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Extended deadline for abstract submission: 31 August

Biocatalysis is the enabler to value generation across industries – showcase your products, technologies, and scientific advances at the Biocat4Value – Biocatalysis Conference for Biological Transformation along Renewable Value Chains. The event will be held on 18-20 November 2024 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Join us for:

Scientific sessions: featuring speakers from market leading companies; DSM-firmenich, AstraZeneca, Novozymes, Covestro, BYK, Adisseo, Michelin, Givaudan, and FIS.
Presentations: present your research as a short talk, flash poster presentation, or a poster.
Social events: foster informal discussions at our social gatherings.

Engage with key players from European bioeconomy regions!

Registration

Extended deadline: 25 August

Deadlines for abstract submission and early bird registration have been extended.

Register before 25 August and save up to €90 on your delegate pass. Submit your abstract and benefit from early bird registration to guarantee your place. Abstract topics:

Sustainable agriculture and food security
New technologies for better health and environment
Responsible production and consumption, sustainable energy
Engineered proteins and cell-free systems
Synthetic biology tools and future directions

Registration

Thank you for joining us at ECB2024

The organising committee would like to thank everyone who attended, spoke at, and sponsored our conference. Your support and participation made this event a remarkable success.

A special thank you to our partners for their invaluable support:

Nederlandse Biotechnologie Vereniging (NBV)

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB)

We hope you found the conference enriching and inspiring, and we look forward to seeing you at ECB2026. The venue will be announced later this year. Stay tuned for more details!

Save the date

The EFB Plant, Agriculture & Food Division is organising a new meeting on Sustainable Food Biotechnology that will take place from 12-14 February 2025 in Aveiro, Portugal.
Key topics include:

Crop biotechnology
Next-generation food
Smart packaging innovations
Food waste to bio-products
Boosting soil health
Food biotechnology ethics

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Save the date

The next edtion of Green Deal Biotechnology is scheduled on 26-28 May 2025 in Aveiro, Portugal.
Save the date and prepare to engage with a variety of topics, including:

Innovative solutions in soil bioremediation and wastewater treatment
Biotechnological valorization of marine and other natural resources
Sustainanility of environmental biotechnology solutions
Biotechnological approaches to nutrient cycling balances
Stepping-up biotechnological approaches via industrial symbiosis
AI and genome editing - friends or foes in environmental biotechnology?

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

Position Open: Editor-in-Chief for FEMS Microbiology Letters
The Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) is looking for an Editor-in-Chief to lead its flagship journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, for a period of five years, starting in January 2025. We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief who is looking to step into a leadership role on a not for profit journal, with a broad knowledge of microbiology. [+]

RSB Technical Skills Courses 2024
Learn new skills or refine your laboratory techniques with the Royal Society of Biology’s laboratory-based courses. These include courses in Microscopy and Bioimaging, Tissue Culture, DNA Analysis, and Protein Identification at University of East Anglia on 12th-13th September. Visit our training events webpage for full details and to book your place on these courses. [+]

Young Asian Biological Engineers’ Community (YABEC 2024)
We invite you to the 29th YABEC, which will be held on 17-19 October 2024 in Busan, Republic of Korea. YABEC is now open for new young researchers active in the field of biotechnology and bioprocess engineering under the umbrella of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) [+]

EVENT CALENDAR

EFB Events

Applied Synthetic Biology in Europe (ASBE7)
organised by the EFB Bioengineering & Bioprocessing and Microbial Biotechnology Divisions
6 - 8 November 2024 │ Brno, CZ

Biocat4Value
organised by the EFB Biocatalysis Division
18 - 20 November 2024 │ Düsseldorf, DE

Workshop on Biobased Materials
organised by the EFB Biobased Materials Division
19 - 23 January 2024 │ Sion, CH

Sustainable Food Biotechnology
organised by the EFB Plant, Agriculture & Food Division
12 - 14 February 2025 │ Aveiro, PT

Green Deal Biotechnology
organised by the EFB Environmental Biotechnology Division
26 - 28 May 2025 │ Aveiro, PT

EFB Divison Events

International Conference on Fiber and Polymer Biotechnology
organised by EFB Biobased Materials Division
12 - 14 November 2024 │ Boras, SE

EFB Member Events

IV Spanish Conference on Biocatalysis
organised by SEBiot
5 - 6 September 2024 │ San Sebastián, ES

YABEC 2024
organised by AFOB
17 - 19 October 2024 │ Busan, KR

15th AFOB Regional Symposium
organised by AFOB
November 2024 │ Islamabad, PK

17th Asian Congress on Biotechnology
organised by AFOB & KSBB
23 - 27 September 2025 │ Incheon, KR