Environmental Biotechnology Network

FEBRUARY 2022 Events Roundup

KTN: Approaches to Life Cycle Assessment in the Bioeconomy24 February 2022 KTN: How to apply to the IETF Phase 2 fund1 March 2022 Low Carbon Agriculture 20228-9 March 2022, NAEC, Stoneleigh KTN/UK Circular Plastics Network: Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS)15–17 March 2022  E3BNet: ‘Top tips for writing …

FEBRUARY 2022 Funding Roundup

RAEng: Enterprise FellowshipsStage 1 deadline: 28 February 2022. Stage 2 deadline: 4 April 2022 NBIC: Collaborative Training Partnerships – Project Proposals2 March 2022 IBioIC: Spin Out Funding3 March 2022 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship9 March 2022 NERC: Environmental sciences: global partnerships seedcorn fund 202210 March 2022 POST: Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme – …

GRIPS conference, 15–17 March 2022 – Poster Competition

IOM3 Poster Award for Innovations in Plastics SustainabilityThe deadline for submissions to the IOM3 Poster Award at Global Research & Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) 2022 is 4 February 2022. This award is open to all: under-graduate and post-graduate students, business innovators, startups and large companies, making disruptive innovations that …

EBNet Webinar: Using Big Data Approaches to Understand Microbial Communities 

Thursday, 10th February 2022 at 13.00 – 14.15 – Registration now closed. The SESSION RECORDING is available here. See Dr Sophie Nixon’s presentation here and Dr Imer Ujaz’s presentation here. Can you help inform our Bioinformatics Working Group activities? Fill in our survey here. EBNet is hosting a series of …

Special issue on “Anaerobic Fermentation – A Biological Route Towards Achieving Net Neutrality”

Now open for submissions – Special Issue in MDPI Fermentation – “Anaerobic Fermentation – A Biological Route Towards Achieving Net Neutrality“. This Special Issue will exclusively focus on innovative research outputs, short communications, and perspective reviews on the production of biofuels and high-value biorenewables via anaerobic fermentation to support net …

PhD Opportunity on “Tracking the fate of plastic biodegradation in ocean systems under environmentally relevant conditions”

Application deadline:  Sunday 14th February 2022 This project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. It will utilise sophisticated techniques in microbial ecology, such as DNA-based stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP), to trace the fate of isotopically-labelled …

JANUARY 2022 Events Roundup

An introduction to EMBL-EBI resources19 January 2022 RSC: Natural and artificial metalloenzymes: Faraday Discussion31 January – 3 February 2022 KTN: Metamaterials for Industrial Applications Conference 20222 February 2022 World Biogas EXPO2-3 March 2022, NEC Birmingham SCI/BioVale: Hemp Happening!6 April 2022, STEM Centre, York. (Abstracts by 4 March 2022) 1st UK-local …

JANUARY 2022 Funding Roundup

CO2 Removal Hub (CO2RE Hub): Pathfinders Call 118 January 2022 The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851: Science and Engineering Research Fellowships19 January 2022 EPSRC: High-risk speculative engineering and ICT research: New Horizons25 January 2022 (Intent to submit deadline: 7 December 2021) InnovateUK: Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory26 …

Senior Scientific Officer vacancy- University of Portsmouth

This role within the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth is Full-time, Fixed-term (until 31 March 2025). Apply by 2 February 2022 This is an exciting opportunity to develop a career in wastewater research and innovation through supporting a strategic industrial – academic partnership between the University …

EBNet Webinar: Biological and Technological Solutions to Microplastic Pollution

Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12 – 14:00 EBNet is hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Registration is now closed. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. The event recording is available here. If …

DECEMBER 2021 Funding Roundup

The Carbon Recycling Network: BIV VouchersOpen now EPSRC synthetic biology postdoctoral fellowshipOpen now UKRI: Standard Research Grant – EPSRC & BBSRCOpen EPSRC: Business and academia prosperity partnership: fifth round11 January 2022 E3BNet: 8th BIV Call19 January 2022 Algae-UK: Developing the (UK) roadmap for industrial applications of algae for food and novel …

DECEMBER 2021 Events Roundup

The 6th International Conference on Energy and Environmental Science (ICEES 2022) 7-9 January 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  E3B Metals in Biology: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility (Warwick University)12 January 2022 EBNet: “Fishing for Viruses in Sewage”16 December 2021 Biochemical Society: Computational Enzymology: Structure, Function and Evolution of Enzymes3 February 2022  E3B: An …

Fishing for Viruses in Sewage. A tool for understanding the molecular epidemiology of tiny human pathogens

Webinar: Thursday, 16 December 2021, 12.00-13.00pm This talk is by Dr Javier Martin, NIBSC. Registration is now closed. The video of the session can be viewed here. Dr Javier Martin is currently working as a Principal Scientist in the Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) …