Environmental Biotechnology Network
Outreach

EBNet takes part in Dragonfly Day – 3 Dec 19

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The EBNet outreach team put some of their Circular Bio-economy activities on offer at the University of Southampton’s Dragonfly Day. Dragonfly Day is an on-campus day designed for Year 9 female students to encourage young women to consider the benefits of further study and careers in science and engineering. Dragonfly Days are a popular …

Event, NIBB Events, Past Events

Joint M3B Net/EBNet Metal Biorecovery and Bioremediation: 28-29 Nov 19, Manchester

There are a number of cross-over areas between the NIBB and the area of bio-remediation is one of them. Manchester hosted some were fascinating talks on this topic, including some on engineering cell vesicles for nanoparticle production, using phyto- remediation for metal recovery, deploying microbes to treat e-waste and mine …

Conferences, ECR, Other Events

POSTPONED: Early Career Women in Water Conference, 17 Mar 20, Cranfield

UPDATE 11/03/20 – This event has been postponed to a date yet to be confirmed. We will post the updated details here when we know them. The next Early Career Women in Water (ECWW20) conference has been announced and the website is now live. Keynote speakers include: Prof Elise Cartmell, …

ECR, Event, Other Events, Past Events

EB Network at European Biosolids and Organic Resources, 19-20 Nov 19 – Poster winner and session

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EBNet were proud to sponsor the “Student and Young Professionals’ Poster Award” at this year’s AquaEnviro European Biosolids & Organic Resources Conference & Exhibition,19-20 November 2019 in Manchester. Network co-manager Angie Bywater offered the top prize of £250 to Hamed Ghazisaidi, University of Toronto for his winning poster on “Exploring …

Event Roundup, Roundup

DEC 19 Events Roundup

Profiting by Innovation – Innovate UK in the East Midlands8 January 2020, Nottingham KTN: Inspiring Investment: A one-day intensive on how to perfect your investment pitch14 January 2020, London Nature inspired solutions – What is hot in the North?13 February 2020, Edinburgh EBNet Research Colloquium22-23 January 2020, University of EdinburghJoin …

Event Roundup, Roundup

NOV 19 Events Roundup

Mixing in the Water Industry12 November 2019, Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire Join a team of industry experts to consider the latest advances and best practices in mixing. Town Meeting for BBSCR “Industrial Biotechnology for Improving Production of Higher Value Chemicals funding” call19 November 2019, Holiday Inn BloomsburyThis Town Meeting will give potential …

Funding Roundup, Roundup

NOV 19 Funding Roundup

HVB: Business Interaction Vouchers – £10KDeadline: 8 January 2020 HVB:Training fund – £1KDeadline: MonthlyNetwork members can request funds of up to £1000 for a training activity including training course fees and/or accommodation and visits to other laboratories in the UK for training purposes. BBSRC: Industrial biotechnology for improving production of …

ECR, News

Teagasc fellowships available

Fellowship positions are available from Teagasc in Ireland. If you know somebody who might be interested, feel free to disseminate. Note that deadline for the expression of interest is 13th November 2019 and the person should have a PhD by the time of completing the full application (January 2020). Here …

Outreach

EBNet participates in Biodigester Hackathon, University of Sheffield: 2-3 Nov 19

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There was stiff competition at the University of Sheffield’s biodigester hackathon, organised by Helen Wright and sponsored by RS Components, Grass Roots and the Alumni Association. Each team consisted of cross-disciplinary first and second year engineering students, mentored by a third year student. The students were challenged to build a …

News

How AD can help deliver net zero

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Iveco Truck – Cenex 2019 – courtesy of R. Gueterbock

Steering group member Richard Gueterbock has produced a thought-provoking article on how on-site AD plant could help deliver the UK’s net zero ambitions – read about it here.