EBNet loves learning about extremophiles, if only because they teach us humility with respect to the limits of our current understanding of individual organisms; never mind that of the complex microbial communities which we harness for environmental protection and remediation. In the present example, scientists from Spain and Germany have …
Researchers in Japan have discovered a species of bacteria that parasitises a methanogen with a key role in anaerobic digestion. This is the first time such bacterium-on-archaeon parasitism has been observed. The bacterium was isolated in a two-strain co-culture with host archaeon Methanospirillum hungatei. The source was digestate from a …
Abstracts & Registration deadline: 12 Aug 2025 Date: 12 Sept 2025 Venue: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow The Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes meeting is hosted by Microbial Genomics Deputy Editor-in-Chief Dr Eva Heinz. Microbial Genomics covers the breadth of microbial life including viruses, bacteria, archaea and microbial eukaryotes. Topics range from comparative and …
Two more stories chosen from our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology, equal to about 30 mins listening in the Audiobook version. The anthology is also available as a free eBook on the Resources page. This month’s selections are: Chapter 3: A Day at Work by Sonia Heaven, Charles Banks and Sigrid Kusch-Brandt, UK – …
Key dates: Abstract deadline 7 July 2025 (Don’t Miss!) Event 26-27 November 2025 in Liverpool, UK For full details including registration see here. This meeting is intended to strengthen links between researchers across the whole field of microbial evolution, in the UK and elsewhere. There will be invited talks on …
Key deadlines: Application to ICGEB for financial assistance 18 June 2025 Abstracts 13 July 2025 Registration 8 October 2025 Conference date: 28-30 October 2025 Trieste, Italy Arturo Falaschi Conference on Cell-cell communication in bacteria: new insights and future trends This recurring conference on cell-cell communication in bacteria brings together leading …
This micrograph shows a sample taken on 2 April 2025 from salt pans near the Mar Menor (Murcia, Spain), a haven of extremophile diversity. On the left is the alga Dunaliella salina that has lost its two characteristic flagella and is in the process of encysting. Blooms of these …
Don’t miss the two new animations in our series on Microbiology/Engineering Interactions, which came out during #EnvBiotechAware week. Prof Tom Curtis has already shown his Microbes in Wastewater Treatment as part of a presentation to the Royal Academy of Engineering, while Aerobic Granules captures some key themes of the AG …
Date: 21 May 2025 Venue: Online or in person at Eurecat Manresa (Plaça de la Ciència, 2, 08242 Manresa, Barcelona) Language: English The Final Event for the EU-funded LIFE Mysoil project will explore some of the latest advances in mycoremediation, an innovative bioremediation technique that utilises fungi to degrade …
UKWIR has published a report on removal of algae during water treatment. While many of the methods described are physico-chemical, e.g. covering or filtration, it includes operating strategies and also floating wetland systems, where macrophytes are assisted by root biofilm formation Title: Efficient Algae Removal during the water treatment process …
If you are in southern Spain, make sure you visit the exhibition of micrographs by Prof Franciso Torrella, which has now been extended to 27 April 2025. Prof Torrella is one of EBNet’s international advisers who kindly provided the activated sludge images for our #EnvBiotechAware week. The exhibition, entitled La …
A new anthology ‘Stories from the Microbial World‘ resulting from previous Green Stories competitions is available this week here. The anthology presents 23 short stories selected from winning stories from the Green Stories competition ‘Microbes to the Rescue’, sponsored by the Environmental Biotechnology Network and the ‘Clean vs Green’ competition, …
Are you a postdoctoral researcher with a background in microbial physiology, microbial ecology, or microbial systems biology? The successful candidate will work on understanding the impact of structural formation on microbial interactions and their evolution. This would suit someone with expertise in microbial physiology or microbial ecology, with an emphasis …
PHOTOREFINERIES 2024 will be held in Valladolid, Spain, 9-11 September 2024. In the global quest for sustainability in all anthropogenic activities, the potential of sun radiation to power resource recovery from solid, liquid and gaseous emissions has been underestimated. Novel photorefineries, based on the combined action of solar radiation and …
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 …
