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, …
Tuesday, 9th February 2021 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm This event is now over. View the summary here. The presentation by Dr Mar Batista is available here; Natalia Jawiarczyk’s presentation is currently embargoed. In place of our Research Colloquium 2021, EBNet are hosting a series of specialist webinars to support …
Research performs a large number of functions for society. Occasionally, researchers identify a market gap and see where they can make improvements in the equipment they require to do their job in a timely and cost-effective manner. A spin-out from the University of Warwick, Humane Technologies Ltd. has done just …
