{"id":88,"date":"2018-07-03T18:01:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/?p=88"},"modified":"2018-07-03T18:01:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:01:06","slug":"national-biofilms-innovation-centre-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/2018\/07\/03\/national-biofilms-innovation-centre-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"National Biofilms Innovation Centre visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-88 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/2018\/07\/03\/national-biofilms-innovation-centre-visit\/img_20180703_130341\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/IMG_20180703_130341-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-90'>\n\t\t\t\tMark Richardson tells us about NBIC\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/2018\/07\/03\/national-biofilms-innovation-centre-visit\/win_20180703_13_48_59_pro\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"NBIC visit\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nickjakubovics\/files\/2018\/07\/WIN_20180703_13_48_59_Pro-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-89'>\n\t\t\t\tGrant Burgess describing Newcastle biofilms research\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Richardson (CEO) and Jeremy Webb (Academic Director) of the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (<a href=\"https:\/\/biofilms.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/biofilms.ac.uk\/<\/a>)\u00a0visited Newcastle today to tell us about their progress with the Centre in the 6 months since the initial start date. They have done a great job of engaging with the UK biofilms research community, which is spread across a very wide range of institutions. Biofilms are microbial communities associated with interfaces and encased within a self-produced polymeric matrix. They cause all sorts of problems in industrial settings, including fouling all sorts of processing plants and\u00a0contaminating food and water. Biofilms are also a major problem in healthcare, since microorganisms in biofilms are typically up to 1,000 fold more tolerant to antimicrobial agents than the equivalent free-living cells. At the same time, biofilms can be an opportunity, for example to engineer microbial communities for treating wastewater, producing energy or recovering toxic agents from waste.<\/p>\n<p>There is a great deal of interest in the field of Microbial Biofilms at Newcastle University and we had some engaging discussions about how Newcastle University can get involved in NBIC. One of the strengths of this institution is that we have a strong base for interdisciplinary research (see my previous blog post!), which is so critical for solving the types of issues that are related to biofilms.<\/p>\n<p>I will look forward to future collaborations with NBIC. Thanks to Mark and Jeremy for visiting, to all those who attended and to Grant, Ian, Dana and Vicky for their excellent talks!<\/p>\n<p>For researchers seeking funding for proof-of-concept projects in this area,\u00a0see the following funding call:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/biofilms.ac.uk\/nbic-1st-proof-of-concept-call-now-open-till-24th-aug-2018\/\">https:\/\/biofilms.ac.uk\/nbic-1st-proof-of-concept-call-now-open-till-24th-aug-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Mark Richardson (CEO) and Jeremy Webb (Academic Director) of the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (https:\/\/biofilms.ac.uk\/)\u00a0visited Newcastle today to tell us about their progress with the Centre in the 6 months since the initial start date. 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