Category: <span>Working Groups</span>

PhD Opportunity: Continuous-flow Dark Fermentation of Wheat Straw by Anaerobic Fungi to Produce Hydrogen Gas and Organic Acids

Deadline: 3 February 2025. This is a competition funded PhD Project (UK Students Only). Based at the Department of Biology, University of York. Supervisors: Dr. Matthew Reilly (Biology), Prof. James Chong (Biology) and Prof. Alison Parkin (Chemistry). Based in the internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for Anaerobic Digestion (CEAD) the …

BBNet and EBNet joint workshop exploring the integration of conversion technologies

BBNet and EBNet are delighted to announce that registration is now open for a workshop exploring how thermal, thermochemical, and biological conversion technologies may be integrated to improve environmental and economic outcomes of waste and biomass valorisation processes. This two day in-person workshop will be led by the EBNet biochars …

New EBNet videos!

Following our summer call for animation ideas to illustrate EBNet’s Microbiology/Engineering Interactions Theme, we now have 3 new videos to enjoy on YouTube. Our thanks to Dr Hemaka Bandulasena, Loughborough University, Dr Francis Hassard, Cranfield University and Dr Yue Zhang, University of Southampton for working with Senate Media to create these. Want …

New EBNet webinar! BEC Systems – a talk by Dr Deepak Pant, VITO

13-14:00 Monday 13 January 2025, online.This webinar series is brought to you by our Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology Working Group. Dr Deepak Pant is a senior scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, currently working on electrosynthesis and resource recovery, specifically, the design and optimization of bio/electrochemical cells for …

EBNet 2nd Bioelectrochemical Systems Workshop: 12-13 December 2024, Newcastle University.

A workshop of knowledge and interaction for researchers working or interested in bioelectrochemical systems for the environment. This training event will strengthen your knowledge on bioelectrochemical systems and give you tools to improve the impact of your research. Find the agenda HERE. We will contact people by email to offer …

Joint EBNet/Institute of Water event – The Next Wave: Skills Development for Emerging Professionals

Friday, 25 October 2024, at the Manufacturing Technology Centre, Ansty Park, Coventry, CV7 9JU This event is FREE to the first 25 EBNet Early Career Researcher members who register through our EBNet Eventbrite page – HERE. We have EBNet ECR Travel bursaries worth up to ÂŁ250 towards travel/accommodation. Join the group for an informal gathering …

Joint EBNet/Carbon Recycling Network Report on Gas Fermentation

At the recent joint EBNet/Carbon Recycling Network Gas Fermentation Workshop in Cheshire this March, we gathered top experts from across the world to discuss priorities for gas fermentation research. The overall goal was to develop our understanding of gas fermentation systems to allow optimisation of operational strategies and conversion efficiencies. Key areas …

CIWEM: Water and Environment Journal – Call for Papers -Environmental Biotechnology

Submission deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025. Extended to 30 June 2025.The guest editors are Dr Tao Lyu, Cranfield University and Dr Anjali Jayakumar, Newcastle University – heads of our PFAs and ECR Working Groups respectively. This special issue is open for participants of the EBNet ECR24 conference AND also the whole EBNet community. Take …

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 …

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 …

Biochar in Environmental Biotechnology: Webinar, 12 Feb 24, 10:00-11:00 am (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 …

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 …