Any outreach
Each month we showcase 2-3 stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins in the AudiobookĀ version.Ā The anthology is also available as a freeĀ eBookĀ on theĀ ResourcesĀ page. November’s choices are: Chapter 8:Ā Microbial Intelligence by Jane Norris, UKĀ āĀ a short story told from a microbial …
On the topic of What is Environmental Biotechnology?, some EBNet members will know that when our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue book first came out we had some faulty copies. Rather than throwing them away, we decided they were still useful as outreach and to raise public awareness of …
Donāt miss this wonderful short presentation by Angela Bywater, originally prepared for the 2024 Trade Show of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).Ā Angie, who is an ADBA Board Member, was asked to give a talk on Women in Biogas.Ā Ā This is a subject on which she has wide …
A BBC News item reports that seven UK water companies have been issued with enforcement notices requiring them to take action on potentially harmful concentrations of PFAS ‘Forever chemicals’ in water supplies to an estimated 6 million people. The cases were identified through analysis of Freedom of Information requests to …
The National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) is holding this year’s Biofilm Week from 18-24 Nov 2025, to coincide with World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), and highlight the relationship between Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and biofilms. BiofilmWeek is a great opportunity to share biofilm research or technology with the world through images, …
The UKās huge problem with waste crimeĀ –Ā the illegal and dangerous disposal of waste materialsĀ –Ā is finally attracting some attention:Ā see BBC News, other media and responses from bodies such as CIWM, Environment Agency etc. A short report from the House of Lordsā Environment and Climate Change Committee …
A version of the invited talk by Dr Meredith Barr on Integrating Thermal and Bio-Conversion and the Future of the EBNet Biochar Working Group is now available here on EBNet’s YouTube Channel. The talk was presented at the 4th BBNet conference The Future Prospects for Biorefining: Feedstocks, Technologies & Products, …
This may seem a strange question, for a Network with Environmental Biotechnology as its titleĀ –Ā but it’s one we are convinced needs addressing. We tried the animation, we have the Social Sciences WG report and presentation.Ā Now the whole EBNet Management Team has put together a paper: What is …
An IEA Inter-Task report on Synergies for bioenergy supply chain in Bioeconomy networks describes efforts to expand the current linear value chain perspective into a broader network-based view of bioenergy and bioeconomy systems. The report introduces a framework to help identify and leverage synergies between bioenergy supply chains, biobased materials …
Thumbs up to a featured item in the International Water Association (IWA)’s The Source magazine, on Rethinking resource recovery in wastewater.Ā While it’s an opinion piece, rather than a presentation of fresh results or research, it marshals the arguments well and covers a wide perspective.Ā It also makes the powerful …
A recent paper looks at the revival rates for microorganisms found in ancient permafrost cores from the Permafrost Research Tunnel near Fairbanks, Alaska. The researchers compared microbial growth rates, marker gene sequences and greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4) emissions across cores held anaerobically at ambient (ā4Ā°C) and elevated (4Ā°C, 12Ā°C) temperatures. …
Every month we are highlighting selected items from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins in the AudiobookĀ version.Ā The anthology is also available as a freeĀ eBookĀ on theĀ ResourcesĀ page. This monthās authors are both from Australia but with rather different stories to tell: Chapter 7:Ā Interview with …
PFAS continues to draw the attention of regulators and others, to such an extent that it can sometimes be hard to keep up. Fortunately the UKās Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments group (CL:AIRE) has now set up a PFAS Webpage that compiles relevant information from around the world. Ā Non-commercial …
At the suggestion of one EBNet member who is particularly active in this area, a brief shout-out for the work of WASTE, which aims to catalyse scalable, system-level solutions to urgent challenges in the area of sanitation and solid waste management. WASTE is an international organisation that develops and manages …
Episode 2 of the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre‘s Podcast Series features Prof Natalio Krasnogor and Yasir Akbar of Newcastle University. In this episode, they discussĀ their pioneering work at the intersection of computer science and engineering biology, with a particular focus on the innovative use of barcodes in engineered microbes. From …
