Missed this? A recorded version of the webinar isnow available HERE. Date: 27 May 2026 14:00 UK, online The BetterWater4All Network+ is hosting a webinar on water quality in the UK and the challenges it faces – including the role of industry, policy, and local communities. Topic: Broadening the View: …
Abstract deadline: 12 June 2026 Date and venue: 17-18 Nov 2026, Telford International Centre The organisers of the European Biosolids & Bioresources Conference (EBBC) are inviting abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations under the following themes – relevant to several EBNet Working Groups Mitigating Methane and Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) …
Two Case Stories recently published by IEA Task 37 Energy from Biogas are of interest to EBNet members and the wider anaerobic digestion community. One is a study of the VEAS wastewater treatment plant in Oslo, which serves a population equivalent of around 800,000. The plant recovers 79% of N …
EBNet’s ECR Working Group report is now available to view here and on the WG page. This is the last of the WG reports to be posted: we originally wanted to get them all out in January, but were delayed. This report then became a moving target, as people kept …
Date and venue: 8-9 June 2026, Madrid The European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP) is organising a workshop on Implementation of the EU UWWTD article 20: P reuse and recycling rates. The purpose of the workshop is to provide input to the development of proposals for phosphorus ‘reuse and recycling rates’ …
The 5th Bioinference Conference will take place at the University of St Andrews from 10-12 June 2026. EBNet’s office team has to admit that, although the subject area is dear to several of our core members, we were not aware of this conference series until the latest IBioIC Newsletter brought …
Abstracts: 15 May 2026 Date and venue: 26-28 Oct 2026, Cappadocia, Turkiye The deadline for abstract submission to the 8th Eurasia Waste Management Symposium (EWMS ) 2026) is 15 May 2026. EWMS brings together researchers, professionals and policy makers to discuss the latest innovations and developments in waste management and …
Closing date: 26 May 2026 The National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC)’s Industrial Challenge Response Fund is calling for high-quality project proposals from organisations with the expertise to investigate and exploit areas in which biofilms play a central role. Industrial Challenge Response Fund (ICRF) proposals must involve a collaboration between one …
Closing date: 16 July 2026 The Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund (GPSF) enables UK researchers to develop new international partnerships and networks, which underpin the development of long-term sustainable collaborations. Proposed collaborations within this programme may involve international research partners from any country and in any science area within NERC’s remit. While …
A short video of microbial translocation along different fibres (fungal mycelium and synthetic fabric), produced as part of the EBNet-funded Fibre Highways Proof-of-Concept (POC) project, is now available HERE on our YouTube channel. The project also provided the wonderful Ebb & Flow prototype – see image below; with an accompanying …
The Better Water 4 All Network+ is offering travel bursaries to support early-career researchers (ECRs) and engineers/professionals presenting at international conferences. A limited number of ECR Conference Travel Bursaries will be available on a competitive basis to ECR members presenting work at prestigious international events. Applicants must have been accepted …
Date: 2 June 2026, 12-13:00 The Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) is delighted to invite you to an interactive live webinar on Enzyme Engineering for PFAS Remediation This is the third of four webinars in EBIC’s current Engineering Biology in Action series. Hear from leading experts including Dr Tao Lyu …
AquaEnviro‘s one-day online training events for May – September 2026 include the following courses: 9 June 2026 Optimising Effluent Treatment Plants: BAT for Food, Beverage & Paper Industries 30 June 2026 Optimising Anaerobic digesters: Sewage sludge 14 July 2026 Wastewater Treatment 16 July 2026 Optimising Activated Sludge plants 16 Sept …
Closing dates: 11 June 2026, 10 Sept 2026, 10 Dec 2026 The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Catalyst (IBIC) is a £5 million EPSRC-funded initiative focused on building a sustainable bioeconomy in the north-west. It aims to bring together universities, industry, and civic partners, providing funding and support to help turn industrial …
EBNet’s Director Prof Sonia Heaven will give a short talk on our Network to representatives of BBSRC in Southampton on 3 June 2026. This is an opportunity to share your thoughts on key issues for Environmental Biotechnology, and/or ideas for this and other UKRI-funded Networks. We plan to include preliminary …
