Environmental Biotechnology Network

EBNet Workshop: Life Cycle Assessment Tools for Environmental Biotechnology – 12 Dec 22 13.00-16.00 GMT

This webinar recording is now available here. We invite EBNet members to join us for this FREE online workshop – brought to you by the Process Integration and Sustainability Assessment Working Group. Join us for 3 hours of top level content. Featuring top speakers from academia and industry this workshop …

Climate Change Thought Leadership Awards – Open for Application

The Climate Change Thought Leadership Award application window has reopened for undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students studying at UK universities. Run by Privilege Finance, the award provides students within the renewable energy sector, with the opportunity to be rewarded for their research and innovative approaches to climate change and carbon …

DECEMBER 2022: Events Roundup

E3B: Selective recognition and separation of f-block elements using lanmodulin – 14 December 2022ADBA: Policy Briefing | Food and Farming – 14 December, 2022 Biochemical Society: Xmas Bioenergetics Meeting – 16 December 2022, LondonBBNet Conference: “Green Futures” What’s next for biorefineries? – 22-24 March 2023, HarrogateThe Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2023 – 17-20 April 2023, Birmingham International Convention …

DECEMBER 2022: Funding Roundup

Innovate UK: Analysis for Innovators (A4I) – 4 January 2023BBSRC-STFC facility access funding for bioscience partnerships – 6 January 2023BBSRC: Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) – 9 January 2023BBSRC: Pioneer awards: early-stage frontier bioscience research – 10 January 2023Innovate UK: Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition – 11 January 2023Innovate UK smart grants – 18 January 2023Innovate UK: …

BBSRC: Bioelectrical Engineering Community Webinar, Tuesday 6 December, 3:30 – 4:30 PM (Responsive Mode Spotlights – UKRI)

Following the publication of the BBSRC strategic delivery plan, a New Responsive Mode Spotlight mechanism has been introduced to provide simpler and more agile support of certain areas of timely strategic interest, opportunity, or need. BBSRC consider Bioelectrical Engineering to be one of these areas and as such they invite applications …

‘Fate, Risks and Remediation of Emerging Contaminants, Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microplastics in Surface Waters and Groundwaters of Selected European Rivers and Future Covid-19 Related Challenges’ – from 13:00, 7 December 2022, UCL, London.

EBNet is happy to support ECR members who wish to attend this event – an invited keynote talk by Prof Damia Barcelo with networking. We have a limited number of Travel Bursaries (max ÂŁ150) available to assist with travel. Contact us at EBNet@EBNet.ac.uk for details. Light food and drinks will …

EBNet Webinar: ‘Aerobic granulation in continuous operating mode and its commercialisation’ – Dr Sudhir Murthy, NEWhub Corp

Webinar: Thursday, 17 November 2022 12.30-13.30 (GMT). REGISTER HERE NOW. Title: “Aerobic granulation in continuous operating mode and its commercialisation“ Invited International Speaker: Dr. Sudhir Murthy is Chief Executive Officer of NEWhub Corp. He is also an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University and Senior-Vice President of the International Water Association …

Prenomics & Genomics Courses Nov-Dec 22 – Cloud-SPAN

Do you need to analyse more genomic data than your own computer can handle? If you would like to use High Performance Computing for genomics but don’t know where to start then the Cloud-SPAN Courses could be for you! The Cloud-SPAN team have developed two courses which provide an introduction …

New EBNet Working Group: Bioelectrochemical Systems Development for Environmental Technology

This new Working Group will promote education, collaboration and research by merging microbiology, engineering, material and biotechnology disciplines in the study of bioelectrochemical systems. Contact the lead, Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering. Newcastle University to get involved.

NOVEMBER 2022: Event Roundup

ECFP Wastewater Treatment Event – 15/16 November 2022, The University of Edinburgh KTN: Agroforestry Innovation and Collaboration between the UK and Africa – 16 November 2022 Reservoir Microbiology Forum (RMF) 2022 – 16/17 November 2022 Land Condition Symposium 2022 – 17 November 2022, Birmingham NBIC: #BiofilmWeek – 18-24 November 2022 Biovale: Developing a Winning Go-To-Market Strategy …

NOVEMBER 2022: Funding Roundup

IBioIC: Spin-Out support programme/Facility Access Fund – open HVB: Business Interaction Vouchers – 11 November 2022 HVB: Proof of Concept Call – 25 November 2022 AHRC: Design Exchange Partnerships: design the green transition – 30 November 2022 Innovate UK: Net zero living: pioneer places – 30 November 2022 Advanced Innovation Voucher – 5 December 2022 (Scotland …

ECFP Wastewater Treatment Event – 15/16 November 2022, The University of Edinburgh

For details see the FLYER. This free Edinburgh Complex Fluids Partnership (ECFP) event brings together industry practitioners, interdisciplinary academics and regulatory professionals to discuss sectoral challenges and strategic objectives towards improving efficiency, minimising environmental impacts, and enhancing public perception. Current wastewater treatment research either focusses on the microscale (the microbiology …

IES webinar – An introduction to contaminated land investigation and remediation – 27 October 2022

Online. Thursday, 27 October 2022 – 12:30pm to 1:15pm This Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) webinar will look at the principles of contaminated land investigation and examine the methods used to collect and analyse data from soil, groundwater and surface water. It will also discuss the process of carrying out …

NBIC Flexible Talent Mobility Account – deadline: 9 November

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) has some further funding through the BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Account (FTMA) 4 scheme and will receive formal confirmation of award in early December 2022. This funding can support support secondments and other activities that contribute to the mobility and development of researchers and …

Invitation to tender for REAL’s Research Hub Project: Plant Response Test Interpretation and Comparison

Deadline: 4 November 2022 [UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED – 31st March 2023. See HERE.] Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (The REA). REAL carries out a range of certification and consumer protection activities, all of which promote sustainable …