September 2017 – Our Latest News

Maximising the Renewable Gas Potential from Small Scale Biogas, Dublin – 3^rd October 2017. This briefing seminar at Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre is aimed at farmers, advisors, researchers as well as energy policy and decision makers and will address the challenges related to the economic and environmental sustainability of biogas production and utilisation. See: www.eventbrite.ie/e/maximising-the-renewable-gas-potential-from-small-scale-biogas-tickets-37874535756
11th European Wastewater Management Conference & Exhibition, Leeds – 3/4^th October 2017. See: http://ewwmconference.com/
ADBA Northern Ireland Conference, Belfast – 5^th October 2017. See: http://adbioresources.org/events/northern-ireland-national-conference/.
BioProNET 4th annual science meeting, Warwick – 10/11^th October 2017. See: http://biopronetuk.org/category/events/
LBNet sandpit workshop: “UK BioChem 10″, York – 18/19^th October 2017. See: https://lb-net.net/save-the-date-next-lbnet-sandpit-workshop-uk-biochem-10-18-19-october-2017/
HVCfP: Annual Meeting, Manchester – 19^th October 2017. See: https://hvcfp.net/events/annual-meeting-2017/
Biovale Focus on Feedstock, York – 1^st November 2017. A half-day workshop to discuss the issues around AD feedstock: how to get your feedstock right and what to do when you get it wrong. Talks, Q&A and ‘ask the expert’. See: www.biovale.org/news-and-events/events/ .
REA/ORG Event – Understanding PAS110 in Full, Reading – 2^nd November 2017. See: www.r-e-a.net/events .
C1net Conference 3, Nottingham – 5/7^th November 2017. This is the third C1net conference, and focuses on chemical production from C1 gases by gas fermentation. See: http://www.c1net.co.uk/Events.html
INNOVATE UK, NEC, Birmingham – 8/9^th November 2017. Innovation event. See: http://www.innovate2017.gov.uk/
REA Biogas Meeting with policy focus, London – 7^th November, 2017. See: http://www.biogas.org.uk/events/rea-biogas-meeting-with-policy-focus
REA AD Biology Day, Solihull – 14^th November 2017. See: www.r-e-a.net/events
Future of Biogas Europe 2017, London – 15/16^th November 2017. See: http://www.wplgroup.com/aci/event/future-biogas-europe/
European Biosolids & Organic Resources Conference & Exhibition, Leeds – 20/21^st November 2017. See: http://european-biosolids.com/
CBMNet Event: Factories for advanced biomanufacturing, Sheffield – 6/7^th December 2017. FREE event on microbial chassis engineering and those interested in improving the robustness of whole-cell biocatalysts. See: http://cbmnetnibb.group.shef.ac.uk/events/ .
ADBA National Conference, London – 7^th December. See: http://adbioresources.org/events/?/events
REA: Biomethane as a Transport fuel, London – 14^th December 2017. See: www.r-e-a.net/events
BioProNET: Molecular chaperones: structure, function and application in bioprocessing, Kent, 20^th December 2017. See: http://biopronetuk.org/category/events/
C1net Metabolic Modelling Workshop 4, Nottingham, 15/19^th January 2018. See: http://www.c1net.co.uk/Events.html
EBA Conference, Antwerp – 24/26^th January 2018. See: http://european-biogas.eu/events/eba-conference/
Energy Storage & Connected Systems 2018, London – 6/7^th February 2018. See: www.energystorageconnectedsystems.com/About/
Recent breakthroughs and new perspectives of protein aggregation: measuring, predicting and controlling protein aggregation, Manchester -13^th February 2017. See: http://biopronetuk.org/category/events/
CBMNet sponsored : ‘The artificial cell: biology-inspired compartmentalisation of chemical function‘, Buckinghamshire – 26-27^th February 2018. See: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/02/artificial-cell/
CBMNet sponsored: Microbial Stress, Ireland – 23/25^th April 2018, IRELAND, UK. Event details available at: http://www.efb-central.org/index.php/microbial_stress/.

The Supergen Bioenergy Hub is consulting on a wide variety of subject areas for the Supergen Bioenergy Hub. For details and registration, see: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/supergen-bioenergy-hub-consultation-14937732265

The AD Network still has funding available as follows:

Joint AD Network/Food Waste Network BIV – £20K match funded – Closing date 9 Oct 17
Business Interaction Voucher (quarterly) – Closing date 30 Sep 17
AD Network 4th Proof of Concept call – Closing date 16 Oct 17

Other NIBB Networks still have funding calls open as follows:

BioCatNet: 5th POC Call – Closes 31 Oct 17
FoodWasteNet: BIV Call – Closes 15 Oct 17
HVCfP: BIV Call – Closes 22 Nov 17
NProNet: BIV Call – Closes 6 Oct 17
PhycoNet: BIV Call – Closes 15 Dec 17

Further funding opportunities include:

GCRF, see: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/gcrf/

BBSRC, see: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/

There are a number of innovate opportunities, e.g. Emerging and Enabling round 3 -8^th November 2017. See: www.gov.uk/guidance/innovation-apply-for-a-funding-award

Month: September 2017

SIFT-MS gas analyser user meeting – 2-3 Nov, Cambridge

AD Network Event Roundup – Sep 17

AD Network Funding Roundup: Sep 17