b'FEBRUARY 2022, UTILISING METAGENOMICS IN EARLY TO LATE-STAGE R&D WEBINARDECEMBER 2020, SOFTWARE SUSTAINABILITYFEBRUARY 2022, UK-INDIA-SINGAPORE BIOFILM SERIES,Our webinar with Jennifer Mackay and Dana Walsh of CosmosID was INSTITUTE WORKSHOPS BIOFILMS AND ENGINEERED SYSTEMS WEBINAR aimed primarily at PhD and postdoctoral researchers in our network and The Software Carpentry Workshop focused on fundamental data skillsThe second in our joint webinar series with the India Biolms Societyfor those interested in learning more about metagenomics workows, needed to conduct research, included writing, managing and automation(IBS) and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciencesthe challenges involved and the things that need to be controlled to JANUARY 2021, NBIC LAUNCH #BIOFILMAWARE of code for conducting more robust and reproducible research. The Data2021 PHOTO COMPETITIONS Engineering (SCELSE), which aimed to foster interactions between biolmprovide a quality outcome.Carpentry Workshop was aimed at researchers in the NBIC communityNBIC launched two national biolm photo competitions as part of theirresearchers in the UK, India, and Singapore. This webinar focused on the who have little to no prior computational experience, and explored best#BiolmAware campaign - Biolms in Real Life and Biolms in the Lab.theme, Biolms and Engineered Systems.practices for data management and organisation using spreadsheets, data cleaning using OpenRene, and data analysis skills in R.FEBRUARY 2022, ARGENTINA PARTNERING GRANT AWARDED This BBSRC grant supports a workshop titled Biolms in Agriculture FEBRUARY 2022, GHANA PARTNERING GRANT AWARDED which will take place in October 2022. Co-organised by NBIC and the FEBRUARY 2021, NBIC AND INDIA BIOFILMSNBIC was awarded BBSRC funding to run a workshop aimed atArgentinean Society for General Microbiology (SAMIGE), the aim is to FEBRUARY 2021, NBIC CONTRIBUTE TO THESOCIETY SYMPOSIUMS establishing a new partnership between NBIC and the West Africanbring together key researchers and industry representatives from both KTN MICROBIOME STRATEGIC ROADMAP NBIC hosted three open joint online biolms symposiums between UKCentre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) in Ghana tocountries to catalyse collaborations in the area of plant-microbial As a member of the KTN Microbiome Innovation Network, NBIC arebiolm researchers from the NBIC academic community, and from theaddress biolm-related challenges.interactions and sustainable crop production.proud to have contributed to the KTN Microbiome Strategic Roadmap innewly formed India Biolms Society. the personal care and hygiene sector.JANUARY 2022, NBIC COLLABORATIVE TRAINING PARTNERSHIPJANUARY 2022, NBIC BIOFILM STANDARDS AND REGULATORY (CTP2) CALL LAUNCHED NEEDS: INDUSTRY FEEDBACK SESSIONMARCH 2021, 5TH The call was open to projects from any research organisation which hadNBIC held a consultation session with a group of representatives from FEBRUARY 2021, MICROBES AND BIOFILMSWAVE ACCESSION acceded to NBIC, in partnership with any UK company interested inindustry, focused on the medical device and pharma sectors, to IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY 11 new research institutions joined the NBIC consortium, engaging with NBIC (and its academic partners) in the control orunderstand their most pressing needs in terms of biolms NBICs joint webinar with the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) wasbringing us to a total of 63. exploitation of biolms. standardisation. The discussion helped to dene the subsequent, full day designed for anyone working in either the production of food orworkshop in April 2022.researching/controlling the role microbes and biolms play in the whole2022food chain.MARCH 2021, STUDYING AND CONTROLLING NOVEMBER 2021, NBIC BIOFILM PREVENTION WORKSHOPTHE MICROBIOME OF THE AIR WEBINAR This workshop provided a unique forum for acceleratingDECEMBER 2021, MICROBIAL IMPACTS CONFERENCEOur joint webinar Studying and Controlling the Microbiome of the Airacademic-industry partnerships to allow prevention-based researchThe 2021 Microbial Impacts Regional Networking Meeting in MARCH 2021, LAUNCH OF THE PRIORITY QUESTIONS with the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineeringapproaches to be translated into innovation across multiple sectors. AnSouthampton aimed to connect and accelerate new collaborations, EXERCISE FOR MICROBIAL BIOFILMS (SCELSE) and Singapore National Biolm Consortium (SNBC) wasinitial plenary session was led by NBIC to summarise and discuss ancatalyse exchange of ideas, and new collaborations addressing global Together with the Center for Biolm Engineering (CBE), Singaporedesigned for anyone in industry and academia with an interest inoutline scope of the needs, followed by cross industry-academic groupchallenges relevant to the eld, and to build on research and innovation Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), COSTtransmission of bacteria and viruses in both outdoor and builtsessions, and an opportunity for short pitches of ideas or problems. strengths in the Wessex and South Coast region.AMiCI Consortium and the ESCMID Study Group for Biolms (ESGB)environment and what the evidence is starting to tell us about this eld we called on the international biolm community to help us identifyand the future work that is needed.priority questions that, if answered, will make a considerable impact on the fundamentals of the eld of microbial biolms, to innovation in approaches to prevent, detect, manage and engineer biolms, orNOVEMBER 2021, NBIC OPEN INNOVATION WEBINAR NOVEMBER 2021, NBIC ALL PARTNER MEETINGwhich would be expected to have an impact in inuencing policyConnecting academic and industry partners to pair problem withThis was an opportunity for the NBIC community to review progress, makers and funders. MAY 2021, INNOVATION INsolution and opportunity with need, has been one of the most valuedsuccesses, and