Category: <span>Event</span>

AUGUST 2021 Events Roundup

NBIC: #BiofilmWeek16-22 August 2021 ISWA: Young Professionals Group Online Conference10–11 September 2021 RSC: Chemical Science Symposium 2021: Biohybrid Approaches to Sustainable Energy Conversion13-15 September 2021 Algae-UK, BBNet and IBioIC: Marine Biomass Event16 September 2021 (register by 9 September 2021) Contamination & Geotech Expo 202122-23 September 2021, NEC, Birmingham HVB Annual …

Microbial Cycling of Volatile Organic Compounds: Biogeochemistry to Biotechnology

07-08 Feb 22, Norwich, Abstract deadline: 4 Oct 21 Microbes are the organisms primarily responsible for degrading, modifying and producing Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs), which are: Responsible for altering the climate and atmosphere Sources of energy, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur Signalling molecules Stress protectants Biomarkers Valuable for biotechnology This …

JULY 2021 Events Roundup

ICSBEP 2021: 15. International Conference on Structural Biotechnology and Environmental Physiology26-27 July 2021, London CIWEM webinar: Microplastics: Source to Sea2 September 2021 Royal Society of Chemistry (Biotechnology and Environmental Chemistry SIGs): Chemistry for the Environment17 September 2021, The Royal Society of Chemistry, London European Waste Water Management Conference28-29 September 2021, Hilton …

HBBE Annual Summit 2021 – Biotechnology for the Built Environment, 6-9 July

This free, online, four day event will host international speakers who are leaders in biotechnology, design and fields related to the built environment, as well as showcasing the early work emerging from the HBBE. Organised around our four research themes – Microbial Environments, Living Construction, Building Metabolism and Responsible Interactions …

Imminent funding opportunities from the National Engineering Biology Programme

Engineering Biology   UKRI partners including BBSRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK, MRC, and NERC, have worked closely with MoD/Dstl to engage the UK community and establish a vision for UK engineering biology. Building on this vision, UKRI continues to develop a proposal for an ambitious National Engineering Biology Programme (NEBP) to …

Can biomass displace petrochemicals as a feedstock for manufacturing?

Can biomass displace petrochemicals as a feedstock for manufacturing? The world is committed to decarbonising human activities to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. If we are to restrict global temperature rise to 1.5-2.0 by the end of this Century, we will have to eliminate the use of fossil-based …

JUNE 2021 Events Roundup

BBNet Conference (live)13-15 October 2021 9th IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Specialist Conference: Microbial Ecology Data & Principles for Water Systems and Industries18-20 October 2021 Energy Institute: Reservoir Microbiology Forum (RMF) 202110-11 November 2021 The Biochemical Society: Synthetic Biology UK 202122-23 November 2021, EMCC, Nottingham IWA Wastewater, Water and …

MAY 2021 Events Roundup

E3BNet: Rare-earth metal responses explored in the genomes of extremophilic red algae Galdieria 17 May 2021 Teesside University Together with Business: Industrial Biotechnologies in the Process Industry Cluster 18 May 2021 KTN: Trusted Research for Industry Series – Life Sciences, Chemistry & Biotechnology20 May 2021 Joint NIBB Event (Algae-UK/BBNet/EBNet): Sargassum …

APRIL 2021 Events Roundup

EPSRC: Sustainable manufacturing 20 April 2021 The Carbon Recycling Network conference 27-28 April 2021 CPI: Northern Bio-Accelerator Partnership: How we can help grow your bioscience organisation 12 May 2021 KTN: Bioeconomy Cluster Builder: Innovation Canvas Webinar 13 May 2021 Joint NIBB event (Algae-UK/BBNet/EBNet): Sargassum Golden Tides, a global problem 26 …

CIWM WEBINAR: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY and INCLUSION IN THE WASTE INDUSTRY, 31 Mar 21

The purpose of the webinar is to explore whether the waste industry is doing enough to meet the need for equality, diversity and inclusion.  Presentations will cover the scope of EDI within a membership driven organisation, what EDI means in the workplace environment, unconscious bias, the presence and experiences of …

E3BNet: Seminar – “UK to get the world’s first commercial precious metal bio-refinery from e-waste”

Join Ollie Crush and Andy Hanratty, Mint Innovation on 16 March 2021 at 18.30. Mint Innovation is a cleantech start-up founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2016. Mint’s mission is to develop and deploy new technologies to aid the recovery of valuable materials from urban mine feedstocks. A core current …

FEBRUARY 2021 Events Roundup

RSC Webinar: Marine Plastics: From Local to Global 16 February 2021 The Royal Society: You and the planet – air 16 February 2021 E3BNet Metals in Biology: Seminar series Probing metalloenzyme catalysis with time-resolved crystallographic and spectroscopic methods at X-ray free-electron lasers, 17 February 2021 The challenge to correctly measure …