Magazine and paper publications
The ELEMENTAL Hub has launched a Blog site with posts covering project updates, research breakthroughs, and insights from across the partnership. The first post is on the theme Researching the biology of bacterial biofilms to boost bioremediation. Dr Heather Felgate of the Quadram Institute shares some thoughts on her work …
IEA Bioenergy has published an Inter-Task report on Synergies of green hydrogen and biobased value chains deployment (see here for accompanying blog). An associated webinar is available here. Dr Luca Alibardi of Cranfield University, co-Lead of EBNet’s Anaerobic Fermentation WG, welcomed the report with the following comment: “The case study targeted a carbohydrate-rich wastewater, …
There has recently been a strong and very welcome resurgence of interest in biofilters as a powerful and sustainable water treatment technology. Examples include outputs from EBNet’s Water Biofilms WG, and funding awards for the SandSCAPE project and for the EPSRC Network+ Better Water 4 All, as well as ongoing …
Another post picking out what we hope are some interesting points from the recent paper on ‘What is Environmental Biotechnology?’. The motive is in part that it’s very long, and we don’t believe many people will persevere through the whole thing: one reader kindly but accurately compared the literature review …
Closing date: 31 Dec 2025 A quick reminder about the Special Edition of Water Environment Journal on Environmental Biotechnology, with Guest Editors Dr Tao Lyu of Cranfield University and Dr Anjali Jayakumar of Newcastle University. Topics include but are not restricted to: Pollutants and media, covering both traditional and emerging …
Each month this item highlights selected stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins listening in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. This month’s suggestions are: Chapter 9: It’s the little things that matter …
The full report on a study of gaps and opportunities for scale-up of CO2 biomethanisation is now available on EBNet’s Resources page, along with an Executive Summary. The report is the main output from a study jointly funded by EBNet and our sister-NIBB, the Carbon Recycling Network, with the lion’s …
‘The circular bioeconomy is directly linked to environmental systems and is essential for the sustainable use of biological resources’, states the seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), a major UN report launched on 9 December 2025. The report highlights that circular economy and biobased solutions hold key opportunities to align economic …
A summary of key findings from a workshop on the Role of Anaerobic Fermentation in the Circular Bioeconomy is now available on the Resources page. The workshop was organised by EBNet’s Anaerobic Fermentation WG and was jointly funded by EBNet and our sister-NIBB the Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet). The Summary …
Two new items from the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) in its Biofilm 2025 Week. The results of the Biofilm Create! 2025 Competition were announed – and are just as impressive as we have come to expect. And a new Blog Series Beyond the Biofilm has launched, spotlighting researchers driving …
In a rather belated piece of dissemination, our congratulations to the authors of a paper published last year which concerns one of our recurring topics. From its inception EBNet has championed the importance of complex microbial communities for environmental protection and remediation, whether in engineered systems or the open environment. …
Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026 The journal Environments has announced a special issue on Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Assessment and Surveillance (see here for details). Topics include: Pathogen surveillance (e.g., SARS-CoV-2, emerging viruses, and antimicrobial resistance genes); Community exposure assessment for illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, and environmental toxins; Technological innovations in sample collection, high-throughput sequencing, …
Continuing a theme from a recent post on Microbial ecology and drinking water biofiltration, two papers below are well worth a look. They are on linked topics and are published in conference proceedings, with full papers on the way: so a thought-provoking taster for what is to come. Prof Cindy …
A recent paper by the EBNet team on What is Environmental Biotechnology? notes that the discipline is widely seen as less glamorous than synthetic biology or industrial biotech, making it harder to attract staff and funding. Finding evidence for this is quite difficult, and what there is tends to be …
There have been numerous recent surveys, reports and editorials on the challenges facing new (bio)technologies for a more sustainable economy: some focusing on training and education to address the shortage of skilled and qualified people, others on facilities and funding for scale-up and implementation. But the prize for one of …
