Environmental Biotechnology Network
News, Working Groups

Call for Papers – Biofilm Technologies for Circular and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

 

Deadline: 26 Aug 2026 Biofilm technologies are evolving from classical wastewater treatment tools into platform processes for resource recovery, waste valorisation, and circular bioeconomy applications. Once viewed as passive systems, biofilms are now being designed to recover nutrients, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)-derived biopolymers, and other valuable resources from complex effluents. …

Other Events, Other webinar, Working Groups

Better Water 4All – PFAS Webinar

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Webinar date: Mon 1 Dec 2025, 12:30-13:15 UK The EPSRC-funded Better Water 4All Network+ is hosting its first webinar on Engineering for the challenges of Forever Chemicals (PFAS) in drinking water. The speaker is Dr Yanyan Zhang who leads the Analysis and Degradation Mechanism of Emerging Contaminants Laboratory in Westlake …

NIBB, Publications

The Glamour Factor?

 

A recent paper by the EBNet team on What is Environmental Biotechnology? notes that the discipline is widely seen as less glamorous than synthetic biology or industrial biotech, making it harder to attract staff and funding. Finding evidence for this is quite difficult, and what there is tends to be …

Conferences, Other Events

IBioIC Conference 2026 – Early Bird registration open

 

For info and registration details see HERE. The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is holding its 12th Annual Conference in Glasgow on 10-11 March 2026, in conjunction with the BioBased Industries Association (BBIA). The theme of this year’s conference is BioSolutions for Tomorrow’s World. Sessions will explore topics from bio-similars …

Other Events, Other webinar

Accelerating Bioscience Innovation for the Future – BBSRC FoF webinar

Date:  2 Dec 2025 13-14:15 UK, online For more details and to register, see HERE. The Follow-on Fund (FoF) is BBSRC’s flagship translational programme and a central part of its commercialisation pipeline, translating research outputs into tangible products, processes and services. The FoF has invested over ÂŁ80 million in more …

News, Outreach, Publications

Bleeding to death? HoL Science & Technology Committee report

There have been numerous recent surveys, reports and editorials on the challenges facing new (bio)technologies for a more sustainable economy: some focusing on training and education to address the shortage of skilled and qualified people, others on facilities and funding for scale-up and implementation. But the prize for one of …

Don't Miss, Outreach, Publications

Green Story highlights – November 2025

 

Each month we showcase 2-3 stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. November’s choices are: Chapter 8:  Microbial Intelligence by Jane Norris, UK  –  a short story told from a microbial …

Conferences

IWA Micropol & Ecohazard – abstracts deadline 15 Dec 2025

 

The 14th IWA Micropol & Ecohazard conference takes place on 31 May – 4 June 2026 in Toronto, Canada. The call for abstracts is open until 15 Dec 2025. Conference themes include: Occurrence and fate of micropollutants in the environment Effects and impacts of micropollutants on organisms, populations and communities. …

BBSRC, Other Funding

BBSRC Standard Research Grants – closing 14 Jan 2026

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is inviting applications for funding to support excellent investigator-led research across the breadth of its scientific remit.  Applicants are encouraged to consider the relevance of the proposed work in line with the long-term research and innovation priorities set out in BBSRC’s strategic …

Other Events, Training

Fundamentals of Metrology 2025 – Biofilms Alliance training course

 

Date: 18 Nov or 8 Dec 2025, online The Biofilm Alliance is funding a free training course on Fundamentals of Metrology. The course is intended for those involved in biofilm analysis and control who want a deeper understanding of how to ensure the quality, reliability, and comparability of measurement data. …