Tag: <span>NBIC</span>

#BiofilmAware Week 2024 will take place this week (18-24 November)

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) are holding their #BiofilmAware week between the 18th and 24th of November. Biofilm Week aims to promote the economic and physical impact that biofilms have on our world, as well as highlight research taking place to prevent, detect, manage and engineer biofilms. The first …

AGS and AS microbiome research – projects publication

A new paper comparing microbial communities in aerobic granular sludge (AGS) and conventional activated sludge (AS) builds on work carried out in a highly successful Business Interaction Voucher  (BIV) funded by EBNet, and a Proof-of-Concept grant from the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC).  Findings included a more diverse microbiome with …

NBIC Collaborative Training Partnership Project Proposals: Call Now Open

The NBIC Industrial Advisory Board Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP) PhD programme is a doctoral training programme directed at industrial research challenges and delivered by NBIC industry partners in collaboration with NBIC member research organisations. The proposed PhD projects will be assessed against criteria related to how well they address NBIC’s interventional themes of …

NBIC Showcase – 12 September, Nottingham

Interested in biofilms? The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) Showcase will take place on Tuesday 12 September 2023 from 09:00 – 17:30 at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham. Featuring talks from partner research institutions, researchers, industry/end-user partners etc., making this a great networking and knowledge exchange event. Register …

NOVEMBER 2022: Event Roundup

ECFP Wastewater Treatment Event – 15/16 November 2022, The University of Edinburgh KTN: Agroforestry Innovation and Collaboration between the UK and Africa – 16 November 2022 Reservoir Microbiology Forum (RMF) 2022 – 16/17 November 2022 Land Condition Symposium 2022 – 17 November 2022, Birmingham NBIC: #BiofilmWeek – 18-24 November 2022 Biovale: Developing a Winning Go-To-Market Strategy …

NBIC Flexible Talent Mobility Account – deadline: 9 November

The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) has some further funding through the BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Account (FTMA) 4 scheme and will receive formal confirmation of award in early December 2022. This funding can support support secondments and other activities that contribute to the mobility and development of researchers and …

Water Biofilms seminar series: ‘What are biofilms doing in our drinking water pipes?’ by Professor Joby Boxall, University of Sheffield

The webinar recording is now available here. Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 12.00-13.00. EBNet, in combination with NBIC, are hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. This fascinating series …

AUGUST 2022 Funding Roundup

E3B Metals in Biology: Business Interaction VoucherOpen Algae-UK: 6th BIV Call26 August 2022 Analysis for Innovators (A4I) Round 831 August 2022 BBSRC Business and Academia Prosperity Partnership8 September 2022 Research for a plastics circular economy: outline proposals15 September 2022 Work with US researchers: BBSRC-NSF/BIO lead agency 202221 September 2022 The …

Water Biofilms seminar series: ‘Granular Activated Carbon Biofilms for Biomethanation from Wastewater’ by Dr Po-Heng Lee, Imperial College London

Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 12.00-13.00. This event is now over, but the recording is available HERE.EBNet, in combination with NBIC, are hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. …

NBIC: Biofilms ICURe Sprint

Deadline: 13 April 2022 Funded by the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) and delivered by SETsquared, the Biofilms ICURe Sprint is an accelerated version of the Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) programme, dedicated solely to research teams developing biofilm innovations. The programme will support teams led by university …

APRIL 2022 Events Roundup

The Carbon Recycling Network:Metabolic Modelling Workshop3-6 May 2022, Nottingham. Expression of interest closes: 14 April 2022. RSC: Emerging Technologies Competition18 April 2022 Royal Society Industry fellowships21 April 2022 KTN: Circular Economy Innovation Network Launch Event26 April 2022 ADBA Report Launch: Food Waste Recycling27 April 2022 UCL: Spring into STEM. Biocatalysis: Engineering a …

FEBRUARY 2022 Funding Roundup

RAEng: Enterprise FellowshipsStage 1 deadline: 28 February 2022. Stage 2 deadline: 4 April 2022 NBIC: Collaborative Training Partnerships – Project Proposals2 March 2022 IBioIC: Spin Out Funding3 March 2022 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship9 March 2022 NERC: Environmental sciences: global partnerships seedcorn fund 202210 March 2022 POST: Parliamentary Academic Fellowship Scheme – …

NOVEMBER 2021 Funding Roundup

Supergen Bioenergy HubWhy not check to see if your University is a member of SUPERGEN? If so, it may be worthwhile joining their SHARE hub for Early Career Researchers. Funding is available now for Bursaries, Secondments and Rapid Response funding.  BBNet: Business Interaction Vouchers Open call NBIC: Flexible Talent Mobility Accounts …

NOVEMBER 2021 Events Roundup

EBNet:  “Mass Spectrometry in Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE) for the Determination of Small and Large Molecules as Biomarkers of Exposure – Needs for COVID-19 Testing with Environmental Proteomics (EP-WBE)” by Professor Damia Barcelo – IDAEA-CSIC, Spain.11 November 2021 (11.00-12.00) IES: Land Condition Symposium 2021Manchester or online, 16 November 2021 KTN: Connecting for …

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) Innovation Secondments are now available (FTMA 3)

Apply by 14 November 2021 – full details HERE NBIC has been successful in an application to the BBSRC for Flexible Talent Mobility Accounts (FTMA3) and have been awarded £180k. Accordingly:• NBIC will extend the current FTMA3 application stage by two weeks. Applications must be submitted by 23:59 UK time …