Category: <span>Working Groups</span>

Heriot-Watt Lab Visit – Biochar Working Group

EBNet’s Biochar WG had a great trip to Heriot-Watt University on Friday 24 May 2024 visiting the lab facilities of Tony Gutierrez, Ryan Pereira, and Clay Magill. Following the lab tours, there were talks from Tony, Anna Bogush, Miriam Watafua, Paul-Enguerrand Fady and the WG Lead Meredith Barr. The group brainstormed ideas for …

Webinar: Professor Bruce Logan, Penn State College of Engineering, 22 Apr 2024, 14-15:00 hrs

Registration closed. A recording may be posted here later, with speaker permission. The EBNet Working Group on Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology is pleased to announce a talk by Prof Bruce Logan, Penn State College of Engineering on 22 April 2024 at 2-3 pm UK time, 22 Apr 24. If you …

EBNet POC 2024 Call – Funded Projects

The following projects were awarded funding in our EBNet POC2024 Call. Elucidating mechanisms of bacterial adsorption to biochar by 3D X-ray image analysis – EBNet POC202409 Dr Meredith Rose Barr, London South Bank University (see also Biochar WG and POC presentation) Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations for assessing biodegradation …

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Practitioners and the Industrial Community, 30 April 2024, 10-16:00 hrs, Chilworth Science Park

GWP standards, carbon offsetting schemes, carbon footprint calculator and offsetting methodologies and techno-economic analysis (TEA) Registration closed. This workshop aimed to explore with stakeholders the policy landscape for the EBNet community, especially the drivers and incentives for carbon offsetting technologies. How do we define such technologies? What is the methodological …

NATO SPS and Cold Regions AD meeting

EBNet Co-I Prof Tom Curtis and Network co-Manager Angela Bywater headed to Fairbanks Alaska from 4th to 7th March 2024 to discuss renewable energy from anaerobic digestion in remote and off-grid applications. The meeting was hosted by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and funded by the NATO Science for …

Biochar in Environmental Biotechnology: Webinar 12 Feb 2024, 10-11:00 (GMT)

View Meredith’s working group introduction here. Download Professor Coulon’s presentation here and Distinguished Professor Ball’s presentation here. The webinar, hosted by Dr Meredith Barr from the EBNet Biochar Working Group, features Prof Andy Ball, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Prof Frederic Coulon, Cranfield University discussing the application of biochar …

EBNet Webinar: Unlocking AI and Machine Learning’s Potential for Environmental Biotechnology

13:30-15:00 Wednesday, 21 February 2024, online, register here The webinar, led by Dr Oliver Fisher and Professor Rachel Gomes from the University of Nottingham, features prominent academics discussing the application of AI and machine learning to improve bioremediation, resource recovery, and environmental protection. They showcased case studies from their respective …

Task 37 workshop – Strategies for emission control on biogas upgrading plants

This hybrid workshop on 25 Oct 2023 was organised by IEA Bioenergy Task 37 in conjunction with Biomasse Suisse, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), the Association of the Swiss Gas Industry and the research project consortium EMMINA. The main topic was emissions from the biogas upgrading process at AD …

EBNet POC 2023 Call – Funded Projects

The following project was awarded funding in our EBNet POC2023 Call.  A publicly available summary from the POC application is available here. Simultaneous Bioremediation of Nutrient Pollution and Carbon Fixation Through a Novel, Integrated Anammox and Acetogens-Based Bio-Electrochemical System – EBNet POC202311 Dr Ahsan Islam, University of Loughborough (and see the …

The Road from Academia to Industry: In Conversation with Environmental Biotechnologists Career Talk #2

21 Nov 2023, 14:00-15:15. Registration is now closed. Event flyer is here. The Environmental Biotechnology Network’s Early Career Researcher Working Group would like to invite you to the second of their short webinars which explores the careers of speakers who have moved from academia to industry roles. The theme for …

Bioelectrochemistry for Environmental Systems Workshop – 23/24th November 2023

Brought to you by the Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology Working Group, this 2-day workshop features hands-on lab learning and will be held at Newcastle University. This is a must for anyone working, or thinking of working, with bioelectrochemical systems. There is a small fee A workshop of knowledge and …

Blended Event: Nanobiotechnology Enabled Sensing of Current and Emerging Pandemic Threats

21 September 2023, 11:30-12:30 Cranfield University (Stafford Cripps SC2) and on Teams. This event is brought to you by the EBNet Working Group on Environmental Sensors and Wastewater Surveillance. Join Professor Peter J. Vikesland, Virginia Tech, USA for a fascinating exploration of Nanobiotechnology Enabled Sensing. Dr Vikesland is the Nick …

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the EBNet Industrial AD Community-Goal and Scope Definition

30 October 2023, 9:30 – 16:00, Oak Suite 1-2, University of Surrey (see map)**, registration here, agenda here This in-person workshop aims to establish the Goal and Scope Definition of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) following the ISO14040-44 principles for the UK anaerobic digestion systems. Key players in the field will …

In Conversation with Environmental Biotechnologists Career Talk #1: Journeys of Academic Pursuits, 14 Aug 23, 13:00-14:15

Registration now closed. Recording will be posted here soon. We invite you to be a part of the inaugural event of our EBNet Early Career Researcher Working Group, https://ebnet.ac.uk/about/wg-details/ebnet-wg-ecr/. We are excited to kick-off our activities through our online launch and career talk series ‘In Conversation with Environmental Biotechnologists’ on …