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Each month we are showcasing selected stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. The first two have a futuristic flavour: Chapter 15: Future Tree by Nick Sidwell, UK – environmental biotechnology …
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology has a new themed issue on wastewater surveillance. The issue opens with an editorial entitled Wastewater surveillance for public health: Quo Vadis? It includes articles on integration of point-of-care diagnostics in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology, use of wastewater surveillance …
EBNet loves learning about extremophiles, if only because they teach us humility with respect to the limits of our current understanding of individual organisms; never mind that of the complex microbial communities which we harness for environmental protection and remediation. In the present example, scientists from Spain and Germany have …
Earlier this year EBNet’s PFAS WG presented a Position Statement identifying knowledge gaps and the need for development of cost-effective approaches able to degrade PFAS. Since then the WG has: run a successful international workshop co-sponsored by EBNet and the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) – see video playlist presented …
The latest webinar in our new BES series, from 4 Aug 2025, is now available on the EBNet Youtube channel. The topic was Microbial electrolysis cells for H2 production and CO2 microbial electrosynthesis. The speakers were Dr Sovik Das, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian …
Congratulations to the Project Team and the AD WG for their new publication applying systems thinking to food waste reduction and recovery on a University campus. The paper, published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society, is one outcome from a small project supported by EBNet via our Anaerobic …
A new video presents the results of a small study carried out by EBNet’s Environmental Biotechnology and Social Sciences WG (EBSS), led by Prof Adrian Ely of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. The work aimed to explore the past, present and future of environmental …
Each month we are highlighting selected stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. This month’s choices are: Chapter 5: What Any Fool Can Do by Vienna O’Shea, UK – a tale …
Date: Mon 8 Sept 12-13:00 UK, online Topic: Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry: Enzymatic NO and CO₂ Reduction and H₂ Evolution Don’t miss the next webinar in the outstanding new series from our Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta of Newcastle University. The speaker is Dr Cristina Cordas, an Assistant …
An EBNet-funded POC awarded to Dr Tao Lyu, the PFAS WG Lead, looked at the use of molecular docking and dynamics simulations to investigate interactions between enzymes and PFAS compounds, with the goal of helping to elucidate potential mechanisms for PFAS biodegradation and providing tools to bridge the gap between …
EBNet’s Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velaquez-Orta, is organising a Working Table on the Present and future of environmental bioelectrochemical systems at the Electrochem 2025 conference. The event will take place from 17-18:30 on Tues 2 September. See HERE for proposed aims and topics of the Working Table: …
In January 2025 EBNet supported a by-invitation workshop on GHG emissions in sanitation systems. The workshop was run by EBNet’s N2O WG in conjunction with Prof Barbara Evans and her team at the University of Leeds, and included participants from half a dozen countries. The focus was on measurement of …
We are posting a lot on PFAS and related issues at present, reflecting the level of activity in this area. Dr Tao Lyu, who leads EBNet’s PFAS WG, gave a presentation on Treatment wetlands as nature-based solutions in managing emerging micropollutants: PFAS and beyond at the European Wastewater Management Conference …
A recent News item mentioned the potential for process intensification based on aerobic granular sludge (AGS) as a means of increasing the treatment capacity of wastewater facilities – a very hot topic given the poor performance of the UK water sector in this area. The main advantage of process intensification …
A flying start for the new series of webinars organised by the Bioelectrochemical Systems WG. Two excellent talks, by Dr Eduard Borràs giving an overview of the full breadth of LEITAT’s activities in this area; and Dr Daniele Molognoni on some recent and current projects. All very ably chaired by …