challenges since our formation in December 2017, and to DEODORANTS WEBINAR oerings to our members. The NBIC Marketplace Portal is ourdiscuss how the UK biolm community can continue to leverage its Our joint Innovation in Deodorants webinar with Cosmetics Cluster UKcollaborative online portal for sharing research, funding, and innovationstrength. The NBIC community reviewed progress against the original (CCUK) looked at innovation trends and market opportunities inopportunities between NBICs industry and research partners. OurNBIC goals and provided input to guide NBICs future direction and how deodorants, translational research in skin microbiome/biolms, in vitrowebinar with Innoget, focused on the benets of Open Innovation, whilstwe can best help grow further biolm research, translation and MAY 2021, BIOAEROSOL CHARACTERISATION, THE AIRalternatives to animal testing, new technology and small brandhighlighting the portals key features. education in the UK.MICROBIOME AND COVID-19 TRANSMISSION WEBINAR perspectives and promoting consumer health and sustainability.Our joint webinar with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and Singapore National Biolm Consortium (SNBC) was supported by the Singapore Manufacturing Federation. The webinar was aimed at researchers, companies and regulators involved in eitherOCTOBER 2021, WOMENS HEALTH AND FEMININE CARE WEBINAR OCTOBER 2021, THE WATER CYCLE, RESERVOIR AND studying or directly inuencing and intervening in the air microbiome inThe joint Womens Health and Feminine Care webinar from NBIC andSTORMWATER MANAGEMENT WEBINARdierent contexts and climatic conditions. JUNE 2021, FOURTH POC CALL AWARDEDCosmetics Cluster UK (CCUK) brought together both academic andOur joint webinar with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences A fourth portfolio of projects awarded in the UK between universities andindustry expertise and took a broad approach to research andEngineering (SCELSE), Singapore Membrane Consortium (SGMEM) and industry partners with a focus on controlling and exploiting biolms. Thisdevelopment in skin and vaginal health and through life stages with aSingapore National Biolm Consortium (SNBC), focused on managing brings the NBIC portfolio of projects funded since it launched inparticular focus on non-invasive sampling methods and pre-clinicalemerging pollutants, and other innovations in reservoir and stormwater December 2017 to 81 representing a programme value of 6.7m. models. This webinar looked at the latest research and innovation asmanagement.well as market trends, consumer needs and new technology solutions in JUNE 2021, NBIC FOCUS GROUP WITH CELLEXUS AND CELLEVATE the popular subject of womens health. This focus group with the companies Cellexus, and Cellevate was aimed at anyone working in the eld of biolm culturing, interested in developing improved model systems. JULY 2021, PRIZES AWARDED TO WINNERS OF THEOCTOBER 2021, INNOVATION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT #BIOFILMAWARE PHOTO COMPETITIONS WEBINAROur two national NBIC photo competitions which formed part of ourOCTOBER 2021, NBIC COLLABORATIVE TRAINING PARTNERSHIPOur joint webinar with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences #BiolmAware campaign ran from January through to 31 May 2021.(CTP2) AWARDED Engineering (SCELSE), Singapore Membrane Consortium (SGMEM) and Biolms in Real Life received 53 entries and Biolms in the Lab receivedThe BBSRC awarded NBICs Industrial Advisory Board an annualSingapore National Biolm Consortium (SNBC), focused on tackling 42. A diverse panel of 6 judges took into account creativity, originality,allocation of funds from their Collaborative Training Partnerships (CTP)industrial and greasy wastewater and using ecological theory to evaluate composition, imagination used, scientic value and the overall artisticscheme to support interdisciplinary PhD studentships. The CTP schememicrobial process performance. Additionally, we considered innovations AUGUST 2021, NBIC LAUNCH FIRST #BIOFILMWEEK impression and Amazon gift cards were awarded to rst, second andis a doctoral training programme directed at industrial researchin wastewater treatment.The rst ever awareness week dedicated to celebrating all things biolmthird place in both competitions.challenges and delivered by consortia led by businesses in collaboration took place between 16-22 August 2021. #BiolmWeek promotes thewith research organisations. economic and physical impact that biolms have on our world, and highlights research taking place to prevent, detect, manage and engineer biolms. SEPTEMBER 2021, UK-INDIA-SINGAPORE BIOFILM SERIES, AUGUST 2021, TWO NBIC FUNDED PROJECTS WITH THEHEALTH/CLINICAL WEBINARQUADRAM INSTITUTE LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 2021, DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMSThe rst in our joint webinar series with the India Biolms Society (IBS) The MicroBattle card game, to communicate the importance of bacterialAND ALTERNATIVE WATER RESOURCES WEBINAR and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering diversity within biolms, and the Biolm Brainhub website, built with theOur joint webinar with Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences(SCELSE), aimed to foster interactions between biolm researchers in the AUGUST 2021, LAUNCH OF NBIC MARKETPLACE PORTAL support of the wider research community, which aims to be theEngineering (SCELSE), Singapore Membrane Consortium (SGMEM) andUK, India, and Singapore. The rst webinar focused on the theme, NBICs Marketplace Portal, hosted by Innoget provides industry andgo-to-place for anyone looking to learn about biolms. Singapore National Biolm Consortium (SNBC), focused on biolms inHealth/Clinical.water distribution systems and membrane development for reverse academic partners exclusive access to directly post technology calls andosmosis (RO).oers and generate connections and collaboration opportunities online. 12'