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GitLife Biotech aim to set the global standard in the management of provenance and integrity for biological assets; enabling the potential of synthetic biology to be realised worldwide. They are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and collaborative Bioinformatician, who is able to work under pressure, and quickly embed and …
Share your own views with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: HERE. This call for evidence asks for your experiences and insights into the strengths, weakness and opportunities for the UK’s engineering biology ecosystem. Government will use the outcomes of this call for evidence to inform policy that will …
Share your own views on the UK’s water industry: HERE A Fresh Water Future is an independently-funded project, delivered by CIWEM but overseen by a range of environmental NGOs, experts and practitioners. It aims to understand where consensus may be built on how water should be managed better in the …
Interested in biofilms? The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) Showcase will take place on Tuesday 12 September 2023 from 09:00 – 17:30 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. Featuring talks from partner research institutions, researchers, industry/end-user partners etc., making this a great networking and knowledge exchange event. Register …
The long-awaited UK Government’s Biomass Strategy has been published. It sets out steps government intends to take to strengthen biomass sustainability and the opportunities for the use of sustainable biomass across multiple sectors of the economy in support of achieving the UK’s net zero target. It builds on the 2021 Biomass …
Deadline: 14 July 2023. Up to ÂŁ20,000 per BIV. Purpose: to encourage and support collaboration between academia and industry. The collaboration can be any defined piece of work by the academic partner to support the industrial partner and which is intended to facilitate small, confidence-building measures between the partners with …
Deadline: 20 September 2023 The CBE JU second call for project proposals is now live. A total of €215.5 million will be dedicated to advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe across 18 topics. Call topics: Innovation actions – flagship Optimised and integrated wood-based value chains – €17 million Expansion …
Engineering biology is the application of (rigorous) engineering principles to the design and fabrication of biological components and systems, from modifications of natural systems to new forms of artificial biology. It encompasses the entire innovation ecosystem, from breakthrough synthetic biology research to translation and application. UKRI is inviting applications for: …
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is offering an intensive and highly interactive summer course from 3-21 July 2023 in Singapore, which unites fields such as environmental biotechnology and microbial ecology. The course is open to students who are currently pursuing graduate programs in STEM disciplines and …
Supporting events – (spaces limited, booked on a first-come-first-served basis!)• Tuesday 5 July – A dial-in session providing further detail on the problem space and a chance to ask questions in an open forum. • Thursday 7 and Monday 11 July – A series of 20 minute one-to-one teleconference sessions, …
It is with immense sadness that the EB Network has learned of the death of Dr Clare Lukehurst OBE. As the UK National Team Leader for the International Energy Agency Task 37 (Energy from Biogas) for many years, she was involved in numerous publications, annual reports and the dissemination of …
Deadline: 13 April 2022 Funded by the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) and delivered by SETsquared, the Biofilms ICURe Sprint is an accelerated version of the Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) programme, dedicated solely to research teams developing biofilm innovations. The programme will support teams led by university …
MEEP 2022 Symposium – 6-7 July 2022, Lucerne, Switzerland. Abstracts by 31 March 2022Featuring: Microbial, Enzymatic, and Bio-photovoltaic Electrochemical Reactors, Fuel Cells and Electrolyser Systems If you are interested in this 2 day conference held in Lucerne, Switzerland please contact Prof. Yannis Ieropoulos, University of Southampton, for details on the …
Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments There is still time to put in a submission to a special issue of the Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments journal on MICROBIAL & ENZYMATIC BIOLECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS. The deadline is 1st April. The submission website is located at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/seta/default1.aspx
BBSRC is currently recruiting members for their Strategy Advisory Panels (SAP) – including the Renewable Resources and Clean Growth SAP. The Renewable Resources and Clean Growth SAP is also recruiting for the position of Chair. More here. UKRI-BBSRC’s SAPs provide expert input and advice that helps to shape and develop …
