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Have some down-time with us in the run-up to Xmas. Set an hour aside for some informal chat and a short “Pub Quiz” this December – only for our Early Career Researchers (ECR) and Young Professionals (YP). Tuesday lunchtime, 15 December 13.00 -14.00 Angie and Louise will be on hand …
Prof Sonia Heaven joined a line-up of speakers from New Zealand, Ireland, Canada and the UK to speak on “Balancing H2 input to anaerobic digesters to maximise methane production”. This work, carried out with Bing Tao, Yue Zhang, Charles Banks and others is outlined in more detail in the Environmental …
Apply by 18 October Mimica now has an opportunity for a creative and detail-oriented lab intern to join their R&D team, starting in November for 3 months, to support various food waste-reduction projects with customers. Located at the Hydrocolloids Research Centre, University of Chester. Mimica aim to radically reduce unnecessary …
BBSRC has launched a survey looking at the use of models in research. The breadth of the survey includes researchers using whole animals, cells, tissues, and computational models. Visit: https://bbsrc.ukri.org/about/reviews/consultations/survey-on-the-use-of-models-in-research/ The overall purpose of this consultation is to gain a better understanding of this complex area, examine the use of models …
Biotechnology as a driver for clean and healthy circular economies – What are the most innovative EU biotech projects ? Vote for the best project by 5 June 2020 ! KETBIO’s experts and its Commercial Committee have selected the top 10 biotechnology projects out of more than 300 EU-funded …
View all the jokes and vote for them here. Voting closes on 14 July 2020. JUST FOR FUN – join the ECR EBNet Online 2020 JOKE Competition! Entries are welcome from everyone – you don’t need to be early career to chip in – but alas, only ECRs can win …
Choose your favourites – view the photos here and vote here. Voting closes 14 July 2020. WIN! WIN! WIN! in the ECR EBNet Online 2020 PHOTO Competition! Top Prize £50 (and certificate). Runner-ups receive £25 (and certificate) plus all images may be used by EBNet in future publicity. We are …
Are you interested in forming a Working Group in EB? EBNet would like to hear from you if you are passionate about your topic and want to get active by forming a Working Group of like-minded people. Whether your deliverables include a topic-specific workshop/forum, putting together a funding bid, work …
Though many of us find ourselves working from home, the bioeconomy continues to develop. Therefore in this difficult period, it is more important than ever to stay informed and make sure we’re best placed to take advantage of new innovations and business announcements. For this reason the NNFCC, the bioeconomy …
Following on from the recent UKRI Circular Economy Centres call, there is now an opportunity to link into the prospective consortia via networking. The Circular Economy Centres programme will support up to five interdisciplinary Centres for up to four years via this £22.5m call (alongside £2.5m of future funding to …
The UKRI-BBSRC Collaborative Training Partnerships (CTP) scheme is a doctoral training programme directed at industrial research challenges and delivered by consortia led by businesses in collaboration with Research Organisations. Its ambition is to build capacity and address strategic skills challenges in the UK bioeconomy[1] at doctoral level and provide candidates …
Apply by 14 Feb 20 Dr Claudio Avignone-Rossa is recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher to work on microbial electrochemical systems for water treatment, in a collaborative project between the Systems Microbiology Group at the University of Surrey and the Department of Water Pollution (National Research Center, Egypt), funded by the British Council through …
14/16 September 2020, University of Nottingham. More here.
This Bioelectrical Engineering Innovation Hub 2020 Workshop will be held at the Radcliffe Conference Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, CV4 7SH on 27-28 April 2020. Fragmented individual studies on a diverse range of biological systems, conducted over the last decade show that electrical forces and electrochemical gradients are fundamental …
Industrial Decarbonising Research and Innovation Centre. A champion appointed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will develop plans for a new centre which will help to achieve the government’s net zero ambitions by addressing challenges to the decarbonisation of the industrial sector. Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, of Heriot-Watt University, will work …
