We’re delighted to share the winners of the Elemental Hub Business Interaction Vouchers Round 1!
Huge congrats to:
• Dr Liz Rylott at the Univeristy of York
• Prof Sam Hay at the Univeristy of Manchester
• Dr Ana Santos at the Natural History Museum
elementalhub.org/2026/03/10/e...
Join the Elemental Hub— a growing community connecting academia, industry & innovators working at the intersection of engineering biology and metals.
🔹 Collaborate with peers
🔹 Access insider news & funding alerts
🔹 Attend events + workshops
Sign up today elementalhub.org/home/join-us/
Multiple funding calls are open via the Elemental Hub to drive collaborative research in sustainable metal processing:
-Interaction Vouchers- up to £50,000 to support short, high-impact collaborations.
-Summer Studentships- support for student-led research.
Find out more: elementalhub.org/funding/
One week until our workshop on: Intellectual Property Considerations for Engineering Biology Start-ups
If you're a founder, scientist, or ecosystem builder in engineering biology, this session is for you.
Register here:
buff.ly/GbDOPWr
#EngineeringBiology #IntellectualProperty
Native microbial H₂ production driving catalytic transformations opens the door to hybrid chemo-biological manufacturing.
Looking ahead:
• Expand to new microbial hosts
• Integrate deeper TEA/LCA analysis
• Improve process economics
That’s how sustainable systems move from lab to industry.
In 2025, Innovate UK & the UK Science & Technology Network, delivered a Global Expert Mission to Canada to explore opportunities for UK-Canada collaboration in engineering biology to assess Canada’s engineering biology ecosystem #CriticalMinerals #EngineeringBiology shorturl.at/sqdHP
The UK & US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on critical minerals, a key step forward in securing resilient supply chains for the technologies of the future. This partnership follows the new CM Strategy published last November, #CriticalMinerals read more here shorturl.at/SZSv1
In January some of our Hub team participated in the first in a series of workshops featuring Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) & Scale-up. Participants built a foundational understanding of how to prepare for LCA & TEA. Keep an eye out for similar Hub member workshops available soon. #ElementalHub
We are excited to launch the 2nd round of Business Interaction Vouchers (BIVs) & now open for applications. They offer up to £50,000 to fund collaborative projects between UK-based companies & academic researchers in engineering biology for metal recovery #EngineeringBiology shorturl.at/ada4J
Last week Elemental PDRAs & PhD researchers & members gathered in York for the Transcriptomics Analysis Pipeline Workshop. This in‑person session offered a practical & collaborative environment to explore RNA‑sequencing data analysis. Read more at elementalhub.org/2026/02/12/t...
#ElementalHub
The Elemental team is at the Materials Research Exchange today at the Business Design Centre, London!
Looking forward to catching up with others in the sector and talking engineering biology, metal recovery, and mineral innovation.
#EngineeringBiology #MaterialsResearch #CriticalMinerals #MRE2026
Our keen followers will have noted our Year 2 Annual Meeting posts last week. By bringing partners & stakeholders together, the meeting reinforced our shared goals, strengthened collaboration across work packages, & helped further develop our community. #ElementalHub elementalhub.org/2026/02/17/h...
Places still available for our Intellectual Property Workshop on Thursday 12 March 2026 at 12:30 designed for members working at the forefront of #EngineeringBiology. Whether pre‑seed or scaling your biotech start‑up, this online workshop can help, book now elementalhub.org/2026/01/05/w...
What can top spending two days with some of my favourite engineering biologists at @elementalengbio.bsky.social annual meeting? Delivering an RRI and engagement session with the wonderful Emma Cook, Head of Engagement at UKRI-BBSRC
That’s a wrap on the BBSRC ELEMENTAL Mission Hub Annual Meeting, where we celebrated our second year and mapped out plans for 2026.
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology
That’s a wrap on the BBSRC ELEMENTAL Engineering Mission Hub Annual Meeting, where we celebrated our second year and mapped out plans for 2026.
Thanks must go to all our speakers and panellists for leading the event and our delegation for coming along. Also all at Hilton York! #EngineeringBiology
Following a collaborative poster session & dinner last night we have coasted into day 2 of our Yr2 meeting with a Co-I session challenging a panel sharing experience over a number of different areas. Career pathways & health & wellbeing were popular focus points #ElementalHub
Despite the rain in York our Year 2 Annual Meeting is underway. So far we've had a BBSRC update & 2025 review with the prospect of new learning opportunities in 2026. Now time for work package updates, posters & networking next! Great to have the team in one room. #ElementalHub #EngineeringBiology
Great to hear about the success of yesterday's Transcriptomics Analysis Pipeline Workshop @yorkdatascience.bsky.social. Well attended and so much potential for future sessions. Thanks to @alastair-droop.bsky.social and @sallyjamesyork.bsky.social . Look out for future sessions
Hello York!
We arrived this afternoon under grey skies to start setting up for our annual 2-day meeting, which kicks off tomorrow.
Lovely to be here, and looking forward to what the next couple of days bring.
#ElementalMissionHub #EngineeringBiology
After all the planning our #ElementalHub Yr2 meeting is finally here! Who is en route to York? We are coming from all corners of the UK armed with posters & flyers ready to review progress, highlight key findings & tackle future challenges. Look for our daily socials from York.
After all the planning our #ElementalHub Yr2 meeting is finally here! Who is en route to York? We are coming from all corners of the UK armed with posters & flyers ready to review progress, highlight key findings & tackle future challenges. Look for our daily socials from York.
Miners turn to bacterial ‘bugs’ to extract copper as prices soar www.ft.com/content/c4bb... via @financialtimes.com
Safe & successful travels @lizrylott.bsky.social one of our first #ElementalHub awardees who is in the US using the Catalysing New UK-US Critical Minerals Research Partnerships Funding. We are proud to support these short-term exchanges, funded by @FCDOResearch. More posts soon from other exchanges
A week until our #Elemental Year 2 Annual Conference, when the whole #ElementalHub team will review progress & stimulate #Collaboration. There will be poster sessions & activities in the areas of Responsible Research Engagement & Impact. Look out for daily posts covering the event. elementalhub.org
Be part of our growing, dynamic #ElementalHub - a community driving innovation in #EnvironmentalProcessing of metals. Access our new facilities finder & stay informed of 2026 events, our latest #Funding opportunities & latest research developments. Free to join at elementalhub.org/home/join-us
We are busy preparing our Spring Newsletter which will feature 2026 events & highlights of our activity in the early part of the year. Expect new funding opportunities, skills development programmes & more on the strategic context shaping our work. elementalhub.org/2025/12/03/e...
3 weeks to go until our #Elemental Year 2 Annual Conference. Bringing together our team of #EngineeringBiology experts & stakeholders to review progress & stimulate #Collaboration & discussion plus drive continuous development. Look out for daily posts covering the event. elementalhub.org
Read about the work of a #Collaboration with our Work Package 4 lead Joanne Santini & Karen Hudson Edwards one of our Strategic Advisory Board. This article was recently featured in the December issue of Environmental Microbiology Reports
elementalhub.org/2026/01/14/j...
Apply for funding to explore the potential market of your bioscience-based idea, increase market awareness & gain deeper understanding of your technology’s potential applications via the BBSRC ICURe Explore programme with UK Business Connect. More at iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunitie...
