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BEACON Conference 2017
The BEACON conference 2017 will be held on 24th & 25th May at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
"Developing a Sustainable Bioeconomy for Wales: A Future Roadmap".
This free event provides a great line up of speakers, company presentations, networking and an evening conference dinner.
Please...read on
Vice Chancellor visits BEACON facility
The newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, Professor Elizabeth Treasure, visited the BEACON facility at Gogerddan today. Accompanied by Professor Iain Donnison, Director of BEACON, she was given a brief introduction to the plot scale projects undertaken by BEACON...read on
Waste stream valorisation
Waste stream valorisation: online training for the biotech industry
(Waste crab shells)
One of the emerging concepts behind sustainability is ‘waste stream’ valorisation. Waste biomass is produced by any industry making a commodity from biomass. Landfill is one fate for such waste...read on
Visit by Baroness Eluned Morgan AM
Baroness Eluned Morgan, Assembly Member for Mid & West Wales, visited IBERS on 2nd March, ahead of her keynote speech on Brexit at Aberystwyth University.
As part of her visit to Gogerddan campus, the Baroness visited the BEACON laboratory, where much of the secondary processing...read on
BEACON features in the February issue of Labmate UK & Ireland!
An article featuring BEACON has been published in the February issue of Labmate UK & Ireland 42.1, pp.30-32. It highlights the contribution BEACON makes to the Welsh bioeconomy, and how Welsh companies can benefit from working with BEACON, through access to scientific research,...read on
Welsh Soils Discussion Group
The Welsh Soils Discussion Group, which is affiliated to the British Society of Soil Science, held their winter meeting at IBERS on 1st February and BEACON energy crop scientist Dr Elaine Jensen was in attendance. One of the topics discussed was carbon storage in Welsh soils and...read on
Scientific paper on biochar in contaminated groundwater remediation published
BEACON scientists have recently published the results of trials with various feedstocks and pyrolysis process conditions to produce a biochar which can adsorb metals from contaminated groundwater. The paper, published in Bioresource Technology, can be read here:...read on
Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales visit
MSc students on the Renewable Energy and the Built Environment (REBE) programme from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Powys, Wales made their annual visit to the BEACON facility at IBERS to learn about the valuable research into renewable energy forms undertaken by BEACON...read on
BEACON welcomes delegation of scientists from China and Poland
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BEACON welcomed a delegation of scientists from the Institute of Botany, Jiangsu province and Chinese Academy of Sciences (JIB-CAS) and the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice, Poland to its pilot scale processing facilities as part of a visit to the Institute of...read on
13th International Symposium on P450 Biodiversity & Biotechnology
The 13th International Symposium on Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity and Biotechnology, held in Vancouver, Canada this year, was attended by BEACON's Professor Steve Kelly and and Dr Josie Parker. Professor Kelly presented research from the Centre for Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity. During...read on