The sessions from the joint EBNet/EBIC workshop on Environmental Biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond held on 6 June 2025 at Cranfield University are now available via EBNet’s and EBIC’s YouTube channels: see the workshop Playlist Speakers include Prof Peter JaffĂ© and Prof Joshua Atkinson from Princeton University. …
As part of EBNet’s Working Group on PFAS, Dr Tao Lyu and Prof Frederic Coulon hosted a successful one-day workshop on 6 June bringing together researchers, early-career scientists and industry stakeholders to share the latest advances in PFAS detection, degradation and biotechnological solutions. The event, supported by EBNet and the …
Workshop videos are available HERE. Date: 6 June 2025 Venue: Cranfield University The PFAS WG, led by Dr Tao Lyu, is organising a workshop on ‘Environmental Biotechnology for the management of PFAS and beyond‘. Keynote speakers Prof Peter JaffĂ©, and Prof Joshua Atkinson from Princeton University, USA will give talks …
The BBC’s Rare Earth programme has a new episode out on PFAS, the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that are now a major emerging pollutant: listen or download on Rare Earth – Forever Chemicals – BBC Sounds. Dr Tao Lyu from Cranfield University, who leads EBNet’s PFAS Working Group, says: “New …
The following projects were awarded funding in our EBNet POC2024 Call. Elucidating mechanisms of bacterial adsorption to biochar by 3D X-ray image analysis – EBNet POC202409 Dr Meredith Rose Barr, London South Bank University (see also Biochar WG and POC presentation) Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations for assessing biodegradation …
12 December 2023, London This is an annual meeting to update those in the field on new and emerging topics in contaminated land risk assessment. Confirmed topics include: For further details see here.
Deadline: 20 November 2022 Move fast on this exciting fully funded MSc by Research opportunity – sponsored by Nextech Ltd. and Anglian Water, with a stipend of ÂŁ18,000 per annum (plus fees). This project will develop strategies and validate innovative materials to remove PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), often called …
27 July 2021; 5:30pm – 6:45pm Part of the CIWEM Pollution digital series. The first speaker will look at a case study of in situ treatment of brownfield sites contaminated with the emerging contaminant, Perfluoroalkyl substance, PFAS plume using direct push injection of colloidal activated carbon. The second speaker will …
SYNOPSIS (The video is available here) The new EBNet Webinar series is designed to replace our annual Research Colloquium with top-quality, specialist webinars on a range of EB topics. Under the spotlight this January to share the latest in “Organohalide Bioremediation – Current Approaches in Environmental Biotech”, were Dr Sophie …
The following projects were awarded funding in EBNet’s POC Call 2020. Publicly available summaries from the applications for these POC projects are available here. Enhancing PFASs Attenuation in Coastal brownfield Soils (EPACS): enhancing natural system attenuation capacity for a key emerging contaminant – EBNet POC202001 Professor Andy Cundy, University of Southampton(and …
