Tag: <span>BES WG</span>

New BES Webinar available – and don’t forget the next one!

The most recent webinar in our current BES series, from 8 Sept 2025, is now available HERE on EBNet’s YouTube channel. The topic was Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry  –  Enzymatic NO and CO₂ Reduction and H₂ Evolution. Our speaker was Dr Cristina M Cordas, from the NOVA School of Science and Technology …

IWA Publishing eBooks – free to read

The International Water Association (IWA) has a range of publications freely available to read or download in electronic format.  Books in particular can be eye-wateringly expensive [no pun intended] for the individual reader, so these are a very valuable resource. A recent addition, published in September 2025, is Environmental Technologies …

Joint call to promote nutrients in the EU Circular Economy Act

The European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP) is inviting organisations to sign a letter calling for ambitious targets for nutrients in the EU’s Circular Economy Act. Sustainable nutrient supply and management is a critical issue for many regions, with several countries including the UK currently reviewing associated regulations: any further developments …

September BES Webinar now available – and October one on the way

The latest webinar in our new BES series, from 4 Aug 2025, is now available on the EBNet Youtube channel. The topic was Microbial electrolysis cells for H2 production and CO2 microbial electrosynthesis. The speakers were Dr Sovik Das, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian …

Next BES Webinar – Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry, 8 Sept 2025

Date:  Mon 8 Sept 12-13:00 UK, online Topic: Interfacial Bioelectrochemistry: Enzymatic NO and CO₂ Reduction and H₂ Evolution Don’t miss the next webinar in the outstanding new series from our Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velasquez Orta of Newcastle University. The speaker is Dr Cristina Cordas, an Assistant …

Electrochem 2025 – Working Table confirmed, abstracts invited

EBNet’s Bioelectrochemical Systems WG, led by Dr Sharon Velaquez-Orta, is organising a Working Table on the Present and future of environmental bioelectrochemical systems at the Electrochem 2025 conference. The event will take place from 17-18:30 on Tues 2 September. See HERE for proposed aims and topics of the Working Table:  …

Electrochem 2025 – and possible BES session?

Date: 31 Aug – 2 Sept 2025 Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne Electrochem 2025, the UK’s largest electrochemistry conference, is sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry. The event features a series of high-profile plenary lectures and is also dedicated to fostering ECR …

BES Webinars – don’t miss this biochemically-electrifying new series

A flying start for the new series of webinars organised by the Bioelectrochemical Systems WG.  Two excellent talks, by Dr Eduard BorrĂ s giving an overview of the full breadth of LEITAT’s activities in this area; and Dr Daniele Molognoni on some recent and current projects. All very ably chaired by …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Green Fuels summer school – biomethanation and electromethanogenesis

Date: 27-29 August 2025 Venue: Hersonissos, Crete Organised by the CarbonNeutralLNG project, this course looks at green fuels, including synthesis of methane from green H2 and biogenic CO, and innovative processes to convert biomass residues into bioLNG. Through lectures and interactive workshops participants will explore the role of green fuels …

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 …