Environmental Biotechnology Network

Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts – UK/Canada Visit

The Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB) aims to develop environmentally and economically sustainable bio-derived composites and plastics, utilising waste biomass to replace petroleum and its derivatives. It started early this year, and is one of six worldwide Global Bioeconomy Centers which will run for 5 years with funding from …

Exploring environmental biotechnology as a field – UK AsSIT presentation

A new video presents the results of a small study carried out by EBNet’s Environmental Biotechnology and Social Sciences WG (EBSS), led by Prof Adrian Ely of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. The work aimed to explore the past, present and future of environmental …

Online training – Aquaenviro, CIWM and CIWEM

The next series of AquaEnviro one-day online training courses begins in September and includes the following: 9 Sept 2025 Wastewater Treatment 16 Sept 2025 Optimising Activated Sludge plants 24 Sept 2023 Optimising Anaerobic digesters: Sewage sludge For more information follow the links above, or for the overall programme see here. …

New Engineering Biology ICURe Discover launched

Deadline: Tues 23 Sept 2025 BBSRC has launched a new Engineering Biology ICURe Discover programme with Innovate UK Business Connect and The Helix Way. This is a part-time online market exploration programme for bioscience researchers and technicians in the field of Engineering Biology, with up to £2,500 support for market …

EA Statement and CIWEM Podcast on Nature-based solutions

The Environment Agency’s new Position Paper on Nature-Based Solutions is the starting point for an episode in the Planet Possible podcast series, featuring Helen Wakeham, the EA’s Director of Water, and Mark Lloyd, CEO of the Rivers Trust.  A wide-ranging discussion includes the challenges presented by lack of performance data, …

IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2026 – abstracts deadline

Abstracts deadline: 15 Sept 2025 Event: 17-21 May 2026, Delft, Netherlands The call for abstracts for the next IWA Conference on Nutrient Removal and Recovery closes on 15 September 2025.  The conference itself will take place after EBNet’s extended lifetime, and sadly we don’t [yet] have any additional funding to …

Summer listening or reading – Green Stories for August 2025

Each month we are highlighting selected stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. This month’s choices are: Chapter 5:  What Any Fool Can Do by Vienna O’Shea, UK  –  a tale …

Next BES Webinar – Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry, 8 Sept 2025

Date:  Mon 8 Sept 12-13:00 UK, online Topic: Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry: Enzymatic NO and CO₂ Reduction and H₂ Evolution Don’t miss the next webinar in the outstanding new series from our Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta of Newcastle University. The speaker is Dr Cristina Cordas, an Assistant …