Other events of interest outside the NIBBs
The Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) is running a webinar series Engineering Biology in Action! The first session Microbial Engineering: Tools & Genetic Modification Techniques is on 14 Nov 2025 13:30-14:30 UK. The speakers are Dr David Lea-Smith from the University of East Anglia, and Kawinharsun Dhodduraj of Cranfield University. …
EBNet is one of many groups highlighting the importance of scale-up issues in the design and implementation of Industrial Biotechnology (processes:Ā see the outputs from our joint Ā workshop with Carbon Recycling Network. So a big welcome to three events organised by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), for which booking …
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) is running two webinars, in conjunction with the Environment Agency, on the new Anaerobic Digestate and Compost Resource Frameworks (RFs), which were officially published today: . AD Resource Framework Industry webinarĀ 22 Oct 2025 11-13:00 UK Compost Resource Framework Industry webinarĀ 22 Oct 2025 14-16:00 UK To …
Date: 30 Oct 2025, 12-13:30 UK (13-14:30 CET) IEA Bioenergy Ā is hosting a webinar on Progress and Challenges in Assessing Biomass Availability. The webinar reviews recent efforts to develop comparable estimates for sustainable biomass supply across different countries, and shares insights on how to better understand global biomass potentials. The …
Date: 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 UKĀ Register HERE Accurate quantification of methane emissions from sites and processes is an issue for a range of environmental biotechnologies, from landfill to slurry lagoons and large-scale anaerobic digestion.Ā Agricultural methane sources, such as livestock farming, pose the same problems and can be particularly …
Date: 31 Oct 2025, 11:00 UKĀ Register HERE. A webinar organised by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) will discuss the most critical skills required for the transition from a linear to a more circular economy, identify when these are needed and explore how they can be secured. Prof …
Resources, Conservation and Recycling (RCR) is running a set of webinars every second Thursday of the month at 10 am Pacific Time. Advance registration is required for entry (virtual auditorium capacity 500).Ā For those who cannot attend, or want a second chance to watch, webinars are also recorded and available on …
The Better Water for All Network+, led by Dr Bing Guo of the University of Surrey, was successfully launched on 3 Oct 2025 in an event that brought stakeholders together to discuss how we can achieve a sustainable water future and tackle the challenges of chemical and biological micropollutants. The …
The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has kindly made a recent webinar on Bioplastics available to EBNet membersĀ –Ā watch it here. The presenter is Prof Jhuma Sadhukhan of the University of Surrey, who is UK Lead for the Global Center for Sustainable bioproducts (GCSB).Ā The webinar covers the following …
Date: 15 Oct 2025, 14-15:00 UK IBioIC is hosting an online session on Reducing Risk in Process Scale-up with Modelling and Simulation. Scaling up from lab to industrial production is one of the most challenging steps in process development. Equipment at industrial scale often behaves very differently to laboratory systems, …
Episode 2 of the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre‘s Podcast Series features Prof Natalio Krasnogor and Yasir Akbar of Newcastle University. In this episode, they discussĀ their pioneering work at the intersection of computer science and engineering biology, with a particular focus on the innovative use of barcodes in engineered microbes. From …
Date: Thurs 16 Oct 2025 15-17:00 UK Register here BBSRC has announced its Engineering Biology Scale-up Infrastructure Preliminary Activity (EBSI PA) ā a new initiative to scope and develop a plan for national scale-up infrastructure supporting researchers and innovators.Ā This is envisioned as an 18-month community-led project that will investigate: Current …
The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) is hosting three free online sessions introducing key concepts in Bio-based and Biodegradable Materials for the circular bioeconomy. These sessions may be of interest to all EBNet members, especially ECRs and those interested in the activities of our Anaerobic Fermentation WG. Demystifying the …
Date: 3 Oct 2025 12-13:00 UK Venue: Online, free to attend The Chartered Institiution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and the Constructed Wetland Association (CWA) are inviting water professionals to a webinar presenting comprehensive evidence on treatment wetlands as established biological treatment systems in the UK. Based on the …
Webinar & Networking: Tues 30 Sept 17:00 UKĀ Register here Application Deadline: Wed 15 Oct 2025, 17:00 UK The Elemental Hub has launched Catalysing New UK-US Critical Minerals Research Partnerships, a scheme designed to strengthen transatlantic collaboration on critical minerals and materials (CMM). Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and …
