b'NBIC is actively addressing this need by establishing networks and collaborations and engaging in a variety of initiatives and research projects with the aim of supporting academic and industry communities in developing biofilm standards and influencing regulations:The International Biofilm Standards Task GroupResearch collaborations with the UKs National (IBSTG), a multicentre collaboration between NBIC,Measurement System institutes include:the USA Center for Biofilm Engineering, the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering1. The development of biofilm reference materials (SCELSE), and an EU Cooperation in Science andwith the international life sciences measurement Technology (COST) Action Anti-Microbial Coatingand tools company LGC, funded by NBICs POC4 Innovations to Prevent Infectious Diseases (AMiCI),programme.was formed in 2020 to guide the international2. Collaboration with the National Institute for development and acceptance of standardised biofilmBiological Standards and Control (NIBSC), models and test methods in healthcare, environmentpart of the Medicines and Health Regulatory and industry. Agency (MHRA), on the development of biofilm BBSRC-funded partnering awards. preservation technologies.Participation in and a seat on the management3. Piloting the development of reproducible biofilm committee of the EU COST Action: Euro-MICmodels and analytical methods in collaboration European Microbially Influenced Corrosionwith the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).NetworkNew Paths for Science, Sustainability andBuilding awareness of biofilm standardisation Standards. We also co-developed a proposal for athrough presentations and posters at conferences COST action tackling the reproducibility of biofilm- and meetings.related methods.Co-organisation of a focus session on biofilmDeveloping, reviewing and providing input to biofilm standardisation, at the 18th Internationalstandards under the Association for Materials Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Symposium (IBBS)Protection and Performance (AMPP). Currently at Montana State University, USA in September 2021. working on three biofilm-related standards in the fields of biocides, oil and gas systems and Membership of the British Standard Institute (BSI),microbiologically influenced corrosion.contributing to the CH/216 committee on ChemicalUndertaking reviews and gap analysis. In 2022, NBIC Disinfectants and Antiseptics, and working groupcommissioned a review of methods and standards to CH/216/3 on Biofilms and Products aiming to exploresupport anti-biofilm claims in medical devices sector, possible new areas of standardisation work. Similarlywhich will be soon published.at the European level, participating in the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) TC 216 WG 5Influencing policy. As an example, on 19 October Strategy Group - Biofilm Task Force.2022, NBICs CEO pitched to the (then) UK Commons Science and Technology Committee, at a My Science Inquiry event, on the importance of biofilm standards and regulations. 32'