Each month this item highlights selected stories from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equivalent to about 30 mins listening in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. This month’s suggestions are: Chapter 9: It’s the little things that matter …
The full report on a study of gaps and opportunities for scale-up of CO2 biomethanisation is now available on EBNet’s Resources page, along with an Executive Summary. The report is the main output from a study jointly funded by EBNet and our sister-NIBB, the Carbon Recycling Network, with the lion’s …
‘The circular bioeconomy is directly linked to environmental systems and is essential for the sustainable use of biological resources’, states the seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7), a major UN report launched on 9 December 2025. The report highlights that circular economy and biobased solutions hold key opportunities to align economic …
A summary of key findings from a workshop on the Role of Anaerobic Fermentation in the Circular Bioeconomy is now available on the Resources page. The workshop was organised by EBNet’s Anaerobic Fermentation WG and was jointly funded by EBNet and our sister-NIBB the Biomass Biorefinery Network (BBNet). The Summary …
Deadline: Mon 19 Jan 2026 at 09:00 UK The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term) provides the opportunity for short-term visits for UK, European, North American and Canadian researchers ordinarily based in the UK or Ireland to carry out cooperative research …
Closing date:Â 4 Feb 2026 UK registered academic institutions, research and technology organisations or Catapults can apply for a share of up to ÂŁ10 million to fund innovation projects with businesses. The project must align with one of eight sectors in the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy: Advanced Manufacturing Clean Energy …
Strong representation from the EBNet Biochar WG at last week’s Biochar Symposium at Teeside University, hosted by Dr Tannaz Pak. There were talks by Prof Frederic Coulon on Reviving bioremediation options and sustainability: Microbial enhanced biochar opportunities;  Prof Tony Gutierrez on Biochar for the microbial-enhanced remediation of contaminated soil; and …
Deadline: 11 Feb 2026 This funding opportunity aims to support the development of cutting-edge enabling research technologies, which have the potential for transformative impact and are essential to sustaining the vibrancy of bioscience discovery research in the UK. This includes bioinformatics tools and computational approaches to the biosciences. These developments …
Last year Dr Szabolcs Pap attended the 29th European Biosolids & Bioresources Conference and Exhibition (EBBC) as a representative of EBNet’s Biochars for Pollution Prevention WG, to participate in sessions on biochar applications in the water industry: for his report, see HERE. This year he returned to the 30th EBBC …
Two new items from the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) in its Biofilm 2025 Week. The results of the Biofilm Create! 2025 Competition were announed  – and are just as impressive as we have come to expect. And a new Blog Series Beyond the Biofilm has launched, spotlighting researchers driving …
An episode of the BBC’s Panorama programme aired on 1 Dec 2025 with the title The Truth about Forever Chemicals.  While EBNet’s PFAS WG and the EBIC Hub obviously take this issue very seriously indeed, we are not sure some of the apparent messages here were very helpful. The programme …
The next webinar in the current series is a joint event with PhycoClub, with Presenter Dr Marin Sawa of Newcastle University and ECR Chair Dr Gabriele Frascaroli. The webinar will take place on Fri 12 Dec 2025 at 10:30-11:30 UK: for more details scan the QR code below, or see …
Abstract deadline: 30 Jan 2026 Event: 16-17 June 2026, Telford International Conference Centre Abstracts for oral or poster presentations at the next European Wastewater Management Conference, are invited on the following themes: Process Emissions Zero Pollutions Water re-use & Water fit for purpose Achieving low total N and low total …
Application Deadline: 10 Dec 2025 This fellowship is an opportunity for those in our Environmental Biotechnology and Social Sciences WG (EBSS WG), and for other EBNet members with an interest in social sciences or other arts and humanities aspects. It allows researchers based outside Japan to conduct collaborative work with …
Abstract Deadline: 15 Dec 2025 now extended to 10 Jan 2026 Date: 9-12 July 2026 Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India Building on the success of an inaugural conference in Johannesburg in 2023, this event aims to bring together a global community of researchers, practitioners and policy experts to …
