Category: NIBB News

This promises to be great event suitable for anyone interested in the organics sector in general and anaerobic digestion in particular. Registration and programme avaiable here.

Registration is here.

The 7th LCEDN conference is intended to harness involvement of the LCEDN with the UK government Department for International Development’s Transforming Energy Access (TEA) programme by opening the research theme up to the low carbon transition/energy access community. The focus of this conference will be to examine what is meant and intended by the word ‘transformation’, used in the widest sense – all transformative aspects of energy for development are open to consideration.

The conference will be run in collaboration with the TEA Research Partnership Development Consortium (RPDC) with the intention of showcasing and feeding into the consultations with RPDC partners from across the world; it therefore represents a fantastic opportunity for LCEDN members to better understand the TEA programme and contribute to it.

The daily programme will begin with two plenary sessions on Transforming Energy Access (Wednesday 30^th) and Innovation and Technology Development (Thursday 31^st) and the Friday (1st) will begin with an Under the Grid plenary which we will be combining with an online webinar run by our colleagues at Smart Villages.

There will also be a series of break-out sessions on themes integral to energy transformation, such as Waste; Planning and Energy Access; Community Resilience (ecology, migration etc.); Value Chains (local manufacturing, mineral extraction, assembly etc.); Innovative Finance; Transdisciplinarity in energy research (publishing, working practices, career development etc.) and Energy Justice Revisited (taking forward some of the debates from the last conference).

In addition there will be an Energy Catalyst Companies Showcase and a session on Innovative Businesses and Community Projects From the Global South and we are particularly interested in getting entrepreneurs and commercial actors (from large, medium or small businesses) to attend the whole conference to interact with the research/NGO/policy community to better inform us of their research needs. The LCEDN is particularly anxious to attract entrepreneurs from the Global South to explain their projects, products and needs.

Lastly, there will as usual be plenty of opportunity to discuss the future direction of the LCEDN and since we expect a good blend of people from the NGO, commercial and policy sector (especially our colleagues in DfID) this conference will be a fantastic opportunity to network discuss your current and future involvement in low carbon energy transitions in a friendly and exciting environment.

HVCfP: Workshop – Application of IB to to identification and recovery of high value products from plant waste, Colworth Park, Bedfordshire. 10^th April 2018. See:  https://hvcfp.net/ .

Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2018, Birmingham. 10/13^th April 2018. See: https://microbiologysociety.org/event/annual-conference/annual-conference-2018.html

6th International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology, Venezia, Italy. 15/18^th April, 2018 See: http://www.aidic.it/ibic2018/index.php

40th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater Beach, USA. 29^th April – 2^nd May 2018. See: http://www.simbhq.org/sbfc/general-information/about-sbfc/ .

REA Event – UK Biomethane Day 2018, Birmingham. 2^nd May 2018. See: www.r-e-a.net/events/rea-event-uk-biomethane-day-2018 .

5th International Conference on Renewable Energy Gas Technology, REGATEC 2018, Toulouse, France. 3-4th May 2018. REGATEC has a technical and industrial focus and is directed towards bio-, electro-, and thermochemical conversion of biomass/waste to biomethane, biomass gasification for CHP production and industrial use as well as cryogenic upgrading/liquefaction. See: http://regatec.org/ .

The Business Of Science Conference, Liverpool. 17^th May 2018. See: http://businessofscience.co.uk .

EUBCE 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark. 14/17^th May 2018. See: http://www.eubce.com/ .

CO2 Reuse Summit, Zurich, Switzerland. 16/17th May 2018. See: https://reuseco2.com/ .

3rd LBNet International Conference: “Challenges and Opportunities in Lignocellulosic Biorefining: Feedstock, Technology and Products”. Shrigley Hall, Cheshire. 16/18^th May 2018. There will be invited speakers from the UK and abroad and session speakers will be chosen from poster abstracts submitted by those attending the meeting. For registration see: https://lb-net.net/events/ .

14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, Ghent, Belgium. 30^th May-1^st June 2018. See: http://www.rrbconference.com/venue .

Biovale: Innovation Biocamp, Hawkhills, Yorkshire. 3-8^th June 2018. Start-up, bio-based businesses can benefit from fully funded, intensive business training for successful innovation. The BioBase4SME project is now providing start-up companies working in the bioeconomy with €7,000 worth of specialist training, fully funded by the project. Deadline for applications: 20^th April 2018. See: www.biovale.org/event/innovation-biocamp/ .

Industrial Biotechnology Pitch Event, London. 12^th June 2018. This Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy Showcase and Pitch Event is an opportunity for entrepreneurs with start-up, early stage and growth businesses to increase their profile in front of a national audience of investors. The pitching competition is organised jointly by CBMNet, BIOCATNET & the Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and is a unique opportunity for both entrepreneurs and investors to gain valuable insight. See: http://cbmnetnibb.group.shef.ac.uk/events/industrial-biotechnology-showcase-and-pitch-event/ .

