Closing date: 23 Oct 2026 The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is inviting entries to its 2026 Biofilm Create! Photography and Art Competition. This year for the first time the competition is open to entries from anywhere in the world. The competition has three categories: Photography Art – including painting, sculpture, …
There is currently a ferment (deliberate pun) of activity around the safe utilisation of and creation of value added products from organic wastes, in regulations from the UK and across Europe. In one of its many valuable contributions to this area, the European Sustainable Phosphorus platform (ESPP) has put out …
On 8 September 2026, the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is hosting an in-person workshop on Biofilms Beyond Healthcare: Industry Challenges, Solutions and Collaboration at the University of Nottingham. This event will bring together industry, technology providers and academic researchers to explore the challenges and opportunities that biofilms present beyond …
Followers of EBNet’s AD WG, and others interested in anaerobic digestion, can now read a short report containing reflections on the recent World Biogas Summit 2026 hosted by ADBA and the World Biogas Association (WBA). The report was kindly prepared by Dr Angela Bywater, EBNet’s former Network co-Manager, who attended …
Date: 14 Sept 2026 14-15:00 UK, online You are warmly invited to join an upcoming webinar hosted by the Elemental Hub and featuring Prof Jeantine Lunshof from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute. Dr Lunshof will discuss why new models of ethics are needed to co-evolve with advances in the life sciences. …
Date and venue: 2-6 Nov 2026, Durham Applications are now open for BEST 2026, a 5-day residential programme for Early Career Researchers in bioprocessing, generating biological products for a range of biotechnological applications. The programme offers industry-led training, real case studies and site visits, culminating in a Dragons’ Den-style pitch. …
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has released two new reports on areas of interest to EBNet members – especially those in the ESWS and N2O WGs. Faecal Indicator Organism die-off rates in UK rivers A better understanding of faecal indicator die-off rates is needed to help the water industry decide …
Date and venue: 7 Oct 2026, Natural History Museum, London The Elemental Hub is running a 1-day event exploring the role of Engineering Biology in the environmental recovery and processing of metals. This event brings together researchers, industry leaders, policymakers, and strategic organisations, the event to provide a platform for …
Congratulations to Dr Meredith Barr, who leads EBNet’s Biochar WG, on her Keynote Lecture at WasteEng2026 on Scoping the Potential of Integrating Thermal, Thermochemical, and Biological Conversion Technologies. The presentation covered the outcomes of the joint BBNet/EBNet workshop she ran last year on Integration of thermal and bio-conversion technologies. A …
Deadline: 1 Sept 2026 The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is inviting bioprocess developers to apply for £10k Business Vouchers to support industry or academic led projects to scale, through access to the IBioIC FlexBIO Bioprocess Scale-up Centre. FlexBIO, hosted at Heriot-Watt University, bridges the gap between early-stage laboratory research …
Date: 4 August 2026 16:00 UK, online The Better Water for All Network+ invites participants to a webinar on Biotransformation of Emerging Organic Contaminants. The speaker is Dr Yaochun Yu of Stanford University. His talk will describe the biological processes behind contaminant removal, and how these processes can improve our …
Closing Date: 7 Sept 2026 The Supergen Energy Networks Hub is inviting Early Career Researchers to apply for funding for one of the following: Research Project – a research project which will help to develop one or more future research proposals within energy networks Secondment (Academic or Industry) – a …
A very special set of congratulations from EBNet to Dr Angela Bywater, on her graduation this week with the award of PhD for a thesis on On-farm anaerobic digestion viability: policy perspectives and operational opportunities. Much of the work involved was carried out during her time – and in some …
An interesting item from Suzy Hill, an Engineering Innovation Project Manager at United Utilities, in CIWEM’s News pages. Talking to Jo Caird, the Editor of CIWEM’s Environment magazine, she briefly outlines how the Making Microbes Matter project is using metagenomics to analyse and track microbial communities with a view to improving …
Participants in the 34th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2026, 19-22 May) in The Hague, Netherlands were able to hear IEA Bioenergy Task 42‘s Lead Richard Gosselink give an overview of current developments on biorefineries world-wide, accompanied by a poster presentation on the goals, work plans and achievements of …
