Join members from the team leading the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) as they provide an overview of their expansive engineering biology programme.
You can expect to learn more about:
- the aims and objectives of this Engineering Biology Mission Hub
- research and innovation activities taking place across the consortium
- opportunities to engage with the programme
There will be an opportunity within the webinar for attendees to pose questions to the Mission Hub team.
This is the first webinar in a series taking place over 2025.
Each webinar will feature members from one of the six UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Engineering Biology Mission Hub teams.
About EBIC
The EBIC mission is to create practical solutions for key environmental challenges including pollution reduction, waste management, and resource recovery.
It aims to advance environmental biotechnology by developing cutting-edge techniques rooted in synthetic biology, systems biology, bioremediation, and engineering sciences.
The EBIC is led by Professor Frederic Coulon at Cranfield University, in collaboration with partners at:
- Bangor University
- Brunel University London
- Heriot-Watt University
- Newcastle University
- University of East Anglia
- The University of Edinburgh
- University of Essex
- University of Glasgow
- University of Southampton
Target audience
This webinar is targeted primarily at communities within the engineering biology and biotechnology research and innovation ecosystem, for example:
- researchers
- innovators
- businesses
- investors
- policymakers
However, we encourage anyone with an interest in how UK researchers and innovators are using engineering biology to address real-world challenges to attend.
UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hubs
In 2024, UKRI invested over £70 million in six Engineering Biology Mission Hubs.
Engineering Biology Mission Hubs are significant, long-term investments that promise to unlock the potential of engineering biology across a broad range of applications in the areas of:
- biomedicine
- clean growth
- environmental solutions
- food systems
Each of the six Mission Hubs aim to drive engineering biology towards tangible, mission-orientated impacts including economic and societal.
They will do this through a variety of activities, spanning:
- research and innovation
- translation and commercialisation
- training
- cross-sector engagement
The Mission Hubs are supported through the Technology Missions Fund (TMF) programme, a joint initiative between UKRI and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
The aim of the TMF programme is to accelerate technology development, adoption, and diffusion, while cementing the UK’s global leadership in critical technologies.
This programme builds on over £800 million of UKRI investment in engineering biology since 2007.
Find out more about our long-term support for engineering biology in our recent showcase.