Closing date: 31 Dec 2026 The application period for the Environments Travel Award is now open. This award provides financial support to attend an international conference in the field of environmental sciences, in 2027, in order to give an oral presentation, present a poster, or both. The prize also includes a …
Date: 16 Oct 2026, 16:00 UK Don’t miss this much-anticipated webinar on Environmental Biotechnology: How to Partner with Microbial Communities; a topic at the heart of EBNet’s Theme 2, and central to many of the processes and systems that we work on. The speaker is the internationally-renowned Prof Bruce Rittmann …
Don’t miss the chance to participate in the public consultation on PAS 3500:2026 Engineered biological assets – Requirements for DNA bar coding, which is open for comments until 25 Sept 2025. As part of their work on standards, traceability and responsible engineering biology, colleagues from the EBIC Hub have been …
Last week saw the first Better Water 4 All Network+ ECR Conference hosted by the University of Surrey. The event was attended by lots of EBNet members, as the two Networks have many topics in common: EBNet’s emphasis is on biotech and its remit also covers solid waste and contaminated …
Dr Sharon Velasquez-Orta, our Bioelectrochemical Systems WG Lead, sent this update from the EU ISMET 2026 conference – with an update on the Group’s next activities at the IWA World Water Congress, Glasgow EU ISMET 2026 – join me in this conference overview, as if you were there! The last …
Closing date: 12 Nov 2026 The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is inviting applications for funding to pursue truly novel, curiosity-driven environmental research that is at an early stage of development and has the potential to be transformative. Applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC …
Closing date: 14 Oct 2026 The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a UK registered business to partner with a knowledge base partner, which should be a UK higher education (HE) or further education (FE) institution, a research and technology organisation (RTO) or a Catapult. The idea of the KTP partnership is …
Abstract deadline: 30 Sept 2026 Date and place: 12-16 Sept 2027 Vienna, Austria. The International Water Association (IWA) and the Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management at TU Wien are hosting the 15th IWA Specialist Conference on Design, Operation and Economics of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants. The programme will …
We quite often highlight publications by EBNet members that are relevant to our themes. But this is the big one, as far as our remit to look at engineered microbial systems is concerned. A newly-published paper puts forward equations that govern some simple but vitally important processes in microbial ecology. …
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has published it annual review of activities for 2025 – 6: an impressive tally of policy and advocacy work, industry support, training and other events. The report is available from the ADBA website here. One of the organisation’s current key initiatives is Back …
For a light-hearted item while many EBNet members are on holiday, we bring you a quick update on sightings of Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue! Copies are known to have made their way to Dublin and Cork in Ireland, and to Malta and Canada. But the undisputed hands-down winner …
Abstracts deadline: 3 Nov 2026 Date and venue: 23-24 March 2027 Leipzig, Germany The 7th International Conference on Monitoring and Control in Biomass Conversion Processes (CMP 2027), which is hosted by DBFZ GmbH, is now inviting abstracts. The conference brings together the international community to discuss innovative approaches for improving …
Date: 17 Sept 2026 13-14:30 UK (14-15:30 CEST) IEA Task 37 is hosting a webinar on Industrial Biogas Systems and Unlocking Circular Economy Solutions. The speakers are: David Wall of University College Cork, Ireland – Biogas Systems in Industry: An Analysis of Sectoral Use, Sustainability, Logistics and Technology Development Wolfgang Gabauer …
Date: 21 Sept 2026 14-15:00 UK, online The Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB) is hosting a webinar on AI, Synthetic Biology and Biofoundries: Accelerating the Next Generation of Biomanufacturing with Professor Huimin Zhao, the Steven L. Miller Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois …
Congratulations to Dr Maria Ramos Suarez and co-Authors on the publication of a new paper on the implications of producing bio-based commodity chemicals from waste feedstocks for the selection and testing of bioreactor materials. The paper identifies the top 10 commodity chemicals that can be derived from waste-related feedstocks in …
