Environmental Biotechnology Network

APRIL 22 Funding Roundup

Algae UK: Summer Studentship Bursaries29 April 2022 Royal Society Industry fellowships21 April 2022 RAE: Impacts of IOT in Water Systems – student competitionDeadlines: 1 May 2022; 1 September 2022. NERC: Run advanced training for early-career environmental scientists4 May 2022 Amazon Future Engineer Bursary6 June 2022 NERC: Exploring the frontiers of environmental …

APRIL 22 Events Roundup

The Carbon Recycling Network:Metabolic Modelling Workshop3-6 May 2022, Nottingham. Expression of interest closes: 14 April 2022. RSC: Emerging Technologies Competition18 April 2022 Royal Society Industry fellowships21 April 2022 KTN: Circular Economy Innovation Network Launch Event26 April 2022 ADBA Report Launch: Food Waste Recycling27 April 2022 UCL: Spring into STEM. Biocatalysis: Engineering a …

GapSummit 2022

5-7 September 2022 – Application deadline 22 April 2022 Are you a high-achieving student, early career researcher or early career professional who wants to explore diverse career paths in biotech?   Would you like to join a global community of talent in biotech?   Do you have an innovative biotech solution to …

MEEP 2022 Symposium, 6-7 July 2022, Lucerne, Switzerland – opportunity

MEEP 2022 Symposium – 6-7 July 2022, Lucerne, Switzerland. Abstracts by 31 March 2022Featuring: Microbial, Enzymatic, and Bio-photovoltaic Electrochemical Reactors, Fuel Cells and Electrolyser Systems If you are interested in this 2 day conference held in Lucerne, Switzerland please contact Prof. Yannis Ieropoulos, University of Southampton, for details on the …

Call for papers: Microbial and Enzymatic Bioelectrochemical Systems

Journal of Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments There is still time to put in a submission to a special issue of the Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments journal on MICROBIAL & ENZYMATIC BIOLECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS. The deadline is 1st April. The submission website is located at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/seta/default1.aspx

The Carbon Recycling Network: Metabolic Modelling Workshop, 3-6 May 2022, Nottingham

Free to all NIBB members (including EBNet). REGISTER HERE NOW. Redirecting an organism’s metabolism towards novel products raises several design issues. What is the impact of the new pathway on the cell’s energy and redox metabolism? Can the precursor and coenzyme requirements be satisfied? Should some parts of the metabolic …

EBNet/Algae-UK webinar: “Developments in Algal Gas Scrubbing”

Tuesday, 17 May at 12.00-13.30, UK summer time (GMT+1) This joint event is brought to you by Algae-UK and EBNet to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Register HERE now to join the EBNet/Algae-UK webinar “Developments in Algal Gas Scrubbing“. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the …

Why Bioinformatics Training is Important

Webinar: Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 14.00-15.30. Registration closed The slides for the meeting are available here. Recording available here – an excellent resource for anyone wanting to learn more about bioinformatics! This open session is brought to you by the EBNet Working Group: Bioinformatics Training for Microbial Environmental Biotechnologies. To …

MARCH 22 Funding Roundup

The Royal Society: Newton International Fellowships16 March 2022 Innovate-UK: UK-Singapore Collaborative R&D20 April 2022 BBSRC Discovery Fellowships 20225 May 2022 Lloyd’s Register Foundation Small Grants scheme16 May 2022 Philip Leverhulme Prizes17 May 2022 Algae-UK: Developing the (UK) roadmap for industrial applications of algae for food and novel food ingredients – …

MARCH 22 Events Roundup

Innovate UK/KTN Deep Dive Workshop: Engineering Biology14 March 2022 SCI: Marine litter: Are there solutions to this global environmental challenge?23 March 2022 ChemUK202211-12 May 2022, NEC, Birmingham IBioIC 8th Annual Conference: The Just Transition of Biotechnology6-7 June 2022, Glasgow Isaac Newton Institute: Microbial communities: current approaches and open challengesDeadline for …

Gout, bigger muscles and a sweet tooth – what other than Covid-19 have we been monitoring in wastewater? Professor Kevin Thomas, QAEHS

Webinar: Thursday, 10 March 2022, 10.00-11.00 (GMT) This talk is by Professor Kevin Thomas – Director of the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS). Registration is now closed. The past 2 years has seen unprecedented adoption of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for the surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. Set against the mass …

FEBRUARY 22 Events Roundup

KTN: Approaches to Life Cycle Assessment in the Bioeconomy24 February 2022 KTN: How to apply to the IETF Phase 2 fund1 March 2022 Low Carbon Agriculture 20228-9 March 2022, NAEC, Stoneleigh KTN/UK Circular Plastics Network: Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS)15–17 March 2022  E3BNet: ‘Top tips for writing …

FEBRUARY 22 Funding Roundup

RAEng: Enterprise FellowshipsStage 1 deadline: 28 February 2022. Stage 2 deadline: 4 April 2022 NBIC: Collaborative Training Partnerships – Project Proposals2 March 2022 IBioIC: Spin Out Funding3 March 2022 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship9 March 2022 NERC: Environmental sciences: global partnerships seedcorn fund 202210 March 2022 POST: Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme – …

GRIPS conference, 15–17 March 2022 – Poster Competition

IOM3 Poster Award for Innovations in Plastics SustainabilityThe deadline for submissions to the IOM3 Poster Award at Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) 2022 is 4 February 2022. This award is open to all: under-graduate and post-graduate students, business innovators, startups and large companies, making disruptive innovations that …