAS with PI Dr Dhiman Chakravarty and co-Leads including Prof …
In March 2024, EBNet supported Prof Tom Curtis and Angela Bywater to attend a meeting on anaerobic digestion (AD) in remote and off-grid applications, hosted by the US National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and funded by NATO Science for Peace and Security (NATO SPS): see here for more details of …
This month, the EU introduced mandatory systematic monitoring requirements for per and polyfluoroalkyl-substances (PFAS) in drinking water, aimed at promoting compliance with new limit values in the revised EU Drinking Water Directive (2024/2184). The new limits are 0.5 µg/L for total PFAS and 0.1 µg/L for the sum of 20 …
The winners of the 2025 Environmental Photographer of the Year (EPOTY) competition have now been announced. This year there were four themes: From Source to Sea – working at different scales Inspired by Nature – fighting back together Deluge or Drought – the environment’s changing face Models of Stewardship – …
UKRI has now announced the successful bids for two flagship doctoral training initiatives designed to strengthen the UK’s talent pipeline. On behalf of our colleagues at the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC), one of EBNet’s successor organisations, we are delighted to share its new programme in Engineering Biology for Environmental …
BiofuelAi is a startup from the University of Surrey, and is one of ten finalists that have been shortlisted for the £1 million Manchester Prize. The Prize, funded by the Department for Science and Technology (DSIT), aims to reward UK-led artificial intelligence innovations such as those within the fields of …
Thanks to our colleagues in the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) Hub for a highly enjoyable and successful ECR conference on 8-9 July in Edinburgh. EBNet sponsored prizes for Best Presentations and Best Poster. In a very tight and competitive field, the overall winner was Dr Yasmin Meeda for her …
Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge 5 has awarded almost £2M to fund the SandSCAPE project which will trial robotic underwater skimming machines as a way to clean slow sand filters (SSF) without draining them of water. This novel approach preserves the unique biology of the system, improving performance and resilience, and …
The Green Future Fellowship is a unique new programme supporting scientists, researchers and innovators to develop and scale up their breakthrough climate solutions. This programme aims to nurture climate innovation by providing those working across academia and industry with the space, time and support they need to accelerate their critical …
The following projects were awarded funding in our EBNet BIV2024 Call. Feasibility study for the recovery of precious metals from incinerated bottom ash (IBA) using bioleaching technology – Professor Sebastien Farnaud, Coventry University / Fortis IBA Ltd Improving the accuracy, reliability and user experience of low-flow gas meters for research …
The following projects were awarded funding in our EBNet POC2024 Call. Elucidating mechanisms of bacterial adsorption to biochar by 3D X-ray image analysis – EBNet POC202409 Dr Meredith Rose Barr, London South Bank University (see also Biochar WG and POC presentation) Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations for assessing biodegradation …
New Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) The EB Network is pleased to be supporting the new Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC), led by Cranfield University. The Hub brings together scientists from ten UK universities to advance the use of micro-organisms to monitor the environment and remove pollutants. It’s the first research …
The following project was awarded funding in our EBNet POC2023 Call. A publicly available summary from the POC application is available here. Simultaneous Bioremediation of Nutrient Pollution and Carbon Fixation Through a Novel, Integrated Anammox and Acetogens-Based Bio-Electrochemical System – EBNet POC202311 Dr Ahsan Islam, University of Loughborough (and see the …
The Environmental Biotechnology Network (EBNet), based at the University of Southampton, is pleased to announce that the abstract for one of their co-sponsored ‘Farm of the Future’ reports on ‘Decarbonising Farm Vehicles and Future Fuels’ has won first place in the Best Scientific Abstracts from the Union of European Academies …
