Environmental Biotechnology Network

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 …

Sustainable Management of Water Resources – Future Towns Innovation Hub (Southampton)

Wednesday, 29 June 2022 from 9:30 – 14:30 (BST) at AXIS Conference Centre, Southampton Science Park This networking event is led by the Future Towns Innovation Hub. Drop by to network with industry, business and enterprise, academia and non-government organisations interested in solving the challenges associated with water and waste …

IWA Masterclass: Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigating Methane in Wastewater – Masterclass 3 (free)

Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 11.00 (BST). International experts in the field will present existing and recent approaches to quantify, monitor and mitigate methane emissions. The class will bring participants up to speed with process emissions of methane from wastewater treatment – through presentations of key findings from a newly …

Water Biofilms seminar series: ‘Granular Activated Carbon Biofilms for Biomethanation from Wastewater’ by Dr Po-Heng Lee, Imperial College London

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 12.00-13.00. This event is now over, but the recording is available HERE.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. …

JUNE 2022 Funding Roundup

UKRI: Daphne Jackson fellowshipopen The Young Entrepreneurs Scheme1 July 2022 Net Zero Hydrogen Fund – Strand 2: Capital expenditure (CAPEX)6 July 2022 TFI Network: Early Career Researcher Open Funding Call15 July 2022 BBSRC: Towards a circular bioeconomy for technology-relevant metals and textiles21 July 2022 Innovate UK: Smart grants27 July 2022 …

JUNE 2022 Events Roundup

Ed-DaSH WorkshopsFAIR in (biological) practice,14-17 June 2022Introduction to Statistics with R, 5-8 July 2022High-Dimensional Statistics, 26-29 July 2022Introduction to Machine Learning with Python, 23-26 August 2022 Sense about Science Quality and Peer Review Workshop17 June 2022 The Microbiology Society: Cell–Cell Communication in Bacteria – Fundamental and Applied Aspects28–30 June 2022,Cambridge HVB: Bioactives Workshop: …

Postdoc Research Fellow opportunity on “Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Biology of Deep-Sea Sediments and Nodules”

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on 7 June 2022. For information about the post and how to submit your application, see HERE.The post seeks to appoint a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow specialising in environmental and molecular microbiology related to the microbiology of the deep sea, with a focus …

BBSRC Funding opportunity. Pre-announcement: towards a circular bioeconomy for precious metal recovery and textiles

Opens: 26 May 2022. Closing date: 21 July 2022. More HERE. Apply for funding to use biotechnological solutions that reduce environmental impact in either the textile industry or the recovery of precious metals. This Call aims to: effectively reuse resources, reducing the need for new fossil-based inputs; reduce the environmental …

MAY 2022 Events Roundup

IBioIC: 8th Annual Conference6/7 June 2022, Glasgow UKRI: Scoping workshops: urban green and blue spaces9 June 2022; 14 June 2022; 16 June 2022 BioVale/THYME Project: Successes and opportunities for the bioeconomy9 June 2022 Plastics, from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III15 June 2022 EPSRC: Engineering net zero week20-24 June 2022. …

The Biochemical Society: Computer and Lab-based Studentships

Apply by: 9 May 2022. Full details HERE.Now open for a laboratory-based scheme and a separate computer-based scheme for undergraduate students in biochemistry and related subjects in 2022. The lab-based scheme involves a 6-week lab placement, providing students with hands-on experience of laboratory research. The computer-based scheme will focus on …

MAY 2022 Funding Roundup

Engaging the public with environmental science: 202218 May 2022 Innovate UK: Farming Futures R&D Fund: climate smart farming18 May 2022 EPA Research Call – Delivering a Healthy Environment1 June 2022 EPSRC: Manufacturing research hubs for a sustainable future7 June 2022 BBSRC: strategic longer and larger grants (sLoLa): frontier bioscience 2022 …

E3BNet event: Sustainable landscapes for microbe–mineral interactions – 28 April 2022

Join E3BNet for a webinar next week on “Sustainable landscapes for microbe–mineral interactions: relevance to mineral recovery and agricultural systems“Thursday 28th April 2022 at 9.30 Professor Richard Herrington, Head of the Earth Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum, investigates the behaviour of metals critical for our modern economy in …

EBNet/Carbon Recycling Network webinar: CO2 Biomethanisation

Thursday, 26 May 2022, 12.00-14.00. Registration now closed. EBNet is 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 session is chaired by: Dr David Inman, Innovation Projects …