b'JULY 2024, EAST MIDLANDS MICROBIOME RESEARCH NETWORK RESEARCH DAYJULY 2024, BITE-CTP TRAINING: SURFACES AND MATERIALSSupported by NBIC and Medilink Midlands, the East Midlands MEET BIOFILMS Microbiome Research Network (EMMRN) Research Day brought together The NBIC Team delivered a technical module, at the University ofresearchers and companies from across the Midlands to hear about the Liverpool, titled "Surfaces and Materials Meet Biolms" for NBIC BITE andcurrent hot-topics within the microbiome landscape from national CTP students with a case study on policy engagement. leaders in the eld. JULY 2024, NBIC-FTMA JULY 2024, KEYNOTE LECTURE AT MIC-STAND CONFERENCENBIC secured 300,000 from BBSRC for the delivery of NBIC FlexibleNBICs Biolms Standards and Regulatory Programme Manager, Paulina Talent Mobility Accounts (NBIC-FTMAs) between July 2024 and MarchRakowska, delivered a keynote lecture titled: Building consensus: 2027, and opened a call for projects to support placements andAdvancing standards and innovation in microbiologically inuenced exchanges that contribute to the mobility and development ofcorrosion and biolms, at the MIC-STAND conference, in Lisbon, Portugal.researchers and technical sta in industry and academia.JULY 2024, RESEARCH PAPER RELEASED: IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY QUESTIONS IN BIOFILM RESEARCH, INNOVATION JULY 2024, NBIC ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP WITHAND POLICYVENTUREFEST SOUTH (VFS) The study is a result of our Priority Questions in Microbial Biolms Exercise Together with their partners, VFS delivers a year-round programme andand was undertaken by an international group, with members from NBIC, an annual Festival of Innovation that showcases the Souths talent,the Center for Biolm Engineering (CBE), the Singapore Centre for innovative companies and research capabilities through bringingEnvironmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), COST AMiCI Consortium, together innovators, entrepreneurs and funders. the ESCMID Study Group for Biolms (ESGB) and partners. This comprehensive study outlines a roadmap for advancing the eld by identifying key research priorities.SEPTEMBER 2024, IBBS-19 ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON BIOFILM STANDARDISATIONRound-table discussion on How do we create standards relating toSEPTEMBER 2024, BIOFILMS NORTH REGIONAL MEETINGantibiolm technology: current approaches and challenges co-organisedNBIC Edinburgh organised a regional meeting for biolms researchers at by NBIC at the IBBS-19 Symposium in Berlin, Germany. varying career levels from academia, industry and policy, from Scotland, the North East of England and Northern Ireland to discuss biolm challenges and opportunities. The meeting was themed around Oceans, Landwaters and Wastewater; the Built Environment and Infrastructure; and Food, Drink and Agriculture.SEPTEMBER 2024, FIFTH PROOF OF CONCEPT CALL AWARDED A further 15 UK projects awarded, between universities and industry partners with a focus on controlling and exploiting biolms. This brings the NBIC portfolio of projects funded since it launched in December 2017 to 97, representing a total investment of 5.3m from NBIC and an overall project value of 7.2m.19'