Environmental Biotechnology Network

SEPTEMBER 2022: Events Roundup

ESRC: Festival of Social Science (multiple)22 October-13 November 2022 Early Career People in Water Conference 2022, Cranfield16-17 November 2022 KTN: Introducing the Research Centres & Innovation Hubs: Smart Factory Hub8 November 2022 UKWIR 3rd Annual Conference: Transforming the Sector Through Research & Innovation4 October 2022, Hilton London Tower Bridge SfAM: Environmental …

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

Webinar recording now available HERE on the YouTube channel Webinar: Thurs 17 Nov 2022, 12:30-13:30 UK Invited International Speaker: Title: Aerobic granulation in continuous operating mode and its commercialisation Dr Sudhir Murthy is Chief Executive Officer of NEWhub Corp. He is also an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University …

Webinar: Advances in Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors (AnMBR)

Recording for Prof van Lier and Prof Jefferson available here. Registered attendees can contact us for Dr Pacheco-Ruiz’s recording details Webinar: 7 Dec 2022 13-15:00  Rescheduled from spring this year, we have the much anticipated AnMBR webinar featuring 3 top speakers from the UK and EU.  This fascinating session was …

Water Biofilms seminar series: ‘What are biofilms doing in our drinking water pipes?’ by Professor Joby Boxall, University of Sheffield

The webinar recording is now available here. Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 12.00-13.00. EBNet, in combination with NBIC, are hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. This fascinating series …

Early Career People in Water Conference 2022 – Cranfield University, 16-17 November 2022.

The Early Career People in Water Conference aims to provide a platform for early career researchers and young professionals to share and discuss the latest advances and innovation in Water and ways forward for a more equal, diverse, and inclusive water sector. The conference will take place at Cranfield University …

EBNet POC 2022 Call – Funded Projects

The following projects have been awarded funding in our EBNet POC2022 Call. Publicly available summaries from the POC applications are available here. Mitigating N2O emission from wastewater treatment processes – EBNet POC202204 Dr Bing Guo, University of Surrey (and see the N2O WG) Pure biomethane – rather than biogas – from a …

AUGUST 2022 Funding Roundup

E3B Metals in Biology: Business Interaction VoucherOpen Algae-UK: 6th BIV Call26 August 2022 Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Round 831 August 2022 BBSRC Business and Academia Prosperity Partnership8 September 2022 Research for a plastics circular economy: outline proposals15 September 2022 Work with US researchers: BBSRC-NSF/BIO lead agency 202221 September 2022 The …

AUGUST 2022 Events Roundup

E3B Metals in Biology/BioProNET2 : Bioprocessing Entrepreneurial Skills Training (BEST)4-9 September 2022, Durham University Bioeconomy Cluster Builder: Innovations in Metal Biorecovery8 September 2022 UKWIR 3rd Annual Conference: Transforming the Sector Through Research & Innovation4 October 2022, Hilton London Tower Bridge The European Congress on Biotechnology30 June – 3 July 2024, …

EBNet BIV 2021 Call – Funded Projects

The following projects were awarded funding in our EBNet BIV2021 Call. Publicly available information from the applications for these projects is available here. Bioleaching application for the recovery of Minor and Rare Earth Metals from Complex Nickel Alloys Dust – BIV 202101 Professor Sebastien Farnaud, Coventry University / Advanced Alloy …

The 4th Annual Early Career Researcher Conference (ECR22): Welcome back to live events

12-14th September 2022 – Jubilee Conference Centre, Triumph Road, The University of Nottingham NG8 1DH Here is the opening presentation with added details on other NIBBS, funding and links to more information here. Our updated and detailed agenda is now available here (the printed version we will hand out has …

JULY 2022 Events Roundup

KTN: Bacteriophages as Alternative Antimicrobials13 July 2022 Environmental Biotechnology Workshop20 July 2022, University of Surrey The Carbon Recycling Network – Conference 311-13 September 2022, East Midlands Conference Centre University of Nottingham. Application closes:5 August 2022 KTN: Design Open Day: Sustainability15 September 2022 Water Reuse Europe: 2nd Annual Conference and Exhibition …

Environmental Biotechnology Workshop – University of Surrey

10:00 – 13:00, 20 July 2022. Registration for in person participants ends on 13 July HERE. This workshop will bring together academics across disciplines who have internal or international collaborations in this area of research. Featuring a seminar talk by IAS Fellow Professor Yuesuo Yang: ‘Environmental Bioremediation: A panorama review …

DASA Competition: Engineering Biology for Defence and Security – Registration closes 25 August

Supporting events – (spaces limited, booked on a first-come-first-served basis!)• Tuesday 5 July – A dial-in session providing further detail on the problem space and a chance to ask questions in an open forum. • Thursday 7 and Monday 11 July – A series of 20 minute one-to-one teleconference sessions, …

BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Technology Showcase

Thursday, 14 July 2022 10:00-16:00 (BST), Birmingham. Register HERE. The Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is funding two programmes to support industrial decarbonisation efforts: The Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA) is an R&D fund that provides industrial-scale demonstrations of near-to-market technologies (TRL 5-8) that can achieve significant …