Category: <span>Working Groups</span>

Latest EBNet Animations

Don’t miss the two new animations in our series on Microbiology/Engineering Interactions, which came out during #EnvBiotechAware week. Prof Tom Curtis has already shown his Microbes in Wastewater Treatment as part of a presentation to the Royal Academy of Engineering, while Aerobic Granules captures some key themes of the AG …

#EnvBiotechAware week

For information on our activities, see our #EnvBiotechAware week which ran from 3-7 March 2025 Celebrating our Network members and their work, with lunchtime webinars, reports, animations, case studies, outreach and more.   Friday contains some real treats. An Escape Room game to save our water supply, an audiobook, an upcoming podcast with the …

Microfluidics symposium

The 2nd International Symposium on Microfluidics for Single Cell Sensing and Sequencing (ISM3S): Environment and Health will take place on 29-30 July 2025 in Oxford, UK. This event brings together leading researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to explore the intersection of microfluidics and its applications in advancing environmental health. The conference …

Celebrating Environmental Biotechnology – Friday, 7 March 2025

Join us for the final day of #EnvBiotechAware Week, 3-7 March 2025 to celebrate the work of our membership and take a closer look at our activities and achievements from the last few years. Featured Working Groups What have our Working Groups been up to? Ably led by academics whose enthusiasm translates …

Celebrating Environmental Biotechnology – Thursday, 6 March 2025

Join us for #EnvBiotechAware Week, 3-7 March 2025 to celebrate the work of our membership and take a closer look at our activities and achievements from the last few years. Featured Working Groups What have our Working Groups been up to? Ably led by academics whose enthusiasm translates into action, see how …

Celebrating Environmental Biotechnology – Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Join us for #EnvBiotechAware Week, 3-7 March 2025 to celebrate the work of our membership and take a closer look at our activities and achievements from the last few years. Lunchtime Webinar Opportunities in Biogas – a IEA Task 37 perspective, Wednesday, 5th March 1-2pm (UK) This webinar is on …

Celebrating Environmental Biotechnology – Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Join us for #EnvBiotechAware Week, 3-7 March 2025 to celebrate the work of our membership and take a closer look at our activities and achievements from the last few years. Lunchtime Webinar Mixed-Culture Anaerobic Fermentation in the EU: updates from HORIZON 2020 projects on biowaste-derived volatile fatty acid platform, Tuesday, 4 March …

Celebrating Environmental Biotechnology – Monday, 3 March 2025

Join us for #EnvBiotechAware Week, 3-7 March 2025 to celebrate the work of our membership and take a closer look at our activities and achievements from the last few years. Lunchtime Webinar Current and future directions in Aerobic Granular Sludge systems, Monday, 3 March 2025 1-2 pm (UK) The webinar …

Join us for 3 NEW lunchtime webinars #EnvBiotechAware week:

Join us from Monday to Wednesday for three lunchtime webinars covering various aspects of EB.  MONDAY WEBINAR: Current and future directions in Aerobic Granular Sludge systems, Monday, 3 March 2025 1-2 pm (UK) The webinar will include two presentations, the first covering technical developments for Nereda, experience of meeting current industry …

Carbon Recycling Network Conference 2025

Date: 9-12 March 2025  Registration closes 31 January! Venue:  Shrigley Hall, Cheshire UK Organised by the Carbon Recycling Network (a BBSRC NIBB), this free 3-day event brings together academic and industrial partners to identify and address key challenges in this field. The programme includes talks from invited speakers from academia, industry, …

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 …

Last Chance! PhD opportunity on Bio-engineering of Biochar. Deadline: 15 January 2025

PhD opportunity: Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments, Heriot-Watt University. Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025. This is a funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only) based in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University with Dr Tony Gutierrez. This project proposes an innovative systematic approach …

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 …