Tag: <span>BES</span>

Bioelectrochemical systems – Substrate degradation

Congratulations to Dr Hannah Bird and her colleagues at Newcastle University on their recent paper: Understanding the limitations of substrate degradation in bioelectrochemical systems.  Bird, H., Velasquez-Orta, S. and Heidrich, E., 2025. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, p.1511142. Dr Sharon Velasquez-Orta, EBNet’s WG Lead on Bioelectrochemical systems, said: “This study forms …

BES webinars – new series starts 14 July

The Bioelectrochemical Systems WG led by Dr Sharon Velasquez-Orta is running a new series of monthly webinars. The first is on Mon 14 July 12-13:00 UK.  Two speakers from the LEITAT Technological Center with extensive expertise in this area will talk about Bioelectrochemical technologies initiatives in LEITAT and their role …

IChemE webinar: Designing and Developing Cell Factory-based Carbon Sequestration Technologies for the Sustainable Chemical Industry

Date:  14 July 2025 13-14:00 UK Dr Ahsan Islam, Senior Lecturer in Biochemical Engineering at Loughborough University, will discuss his group’s work on designing and developing bespoke biological cell factories that use GHGs as feedstock for the sustainable manufacture of commodity chemicals. Dr Islam said, “Converting the fossil fuel-based chemical …

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 on EBNet YouTube. This webinar on Electrobiocatalysis …

EUROMIC Final workshop – hybrid event

Key dates Abstract submission deadline 1 August 2025 Notification on abstracts 8 August 2025 Registration for F2F participation 18 August 2025 (or when all places full) Workshop 17-19 September 2025, Horsens, Denmark or online This is the closing event for Euro-MIC, the COST Action Network for Management of Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion …

SCI Electrochemistry Postgrad Conference – don’t miss!

Key dates  Abstract deadline: 23:59 on 30 June 2025 Abstract notification: 4 July 2025 Conference: 25 July 2025 Venue: Northumbria University Business and Law School, Newcastle, UK Postgraduate rersearch students and postdoctoral researchers from across the UK and elsewhere are invited to participate in this annual conference, which aims to …

PhD opportunity in MIC

Deadline: 15 June 2025 Location: University of Liverpool This PhD project brings together expertise in nanoscale surface science and local scale electrochemistry, cell-surface interaction probes, microbiology and imaging across physical and biological sciences to study the electrochemical process that occurs both at the local site and single cell level and …

MIC – review of Electrochemical tools

Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion or MIC is of interest to at least two of EBNet’s Working Groups  –  the Bioelectrochemical Systems and Anaerobic Fermentation WGs, which supported a forthcoming materials study.  The full report is embargoed for now, but an outline is available here. Meanwhile a recently-published review by one of the …

New EBNet webinar! BEC Systems – a talk by Dr Deepak Pant, VITO

13-14:00 Monday 13 January 2025, online.This webinar series is brought to you by our Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology Working Group. Dr Deepak Pant is a senior scientist at the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, currently working on electrosynthesis and resource recovery, specifically, the design and optimization of bio/electrochemical cells for …

EBNet 2nd Bioelectrochemical Systems Workshop: 12-13 December 2024, Newcastle University.

A workshop of knowledge and interaction for researchers working or interested in bioelectrochemical systems for the environment. This training event will strengthen your knowledge on bioelectrochemical systems and give you tools to improve the impact of your research. Find the agenda HERE. We will contact people by email to offer …

Bioelectrochemistry for Environmental Systems Workshop – 23/24th November 2023

Brought to you by the Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology Working Group, this 2-day workshop features hands-on lab learning and will be held at Newcastle University. This is a must for anyone working, or thinking of working, with bioelectrochemical systems. There is a small fee A workshop of knowledge and …

EBNet Webinar: Bioelectrochemical Systems – from fundamentals in robotics to real world applications

Webinar: Thursday 20 July 2023, 10.00-11.00 (BST). Registration is now closed. The webinar video can be found here. Invited Speaker: Title: Bioelectrochemical Systems – from fundamentals in robotics to real world applications Professor Yannis Ieropoulos is Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton. Yannis has a background in electrical …

EBNet Webinar: Bioelectrochemical Development for Environmental Technology

Webinar: Thursday 16 March 2023, 09.00-10.00 (GMT). Event over. (Find our past webinar recordings on the YouTube channel HERE.) Invited International Speaker: Title: “Microbial Electrochemical Systems: fundamentals and applications“ Associate Professor Annemiek ter Heijne, Environmental Technology, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. A. Prof. Annemiek ter Heijne is Former President …

5th International MEEP Symposium 5-7 July 2023, Lucerne Switzerland

This conference on Microbial, Enzymatic & Bio-Photovoltaic Electrochemical Reactors, Fuel Cells & Electrolyser Systems is organised in conjunction with PHOENIX – Cost Action & EFCF – European Electrolyser & Fuel Cell Forum. Abstract submission deadline: 23 January 2023 The aim of the 5th International MEEP Symposium is to open up …

BBSRC: Bioelectrical Engineering Community Webinar, Tuesday 6 December, 3:30 – 4:30 PM (Responsive Mode Spotlights – UKRI)

Following the publication of the BBSRC strategic delivery plan, a New Responsive Mode Spotlight mechanism has been introduced to provide simpler and more agile support of certain areas of timely strategic interest, opportunity, or need. BBSRC consider Bioelectrical Engineering to be one of these areas and as such they invite applications …