Supergen Bio Hub

🇺🇬|Aston University data could improve how Uganda uses its stocks of #biomass ♻️Researchers @EBRI_UK have been mapping forest biomass - renewable organic material from plants and animals 🌱Will help pinpoint where help - eg tree planting - is needed 👉tinyurl.com/2red23je

Join us on 11 November in Birmingham for our Annual Assembly 2025! bit.ly/SBH-AA25 Hear from experts on topics including negative emissions; #hydrogen; land use; bioproducts; and low-carbon fuels. Plus a keynote from Paul Golby, Chair of the Board at @neso_energy.

We're delighted to announce Parimala Shivaprasad from @UniofNottingham as the extraordinary flexible funding award recipient. Her work will focus on valorising the UK’s horticulture waste to produce bio-based ingredients for the consumer goods sector. bit.ly/4cawOjw

Watch @PatriciaThornl4 on @bbcmtd BBC Midlands Today here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00… (evening news 03/02/25 - segment from start - watch Patricia from 03:45)

If you're based in the Midlands, tune in to @bbcmtd BBC Midlands Today at 6.30pm to hear @PatriciaThornl4 discussing #biomass boilers in schools. @BBCScienceNews @AstonPress @EBRI_UK

🏆 Video Competition Winner Czaneil Gomez is the winner of our ‘Reframing Biomass in the UK and Beyond’ video competition! Watch her inspiring video as Czaneil shares her global bioenergy story about how rice straw can be turned into helpful solutions! bit.ly/40SbU4x

📢4pm today! Advancing a sustainable bioeconomy through innovative research: Industry and academia partnerships in Canada and the UK. Hear from BioMass Canada cluster @BioFuelNet and @SupergenBioHub, funders and industrialists. Register here: bit.ly/4gYBiLN

🎥 Video competition- deadline extended to 16 December Got a great story about the benefits of biomass? Share it with us! Submit a 1-min video by noon on 16 Dec 2024 for a chance to win a £100 Love2Shop voucher! Find out more: bit.ly/3AwdKOt

🌍🎥 Video Competition: Re-framing the role of biomass in the UK & beyond! Submit a 1-min video for your chance to win a £100 Love2Shop voucher! 📅 Deadline: Noon, 9 Dec 2024 For details on how to enter, visit our webpage: bit.ly/3AwdKOt

💷New funding call! Up to £270,000 available for research into bio-based chemicals and materials. bit.ly/funding-Nov24 Join our webinar on 20 Nov, 15.00 GMT to find out more: bit.ly/webinar-Nov24

Today we hosted a cohort of students from the Royal College of Defence Studies Global Strategy Programme at @EBRI_UK to hear about @AstonUniversity research and knowledge exchange and to gain insights into student recruitment and industry engagement. @AstonPress

Supergen Annual Assembly update: Day 1 tickets sold out! Don’t delay and book your tickets for Day 2: Our fantastic Showcase and first meeting of the Industry Forum. Register via Eventbrite: bit.ly/3BAKjed

📢 We are delighted to announce the launch of the IGNITE Network+ Mentoring Programme 2025: Action Learning Circles! Interested? You can find out more on our web-site: ignitenetplus.ac.uk/initiatives/me… #DiversityInEnergy #EDI #mentoring #actionlearning #ECRs #EnergyResearch 📷1/5

Registration is now open for our Annual Assembly on 5 and 6 November in Sheffield! bit.ly/3BAKjed Don't miss out on two days of interactive workshops, research presentations and panel discussions, plus site visits, public engagement training and our new Industry Forum.

🗓️ Early career researchers: Register for an online workshop to help you manage the next steps in your career, 8 October: bit.ly/3Bo1iQC Organised by SHARE, our ECR network, this event will help you navigate career development and the impact of work on personal life.

Save the date for the Supergen Annual Assembly 2024: 5-6 November in Sheffield Day 1: Site visit & public engagement training session. Day 2: Showcase day: research updates, funded projects & keynotes from industry & policy. Registration open shortly! bit.ly/4eqxa5x

📢 New report! 'Carbon for Chemicals: How can biomass contribute to the defossilisation of the chemicals sector?' has been published in collaboration with @BBNet_NIBB and is available on our website now: bit.ly/carbon-for-che…

Join the @SupergenBioHub together with @BBNet_NIBB on 7 August for the launch of a new report on the role of #biomass on decarbonising the chemicals sector. Find out more and register via Eventbrite: bit.ly/3Lqlaok

We're hiring for a Biomass Policy Fellow to work at the interface between science and policy, providing independent scientific evidence and informing policy development in areas relating to sustainable #biomass and #bioenergy. Find out more and apply: bit.ly/45T3TNV

If you missed last week's webinar on #BECCS, you can catch-up with the slides and recording now. 👇