NIBB ‘Beyond the lab: developing your Industrial Biotechnology Career’, University of York 18 – 19 July 2018. See: See: http://www.c1net.co.uk/ .

The 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Pollution Control and Resource Recovery for the Livestock Farming Industry (Livestock Waste 2018), Xiamen, China. 26-28^th July 2018. This conference aims to seek solutions for the environmental issues associated with the management of animal manure and wastewater. Deadline for abstracts: 1^st March 2018. See: http://rapcp.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70010 .

NIBB: The Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products Symposium XII, University of Warwick. 28/29^th June 2018. Free to attend for members of NPRONET or BIOCATNET. Last deadline for registration: 15^th June. See: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wcibb/meetings/chemistryandbiologysymposium

CBMNet: Biochemical Society Training Event: Experimental techniques for studying proteins and lipids in biological membranes, Aston University. 31^st July–1^st August 2018. This two-day training event for early career researchers comprise lectures, case study exercises and laboratory-based practical sessions. See: http://cbmnetnibb.group.shef.ac.uk/events/ .

CBMNet: Biochemical Society Focused Meeting: Structure and mechanism of membrane proteins, Aston University. 2/3^rd August 2018. See: http://cbmnetnibb.group.shef.ac.uk/events/ .

Biogas Science, Torino, Italy. 17-19^th September 2018. Abstract deadlines: 19^th January/27^th April 2018. See: http://www.biogas-science2018.it .

New Scientist Live, ExCeL Centre, London 20-23 September 2018. See: https://live.newscientist.com/info/about-us .

The International Biomass Congress & Expo & the International Biogas Congress & Expo, Berlin, 10/11^th October 2018. See: https://biofuels-news.com/conference/ .

IBBK: Progress in the treatment and application of manure and digestate products. International conference with trade exhibition and excursion, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany 16/18^th October 2018. The conference will address the latest international scientific state and successful examples of implementation. The main topics include the current state of the art, advances in bioeconomy and sustainability, as well as prospects for promising innovations and new research approaches. See: http://ibbk-biogas.de/en-gb/konf-okt2018-science-meets-praxis .

13th International Congress on Biofuels and Bioenergy, Ottawa, Canada 18/20^th October 2018. See: https://biofuels-bioenergy.conferenceseries.com/ .

European Biosolids & Organic Resources Conference & Exhibition, Royal Armouries, Leeds. 13/14^th November 2018. See:  www.european-biosolids.com

C1net Final Conference, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham 21-23 January 2019. See: http://www.c1net.co.uk/ .

SME? You still have a year to access the services of SuperBIO (H2020 funded) and BioBase4SME (Interreg funded). Services offered include market research, techno-economic assessment, feedstock analysis, business plan development, LCA, regulatory appraisal and process scale-up testing (both on chemical processes and IB processes, including high throughput strain engineering and process optimisation).

Through those two programs, SMEs in Europe can access services up to a value of:

• € 100,000 (with a SME cofunding share in cash of max. 50% from the SME) via BioBase4SME
• € 60,000 (with a SME cofunding share in cash of max. 25% from the SME) via SuperBIO

See: http://www.h2020-superbio.eu  and http://www.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/bio-innovation-support-for-entrepreneurs-throughout-nwe-regions/ .

The AD Network has applied for additional funds from the BBSRC Seeding Catalyst Award. If successful, they must be spent by the end of February 2018 and they are payable at 100% of direct costs. Do you have any projects which could use assistance for upscaling from research to commercial reality? If the project you have in mind can be completed, reported and invoiced within this timescale please keep abreast of developments in this area. Any Call, from this or other NIBBs, will necessarily be short notice.

University of Cork and Gas Networks Ireland – 2 PhD Studentships on Green Renewable Gas

Supervisor: Prof J. Murphy. Deadline: 11 Aug 17

Fully Funded. Further details here.

From: Find a PhD

Development of an Online Decision Support Tool for Hydrogen Storage in Community Renewable Energy Systems – National University of Ireland, Galway  D

Supervisor: Dr R Monaghan. Deadline: 30 Jul 17

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Tailored biopolymer production from waste streams: low-cost value added bioprocessing – University of Birmingham

Supervisor: Dr T Overton; Dr M Jenkins. Deadline: all year round

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Development of advanced adsorbents for gas separation processes – Aberdeen University

Supervisor:Dr C Fernandez-Martin / Prof J Anderson Application. Deadline Applications accepted all year round

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

A framework for the development and validation of mathematical models of upstream unit operations as part of an integrated whole bioprocess modelling platform – University College London

Supervisor: Dr A Kiparissides. Deadline 28 Aug 17

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)