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NBIC Awarded BBSRC CTP Funding in Partnership with Smith+Nephew
The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) led by four universities (Edinburgh, Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton) have been awarded funding in partnership with Smith+Nephew and the NBIC Industry Advisory Board as part of a £22.5m investment from UK government...
NBIC Biofilm Public Engagement and Outreach 2021 Support
Do you have ideas for biofilm outreach and public engagement projects? We are pleased to be able to support your projects through: Reaching our Public Engagement and Outreach Officer, Dr Jean-Christophe Denis: J.C.Denis@ed.ac.uk who will be pleased to give...
Coccus Pocus 2021: A Halloween Scary Story Competition
Competition deadline: 31/10/2021 Age groups: 12-17 and 18+ In 2019 and 2020, the Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences at the University of Hull ran their exciting scary story competition for Halloween, Coccus Pocus! Coccus Pocus is back for 2021, and we’re...
Watch: UK-India-Singapore Biofilm Series, Health/Clinical Webinar
Together with the India Biofilms Society (IBS) and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) we have joined hands to host a biofilm webinar series, to foster interactions between biofilm researchers in the UK, India, and Singapore....
Watch: Drinking Water Distribution Systems & Alternative Water Resources Webinar
Bringing together academics and industry members from the UK and Singapore, the ‘R&D and Innovation in the Water Sector’ webinar series aims to address problems relating to the water cycle, from source to tap, and expand on the innovations that have been...
MicroBattle: A New Microbiology Themed Card Game
As part of #BiofilmWeek, we are very excited to announce that the new MicroBattle card game from the Quadram Institute is now available. The MicroBattle Project was funded by our NBIC Public Engagement Grant 2020-2021. MicroBattle (µB) is a microbiology themed...
Biofilm Brainhub Website
As part of #BiofilmWeek, we are very excited to announce the launch of the Biofilm Brainhub, a new biofilm knowledge website, in partnership with the Quadram Institute. The website has been built with the support of the wider research community and features...
Biofilm Photography Competitions 2021: Winners Announced
In January 2021 we launched our first biofilm photography competitions as part of our #BiofilmAware campaign, which works to raise awareness of NBIC and its research, and the many societal and economic impacts of biofilms. We are pleased to announce the winners...
NBIC Launch Open Innovation Partnering Platform
NBIC are pleased to announce the launch of their new Open Innovation Partnering Platform, hosted by Innoget. Biofilms are central to our most important global challenges, from antimicrobial resistance and food safety to water security, and exert significant economic,...