b'MARCH 2022, BABY SKIN AND THE MICROBIOME WEBINAROur joint webinar with Cosmetics Cluster UK (CCUK) brought together academic and industry expertise to focus on personal care innovation inAPRIL 2022, BIOFILM REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS WORKSHOPthe area of infant and baby care with a focus on the skin microbiome. TheThe Workshop on Biolm Regulations and Standardisation in the Medical webinar took a broader approach to encompass all possible R&DDevice and Pharma sectors was organised in collaboration with the USA developments in gentle formulations and mildness testing, sustainableCenter for Biolm Engineering (CBE) and supported by a BBSRC Global ingredient trends and baby skin-microbiome biology, and coveredPartnering Award. The meeting brought together over 40 representatives innovation, regulatory aspects, brand perspectives and consumer attitudes. from industry, academia, metrology and standardisation and regulatory bodies to map the current landscape, needs, trends and expectations in biolm standardisation within the UK and to establish industry and regulatory participation in a forward working group.JUNE 2022, BIOFILMS AND BIOACTIVE FLUIDS WORKSHOPThe Biolms and BioActive Fluids workshop in Liverpool was a joint venture between the UK BioActive Fluids Network and NBIC. The workshop sought to foster interactions between industry and academicJUNE 2022, NBIC ANNUAL RESEARCH SUMMIT AND researchers working on biolms and on biologically active uids.INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (ISAB) ENDORSEMENTA two-day event bringing together researchers and operations sta from the four core NBIC research institutions, with our three governance boards, for the purpose of discussing our progress, future plans and the science being undertaken by those involved.JUNE 2022, CELLCELL COMMUNICATION IN BACTERIA: FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED ASPECTSThe 2022 biennial bacterial CellCell Communication meeting organised by the Microbiology Society was held at Robinson College in Cambridge. Helen Blackwell from University of WisconsinMadison gave an NBIC sponsored lecture titled Chemical approaches to intercept quorumJULY 2022, NBIC COLLABORATIVE TRAINING PARTNERSHIP (CTP2) sensing in bacteria and members of the team held a stand at theGRANTS AWARDEDmeeting to highlight NBIC research and activities. NBIC awarded four studentships to start in October 2022.JULY 2022, GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON BIOFILMS FORAUGUST 2022, NBIC ATTENDED EUROBIOFIMS 22BIOMETHANATION FROM WASTEWATER WEBINAR NBIC attended the Eurobiolms conference in Palma de Mallorca, EBNet, in partnership with NBIC, hosted this webinar to supportproviding sponsorship and contributing a number of scientic talks and knowledge exchange amongst members, and provided the latestposter presentations, which covered diverse elds concerned with developments from top speakers at Craneld Water Science Institute andbiolms research. Imperial College London.OCTOBER 2022, NBIC ATTENDED NEW SCIENTIST LIVEOCTOBER 2022, FIRST NBIC COLLABORATIVENBIC exhibited at New Scientist Live 2022, engaging with the thousands TRAINING PROGRAMMEof festival attendees on how biolms are part of our everyday lives. NBIC welcomed the rst cohort of PhD students for the CollaborativeVisitors used water guns and giant mouth models to explore how plaque Training Programme from across the country. CTP students are(a biolm) makes it more dicult to clean your teeth, and there was also collaborating with industry on a variety of interdisciplinary biolm a water purifying activity to illustrate how biolms are essential to clean research projects. water in sewage treatment plants.OCTOBER 2022, NBIC IN PARLIAMENT OCTOBER 2022, BIOFILMS IN AGRICULTURE PARTNERING NBICs CEO Jo Slater-Jeeries pitched to the (then) UK Commons ScienceWORKSHOP IN ARGENTINAand Technology Committee at the My Science Inquiry event on theThe Biolms in Agriculture workshop brought together researchers and importance of biolm standards and regulations. industry representatives from NBIC and Argentina, to address knowledge gaps and improve agricultural productivity in both countries by reducing the use of chemical treatments and their environmental impact.OCTOBER 2022, LAUNCH OF NBIC ICURE PHASE 2The second phase of NBICs ICURe programme was launched. This programme delivered collaboration, licencing, and start-up training to 6NOVEMBER 2022, WASTEWATER TREATMENT EVENTproject teams. This Edinburgh Complex Fluids Partnership (ECFP) event, run in collaboration with NBIC, brought together industry practitioners, interdisciplinary academics and regulatory professionals to discuss sectoral challenges and strategic objectives towards improving eciency, minimising environmental impacts, and enhancing NOVEMBER 2022, EDINBURGH BIOFILMS TOUR public perception. As part of #BiolmWeek 2022, researchers in the School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh launched a Biolm Tour of Edinburgh, exploring where biolms exist across some of the citys famous sights.NOVEMBER 2022, BITE-CTP TRAINING: MICROBIOLOGY - FROM CELL BIOLOGY TO BIOFILMSThe NBIC Team at the University of Nottingham delivered a week-long training for NBIC BITE and CTP students, entitled MicrobiologyFrom Cell DECEMBER 2022, 2ND ROUND OF CTP STUDENTSHIPS AWARDED Biology to Biolms.NBIC awarded six studentships for the second cohort uptake to start in October 2024.DECEMBER 2022, NBIC PHASE 2DECEMBER 2022, FIFTH ROUND OF FTMA FUNDING AWARDED After successful rst ve years of operation, NBIC was awarded further NBIC awarded a fth round of funding from BBSRC to support our Flexiblefunding from BBSRC and Innovate UK for the next ve years. NBIC Talent Mobility Award (FTMA) Account. This funding supports secondmentsentered its Phase 2 with redened operations, mission and strategy for and other activities that contribute to the mobility and development offuture growth. researchers and technical sta in both academia and industry. 15'