Info from other NIBBs
The following projects were awarded funding in EBNet’s POC Call 2020. Publicly available summaries from the applications for these POC projects are available here. Enhancing PFASs Attenuation in Coastal brownfield Soils (EPACS): enhancing natural system attenuation capacity for a key emerging contaminant – EBNet POC202001 Professor Andy Cundy, University of Southampton(and …
The following projects were awarded funding in our EBNet BIV2020 Call. Publicly available information for these projects is available here. Determination of microbial communities of laboratory anaerobic digestion tanks and impact of the CreChar additive on the microbial community dynamics – BIV202001 Prof James Chong, University of York/Dr Adam Ostrowski, …
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 …
