Info from other NIBBs
Dr Yue Zhang’s invited talk on The Anaerobic Fermentation Working Group, and the role of Anaerobic Fermentation in the circular bio-economy is now available here on EBNet’s Youtube channel. The talk was given at the 4th BBNet conference The Future Prospects for Biorefining: Feedstocks, Technologies & Products held on 15-17 Oct …
Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge 5 has awarded almost ÂŁ2M to fund the SandSCAPE project which will trial robotic underwater skimming machines as a way to clean slow sand filters (SSF) without draining them of water. This novel approach preserves the unique biology of the system, improving performance and resilience, and …
SUPERGEN Bioenergy is hosting a joint webinar with the Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet) on 7 August from 11am-12pm to launch a new report on the role of biomass in decarbonising the chemicals sector. The webinar will introduce key messages and lessons, exploring questions such as: – What does the current …
Applications are now open for business interaction vouchers for academic HVB members to work with an industry partner on a project focussed on industrial biotechnology and relevant to HVB’s scope. HVB encourages applications to this round that are focused on the personal care sector, however projects falling outside of this area will …
EBNet is pleased to support the poster session of the live E3B live event – Bio-recovery of Technology Relevant Metals, Manchester 12-14 Dec ’23. We will be on hand at the event and have a limited number of ÂŁ200 ECR Travel Bursaries available to our members to help travel to …
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 …
There are a number of cross-over areas between the two NIBBs, and the area of metals bio-remediation is one of them. Manchester hosted some fascinating talks on this topic, including some on engineering cell vesicles for nanoparticle production; using phyto- remediation for metal recovery; deploying microbes to treat e-waste and …
CCnet – Carbon reCycling Conference10-12 Feb 2020, East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel, University of NottinghamRegistration now open. Deadline for abstracts and registration is 6 January 2020. Free to CCNet members.
Algae-UK is pleased to announce their first event: A one-day conference on Algae and Sustainability to be held on Thursday 7th November at Brewers Hall, London. More information and registration can be found here.
The theme of this EBNet and Algae-UK joint event was ‘Recent developments in the field of carbon capture, commercial development and integrated systems’. Held at Birkbeck College, London on 9 Oct 2019, a stellar gathering of speakers explored the following topics. Talks were followed by a panel session, kindly chaired …
