Tag: <span>ESWS WG</span>

Tag: ESWS WG

News, Publications, Working Groups

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Assessment and Surveillance – special issue

 

Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026 The journal Environments has announced a special issue on Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Assessment and Surveillance (see here for details). Topics include: Pathogen surveillance (e.g., SARS-CoV-2, emerging viruses, and antimicrobial resistance genes); Community exposure assessment for illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, and environmental toxins; Technological innovations in sample collection, high-throughput sequencing, …

NIBB, Publications

The Glamour Factor?

 

A recent paper by the EBNet team on What is Environmental Biotechnology? notes that the discipline is widely seen as less glamorous than synthetic biology or industrial biotech, making it harder to attract staff and funding. Finding evidence for this is quite difficult, and what there is tends to be …

Don't Miss, Publications, Working Groups

Wastewater surveillance – special RSC issue and new book chapter

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The Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology has a new themed issue on wastewater surveillance. The issue opens with an editorial entitled Wastewater surveillance for public health: Quo Vadis? It includes articles on integration of point-of-care diagnostics in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology, use of wastewater surveillance …

News, Working Groups

Global Experts Converge for ISM2S 2025: Microfluidics Advancing Health and Environmental Solutions

 

Prof Zhugen Yang of Cranfield University, who leads EBNet’s Environmental Sensors and Wastewater Surveillance Working Group (ESWS WG), reports here on a very successful international symposium: The 2nd International Symposium on Microfluidics for Sensing and Sequencing (ISM2S 2025), held in Oxford from 29–30 July, marked another milestone in advancing interdisciplinary …

Conferences, Publications, Working Groups

Environmental Sensors – publications and symposium

 

A quick reminder on the Second International Symposium on Microfluidics for Single Cell Sensing and Sequencing (ISM3S): Environment and Health.  This event takes place on 29-30 July 2025 in Oxford, UK with support from EBNet’s ESWS WG. Meanwhile look out for some recent publications by Prof Zhugen Yang, who leads …

Conferences, Current Events, Event, Other Events, Working Groups

Microfluidics symposium

 

The 2nd International Symposium on Microfluidics for Single Cell Sensing and Sequencing (ISM3S): Environment and Health will take place on 29-30 July 2025 in Oxford, UK. This event brings together leading researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to explore the intersection of microfluidics and its applications in advancing environmental health. The conference …

Funding, News, Other Funding, Other webinar

Environmental Monitoring Innovation: Consortium Building Event and Funding Opportunity

 

Webinar: 31 January 2024, 10am-12pm. Funding competition deadline: 6 March 2024.UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to ÂŁ5 million for collaborative projects to develop innovative solutions in environmental monitoring. If you have a project focused on developing biodiversity, soil health, water quality and emission reduction monitoring …

EBNet Events, Event, Past Events

Blended Event: Nanobiotechnology Enabled Sensing of Current and Emerging Pandemic Threats

 

21 September 2023, 11:30-12:30 Cranfield University (Stafford Cripps SC2) and on Teams. This event is brought to you by the EBNet Working Group on Environmental Sensors and Wastewater Surveillance. Join Professor Peter J. Vikesland, Virginia Tech, USA for a fascinating exploration of Nanobiotechnology Enabled Sensing. Dr Vikesland is the Nick …

Training

Masterclass: Advanced Sensors Technology – online, 5 May 2023

 

This unique masterclass will be delivered live online over 3 hours by Dr Zhugen Yang (Lecturer in Sensor Technology) who has over ten years of experience on sensors development for water, environment, and health. He heads the Cranfield University Sensors Laboratory, a world-class, cutting-edge research into sensors and their uses …

EBNet Events, Event, Past Events, Working Groups

Blended Event: ‘Nature Water: A Journal for All Water-related Research’, Dr Fabio Pulizzi, Chief Editor

 

19 April 23, 11.00-12.00: Cranfield University (Auditorium – Vincent Building (Bldg 52a)) and on Teams. Slides are here. This event has been brought to you by the EBNet Working Group on Environmental Sensors and Wastewater Surveillance. Registration is now closed. Water resources are at the heart of human civilization. Throughout …

Event, Other Events

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

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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 …

Awards, NIBB, POC Funding

EBNet POC 2022 Call – Funded Projects

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The following projects have been awarded funding in our EBNet POC2022 Call. Publicly available summaries from the POC applications are available here. Mitigating N2O emission from wastewater treatment processes – EBNet POC202204 Dr Bing Guo, University of Surrey (and see the N2O WG) Pure biomethane – rather than biogas – from a …

EBNet Events, Event, Past Events, Webinar, Working Groups

Gout, bigger muscles and a sweet tooth – what other than Covid-19 have we been monitoring in wastewater? Professor Kevin Thomas, QAEHS

 

Webinar: Thursday, 10 March 2022, 10.00-11.00 (GMT) This talk is by Professor Kevin Thomas – Director of the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS). Registration is now closed. The past 2 years has seen unprecedented adoption of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for the surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. Set against the mass …