Environmental Biotechnology Network

NERC Call: Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026

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 …

Innovate UK: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 2026-2027 Round 3

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 …

IWA Conference: Design, Operation and Economics of Large WWTP

Abstract deadline: 30 Sept 2027 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 …

The Big One

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. …

ADBA: Activity report and deadline for ‘Back British Biogas’

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 …

Monitoring and Control in Biomass Conversion Processes – call for abstracts

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 …

IEA T37 webinar – Industrial Biogas Systems and Unlocking Circular Economy Solutions

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 …

GCSB Webinar on AI, Synthetic Biology and Biofoundaries

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 …

New bioreactor materials for environmental and industrial biotech – what do we need to know?

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 …

Bioaugmentation for bioremediation – a role for fungi and biochar?

Two recent papers by EBIC and EBNet’s Prof Frederic Coulon and colleagues look at different aspects of bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. The first carries out an extensive review of the challenges associated with field-scale bioaugmentation and bioremediation techniques, covering key factors that affect microbial survival and the practicalities of application  …

Microbiology Society Education & Outreach Conference Oct 2026

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PhycoFriday – Unlocking Hidden Bioactivity: Anti-inflammatory effects of microalgal fractions

Bad luck if you missed an excellent presentation by Jake Wiseman of MiAlgae on From Waste to Value: Scaling circular biotechnology at last month’s PhycoFriday on 31 July:  the Group very wisely does not record these events, in order to encourage more open discussion. It was a great session, full …