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‘Fate, Risks and Remediation of Emerging Contaminants, Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Microplastics in Surface Waters and Groundwaters of Selected European Rivers and Future Covid-19 Related Challenges’ – from 13:00, 7 December 2022, UCL, London.

EBNet is happy to support ECR members who wish to attend this event – an invited keynote talk by Prof Damia Barcelo with networking. We have a limited number of Travel Bursaries (max £150) available to assist with travel. Contact us at EBNet@EBNet.ac.uk for details. Light food and drinks will …

IES webinar – An introduction to contaminated land investigation and remediation – 27 October 2022

Online. Thursday, 27 October 2022 – 12:30pm to 1:15pm This Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) webinar will look at the principles of contaminated land investigation and examine the methods used to collect and analyse data from soil, groundwater and surface water. It will also discuss the process of carrying out …

Fully funded MSc opportunity – Cranfield University – “PFAS removal from water”

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 £18,000 per annum (plus fees). This project will develop strategies and validate innovative materials to remove PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances), often called …

Environmental Biotechnology Workshop – University of Surrey

10 – 13:00, 20 July 2022. Registration for in person participants ends on 13 July HERE. This workshop will bring together academics across disciplines who have internal or international collaborations in this area of research. Featuring a seminar talk by IAS Fellow Professor Yuesuo Yang: ‘Environmental Bioremediation: A panorama review …

PhD Opportunity on “Tracking the fate of plastic biodegradation in ocean systems under environmentally relevant conditions”

Application deadline:  Sunday 14th February 2022 This project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. It will utilise sophisticated techniques in microbial ecology, such as DNA-based stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP), to trace the fate of isotopically-labelled …

EBNet Webinar: Biological and Technological Solutions to Microplastic Pollution

Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12 – 14:00 EBNet is hosting a series of specialist webinars to support knowledge exchange amongst members. Registration is now closed. Hear the latest developments from top speakers and participate in the online chat to engage with questions. The event recording is available here. If …

Microbial Cycling of Volatile Organic Compounds: Biogeochemistry to Biotechnology

07-08 Feb 22, Norwich, Abstract deadline: 4 Oct 21 Microbes are the organisms primarily responsible for degrading, modifying and producing Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs), which are: Responsible for altering the climate and atmosphere Sources of energy, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur Signalling molecules Stress protectants Biomarkers Valuable for biotechnology This …

CIWEM: Pollution in our environment – webinar

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 …

Webinar Outcomes – “Organohalide Bioremediation – Current Approaches in Environmental Biotech”

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 …

PhD Opportunity: Tracking the fate of plastic biodegradation

DEADLINE: Sun 14 Feb 21 This EPSRC-funded project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. Applicants must have or expect to have a 1st class MSc degree in a relevant field by Autumn 2021. …

EBNet Webinar: “Organohalide Bioremediation – Current Approaches in Environmental Biotech”

Tuesday, 12th January 2021 at 09:00am – 10:30am. This event is now over. Summary here. The webinar recording can be accessed here. This event is FREE-TO-MEMBERS. Register through Eventbrite here. Non-members are welcome – join the Network for free prior to registration.. In place of our Research Colloquium 2021, EBNet …