The interdisciplinary research project Fibre Highways by HBBE Team members Dr Angela Sherry and Dr Jane Scott investigates how a symbiotic relationship can be developed between knitted fabrics and microorganisms, […]
A paper on Bacterial Spore-Based Hygromorphs, a new active material which responds to changes in environmental humidity, was published by HBBE members Emily Birch, Ben Bridgens, […]
Join us! We are pleased to announce an open PhD position! We are seeking a highly motivated Researcher applying an omics-based approach to identifying novel biocatalysts […]
COIMBRA | PORTUGAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE I 12 – 15 OCTOBER 2021 CONSTRUCTION, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY SPECIAL THEMATIC SESSION: RESPONSIBLE BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND BIODESIGN FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Org: […]
HBBE member Jane Scott presented at the DigitalFUTURES Talk: Soft Materials on the 17th of April 2021. Soft Materials are flexible, floppy, and transformable. They are […]
The Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment were awarded funding for the project “RESPIRE: Passive, Responsive, Variable Porosity Building Skins”, led by Ben Bridgens, Helen […]
The first step on our Fibre Highways research journey was to learn from reproducing the fascinating Fungal Highways research of Kohlmeier et al., 2005. SUCCESS – look […]
Researchers in academia/industry are more likely to delay family planning. Thus, professional development is often in conflict with the strong desire for personal plans, including family […]
A team of researchers from the HBBE and Newcastle University has published an article on Photosynthetic textile biocomposites in Science and Engineering of Composite Materials 2021, 28(1), 223-236. […]
Martyn Dade-Robertson, Monika Brandic Lipinska, Ahmet Topcu (PGR) ,Thora Arnardottir, Meng Zhang, Dilan Ozkan (PGR) Sunbin Lee and Emily Birch are at the 17th Venice Architecture […]
A team of researchers from the HBBE and Newcastle University has published a paper about Rhythmic Buildings in the Journal Building & Environment. Authors: L.A. van […]
The Spike Protein Surveillance Project led by HBBE Team member Dr. Matthew Bashton aims to develop an ‘early warning system’ for Covid-19 variants. Northumbria University is […]
Two of our PhD students – Monika Brandić Lipińska and Layla van Ellen presented a paper on Senses as Drivers for Space Habitats Design in Microgravity […]