Environmental Biotechnology Network

New Green Stories Book – Stories from the Microbial World

A new anthology ‘Stories from the Microbial World‘ resulting from previous Green Stories competitions is available this week here. The anthology presents 23 short stories selected from winning stories from the Green Stories competition ‘Microbes to the Rescue’, sponsored by the Environmental Biotechnology Network and the ‘Clean vs Green’ competition, …

New EBNet webinar! BEC Systems – a talk by Dr Deepak Pant, VITO

13-14:00 Monday 13 January 2025, online.This webinar series is brought to you by our Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology Working Group. Dr Deepak Pant is a senior scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, currently working on electrosynthesis and resource recovery, specifically, the design and optimization of bio/electrochemical cells for …

Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership – multiple PhD opportunities. Deadline: 25 November 2025

The Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) offers fully funded PhD studentships at one of the largest, successful centres for biological and biotechnological research and training in Europe. The NRPDTP is unique in bringing together the resources of five world-class research institutions on a single site – the …

PhD position – “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments”, apply by 15 January, 2025.

This PhD position is available at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, to start next year either in May/June or Sep/Oct 2025. The project is on “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments”. This project proposes an innovative systematic approach that will marry specific physicochemical properties of biochar with selected bacterial …

Exciting opportunity for early career researchers working in biomass biorefining!

BBNet is pleased to announce that expressions of interest are now open to non-members for a collaboration workshop aimed at early career researchers, focusing on building stronger applications and relationships! Submit your expression of interest by 24 November 2024. Deadline extended: 1 December 2025. Workshop details: 4-5 February 2025, The …

UP-TO-ME project: take the methanol production questionnaire

The UP-TO-ME project is an EU-funded initiative aimed at transforming decentralised power-to-methanol production for applications such as marine vessels. UP-TO-ME focuses on tackling the challenge of converting CO₂ emissions from hard-to-electrify sectors into renewable fuels. The goal is to drive forward the EU’s transition to a net-zero economy by creating …

#BiofilmAware Week 2024 will take place this week (18-24 November)

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) are holding their #BiofilmAware week between the 18th and 24th of November. Biofilm Week aims to promote the economic and physical impact that biofilms have on our world, as well as highlight research taking place to prevent, detect, manage and engineer biofilms. The first …

Exciting PhD project opportunity on “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments” at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Application deadline: 15th January 2025 (17:00 UK time) This PhD opportunity will be in the Gutierrez Lab research group at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. All applications must include a CV and the names and contact details of 2-3 referees.  About the project: Based on a 2016 House of Commons report, there are …

Supergen Bioenergy: Extraordinary flexible funding call on bio-based chemicals and materials

The information webinar about the funding call is on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 15.00 GMT. The call deadline is 8 December 2024. This extraordinary flexible funding call aims to provide a specific capability and activity within the Supergen Bioenergy Hub, focused on an identified gap around bio-based chemicals and …

BBSRC: Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award 2024/25

Webinar: 19 November 2024 11:00am. Notification of intent deadline: 17 December 2024. Closing date: 18 February 2025. Apply for funding to deliver an industrial doctoral landscape award (IDLA) in the biosciences. Applications should be strategically led by an organisation outside of academia partnering with a UK research organisation eligible for …

BBNet workshop for early career researchers. 4-5 February 2025, York

The Industrial biotechnology collaboration workshop: building stronger applications and relationships is now open for EoI. BBNet is delighted to announce that expressions of interest are now being accepted for a collaboration workshop aimed at early career researchers, focusing on building stronger applications and relationships. This two day in-person workshop will …

BBSRC Follow-on Fund Showcase Webinar, 5 December 2024, 1:00-2:15 PM

Discover the Power of Bioscience Innovation! Join us on 5 December 2024 for our end of year webinar where we will showcase the results of this Follow-on Fund. The Follow-on Fund is BBSRC’s flagship translational funding programme and has invested over ÂŁ80m to progress biological research into innovation since 2004. …

IEA Bioenergy Task 39: Scaling up advanced biofuels production webinar

12 November 2024, 16:00-17:30 CET Scaling up advanced biofuels production is a global challenge in terms of environmental, social, and economic sustainability, which can benefit from international collaboration and knowledge exchange. This webinar gives an overview on the status of demonstration plants and commercialization progress of advanced biofuels, introduces the …

Spring Accelerator 4: Call for Innovation – Now open.

Deadline: 25 November 2024 The Spring Accelerator aims to identify innovative solutions that help address a significant need in the UK and Ireland water sector. The current programme, Spring Accelerator 4, is looking for innovations to answer the question: “How can we better understand, monitor and manageemerging contaminants in wastewater?”. …