Environmental Biotechnology Network

JULY 22 Events Roundup

KTN: Bacteriophages as Alternative Antimicrobials13 July 2022 Environmental Biotechnology Workshop20 July 2022, University of Surrey The Carbon Recycling Network – Conference 311-13 September 2022, East Midlands Conference Centre University of Nottingham. Application closes:5 August 2022 KTN: Design Open Day: Sustainability15 September 2022 Water Reuse Europe: 2nd Annual Conference and Exhibition …

JULY 22 Funding Roundup

Young Innovators Awards 2022 to 202327 July 2022 NERC: Understanding changes in quality of UK freshwaters28 July 2022 SBRI: MRV tools and techniques for land based greenhouse gas removal, phase 17 September 2022 Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Phase 2: Summer 20229 September 2022 Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2022 to …

Environmental Biotechnology Workshop – University of Surrey

10:00 – 13:00, 20 July 2022. Registration for in person participants ends on 13 July HERE. This workshop will bring together academics across disciplines who have internal or international collaborations in this area of research. Featuring a seminar talk by IAS Fellow Professor Yuesuo Yang: ‘Environmental Bioremediation: A panorama review …

DASA Competition: Engineering Biology for Defence and Security – Registration closes 25 August

Supporting events – (spaces limited, booked on a first-come-first-served basis!)• Tuesday 5 July – A dial-in session providing further detail on the problem space and a chance to ask questions in an open forum. • Thursday 7 and Monday 11 July – A series of 20 minute one-to-one teleconference sessions, …

BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Technology Showcase

Thursday, 14 July 2022 10:00-16:00 (BST), Birmingham. Register HERE. The Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is funding two programmes to support industrial decarbonisation efforts: The Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA) is an R&D fund that provides industrial-scale demonstrations of near-to-market technologies (TRL 5-8) that can achieve significant …

Sustainable Management of Water Resources – Future Towns Innovation Hub (Southampton)

Wednesday, 29 June 2022 from 9:30 – 14:30 (BST) at AXIS Conference Centre, Southampton Science Park This networking event is led by the Future Towns Innovation Hub. Drop by to network with industry, business and enterprise, academia and non-government organisations interested in solving the challenges associated with water and waste …

IWA Masterclass: Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigating Methane in Wastewater – Masterclass 3 (free)

Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 11.00 (BST). International experts in the field will present existing and recent approaches to quantify, monitor and mitigate methane emissions. The class will bring participants up to speed with process emissions of methane from wastewater treatment – through presentations of key findings from a newly …

The Water Biofilms seminar series: “Granular Activated Carbon Biofilms for Biomethanation from Wastewater” by Dr Po-Heng Lee, Imperial College London

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 12.00-13.00. This event is now over, but the recording is available HERE.EBNet, in combination with NBIC, are hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. …

JUNE 22 Funding Roundup

UKRI: Daphne Jackson fellowshipopen The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme1 July 2022 Net Zero Hydrogen Fund – Strand 2: Capital expenditure (CAPEX)6 July 2022 TFI Network: Early Career Researcher Open Funding Call15 July 2022 BBSRC: Towards a circular bioeconomy for technology-relevant metals and textiles21 July 2022 Innovate UK: Smart grants27 July 2022 …

JUNE 22 Events Roundup

Ed-DaSH WorkshopsFAIR in (biological) practice,14-17 June 2022Introduction to Statistics with R, 5-8 July 2022High-Dimensional Statistics, 26-29 July 2022Introduction to Machine Learning with Python, 23-26 August 2022 Sense about Science Quality and Peer Review Workshop17 June 2022 The Microbiology Society: Cell–Cell Communication in Bacteria – Fundamental and Applied Aspects28–30 June 2022,Cambridge HVB: Bioactives Workshop: …

Postdoc Research Fellow opportunity on “Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Biology of Deep-Sea Sediments and Nodules”

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on 7 June 2022. For information about the post and how to submit your application, see HERE.The post seeks to appoint a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow specialising in environmental and molecular microbiology related to the microbiology of the deep sea, with a focus …

Dr Clare Lukehurst OBE

It is with immense sadness that the EB Network has learned of the death of Dr Clare Lukehurst OBE. As the UK National Team Leader for the International Energy Agency Task 37 (Energy from Biogas) for many years, she was involved in numerous publications, annual reports and the dissemination of …

BBSRC Funding opportunity. Pre-announcement: towards a circular bioeconomy for precious metal recovery and textiles

Opens: 26 May 2022. Closing date: 21 July 2022. More HERE. Apply for funding to use biotechnological solutions that reduce environmental impact in either the textile industry or the recovery of precious metals. This Call aims to: effectively reuse resources, reducing the need for new fossil-based inputs; reduce the environmental …

MAY 22 Events Roundup

IBioIC: 8th Annual Conference6/7 June 2022, Glasgow UKRI: Scoping workshops: urban green and blue spaces9 June 2022; 14 June 2022; 16 June 2022 BioVale/THYME Project: Successes and opportunities for the bioeconomy9 June 2022 Plastics, from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III15 June 2022 EPSRC: Engineering net zero week20-24 June 2022. …