• Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe

    “This paper is a call to action. By publishing concurrently across journals like an emergency bulletin, we are not merely making a plea for awareness about climate change. Instead, we are demanding immediate, tangible steps that harness the power of microbiology and the expertise of researchers and policymakers to safeguard the planet for future generations”

  • Safely unlocking the huge potential of synthetic nucleic acid in the UK

    Izzy Webb is the Deputy Director for Technology Strategy and Security in the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT) Engineering Biology Team. In this blog post, she explains why the UK has published voluntary guidance to promote synthetic nucleic acid screening and who the guidance is intended for.

  • EBIC’s Professor Coulon Keynote Speaker at SIDISA 2024

    Professor Coulon is an invited keynote speaker at SIDISA 2024, the XII International Symposium on Environmental Engineering in Palermo, 1st-4th October 2024. Keynote: “Key Innovations and Challenges in Soil Remediation for a Sustainable Future”.

  • Funding opportunities

    Cranfield University is delighted to announce that our Green Future Investments Ltd Future Frontiers Fund (GFIL-FFF) and Technology Accelerator Fund (GFIL-TAF) are open again for applications. Innovators and entrepreneurs can now apply to scale up ideas that address the challenges related to tackling climate change, protecting our environment, and delivering a Net Zero future. No match funding is required. Applications close 11th November 2024 at 5:30pm.

  • Plastic-eating bacteria boost growing business of bioremediation

    Bacteria, fungi and plants can be grown and engineered to remove plastics, chemicals and pollutants from contaminated soil and water…

  • Engineering biology inquiry launched

    The Government defines engineering biology as the design, scaling and commercialisation of biology-derived products and services that can transform sectors or produce existing….

  • CyanoCapture: using algae to fight climate change

    Carbon capture is a way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes. At CyanoCapture we are harnessing biology to do this.

  • Digital Twins to Advance Biomanufacturing

    Synthetic Biology and AI can significantly boost the bioeconomy by scaling up through the use of Digital Twins, which digitalize part of the traditionally expensive…

  • Can Biology Address the Microplastics Problem?

    Microbes and enzymes break down plastics. What we do with them next is as important in tackling the microplastics problem.

  • £13 million for biotechnology research to address environmental challenges

    A new research centre, the first of its kind in the UK, is being formed to enhance and develop the natural abilities of micro-organisms in cleaning up our planet.

  • Heriot-Watt scientists to help battle pollution through ‘superhero’ micro-organisms

    Tiny ‘superhero’ micro-organisms that have natural abilities in cleaning up our planet are the focus of a new £13m innovation centre involving universities including Heriot-Watt.

  • New £100m fund will unlock the potential of engineering biology

    Six new Engineering Biology Mission Hubs and 22 Mission Awards to transform solutions in areas like vaccine, textile and food production.

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