Category: <span>Working Groups</span>

Category: Working Groups

Jobs, PhD, Working Groups

PhD position – “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments”, apply by 15 January, 2025.

 

This PhD position is available at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, to start next year either in May/June or Sep/Oct 2025. The project is on “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments”. This project proposes an innovative systematic approach that will marry specific physicochemical properties of biochar with selected bacterial …

PhD, Working Groups

Exciting PhD project opportunity on “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments” at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

 

Application deadline: 15th January 2025 (17:00 UK time) This PhD opportunity will be in the Gutierrez Lab research group at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. All applications must include a CV and the names and contact details of 2-3 referees.  About the project: Based on a 2016 House of Commons report, there are …

EBNet Events, Training, Working Groups

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 …

Publications, Working Groups

AGS and AS microbiome research – projects publication

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A new paper comparing microbial communities in aerobic granular sludge (AGS) and conventional activated sludge (AS) builds on work carried out in a highly successful Business Interaction Voucher  (BIV) funded by EBNet, and a Proof-of-Concept grant from the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC).  Findings included a more diverse microbiome with …

EBNet Events, ECR, Other Events, Working Groups

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 …

EBNet Events, NIBB Events, Publications, Working Groups

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 …

ECR, Publications, Working Groups

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 …

EBNet Events, Working Groups

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 …

EBNet Events, Webinar, Working Groups

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 …

Awards, NIBB, POC Funding, Working Groups

EBNet POC 2024 Call – Funded Projects

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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 …

EBNet Events, Working Groups

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

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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 …

EBNet Events, Webinar, Working Groups

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 Events, Webinar, Working Groups

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 …