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Don’t Miss

EBNet Electrobiocatalysis webinar now available

Dr Deepak Pant is a senior scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research working on electrosynthesis and resource recovery: specifically, the design and optimization of bio/electrochemical cells for CO2 conversion and microbial electrosynthesis. Hear him present some of the latest international research in bioelectrochemical systems. This webinar on Electrobiocatalysis …

Joint PFAS Workshop videos now available

The sessions from the joint EBNet/EBIC workshop on Environmental Biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond held on 6 June 2025 at Cranfield University are now available via EBNet’s and EBIC’s YouTube channels: see the workshop Playlist Speakers include Prof Peter Jaffé and Prof Joshua Atkinson from Princeton University. …

Breakthrough funding for SSF innovation

Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge 5 has awarded almost £2M to fund the SandSCAPE project which will trial robotic underwater skimming machines as a way to clean slow sand filters (SSF) without draining them of water. This novel approach preserves the unique biology of the system, improving performance and resilience, and …

Green Stories – Wastewater and Landfill highlights for June 2025

Each month we are highlighting 2-3 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 selections are: Chapter 1: Up Shit’s Creek by Brian Adams, …

Bacteria in biochar – imaging the interactions

Congratulations to Dr Meredith Barr for her presentation at the recent Biochar IV conference, covering some of the work done by her and her team for EBNet POC202409 Elucidating mechanisms of bacterial adsorption to biochar by 3D X-ray image analysis Meredith said, “The event went really well, and the presentation …

PFAS and Beyond: first highlights from the joint EBNet/EBIC workshop

As part of EBNet’s Working Group on PFAS, Dr Tao Lyu and Prof Frederic Coulon hosted a successful one-day workshop on 6 June bringing together researchers, early-career scientists and industry stakeholders to share the latest advances in PFAS detection, degradation and biotechnological solutions. The event, supported by EBNet and the …

New papers on SSF advances

Congratulations to Dr Francis Hassard, the Water Biofilms WG Lead, and his colleagues on two recent papers describing novel advances in slow sand filtration (SSF). The technology also features in the WG’s animation Innovation in SSF: A sustainable solution for clean water. A subtitled version is available here. For an …

SSF – Past and Futures

Dr Francis Hassard, the Lead of EBNet’s Water Biofilms Working Group, is keen to hear the sector’s views on how slow sand filters (SSF) can keep pace with tomorrow’s drinking-water challenges. On 22 January 2025, EBNet brought together researchers, utilities and regulators at the Royal Society of Chemistry, London to …

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