The BBSRC ELEMENTAL Engineering Biology Mission Hub held its first annual meeting in Manchester on 15-16 January 2025.
The BBSRC ELEMENTAL Engineering Biology Mission Hub held its first annual meeting in Manchester on 15-16 January 2025. Our Hub is focused on developing efficient bioengineering solutions to create a sustainable, circular economy through the recovery and processing of metals from various sources and waste streams. Our PDRAs and Co-Investigators presented their progress across our six research themes – Bioleaching, Biorecovery, Bioprocessing & Industrial Biotechnology, Biosensing, Bioremediation, and the Circular Economy of Metals. Researchers will regularly post updates on their progress to our HUB Research Blog link. Also joining us were members of our Strategic Advisory Board and our BBSRC Engineering Biology Senior Portfolio Manager. We were excited to discuss as a group how to tackle the challenges of implementing bioengineering solutions at scale as we fulfil the Engineering Biology Mission Hub goal of translating research discoveries into commercial benefit across different sectors of UK society.