Our Partners and Supporters
The RegulatoryToolBox brings together a wide range of stakeholders from academia, industry, regulatory bodies, standards organisations, and metrology institutes to innovation networks and public agencies, who collectively strengthen our work on progressing biofilm regulatory science. Our partners provide the home base for our participants and Management Committee members and contribute their expertise, infrastructure, and sector perspectives to the Action. While COST supports the coordination and activities of the network, our partners enable the day-to-day scientific, regulatory, and organisational engagement that drives the RegulatoryToolBox.
Biofilm Alliance
The Biofilm Alliance is an initiative funded by Innovate UK to create a transformative network in the UK, dedicated to tackling the global challenges posed by microbial biofilms. The network is led by four partner organisations, including National Biofilms Innovation Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Industrial Microbiological Services Limited and Swansea University. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, metrology, regulatory bodies, and standardisation organisations, the Biofilm Alliance aims to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art research and effective regulation, promoting collaboration and fostering innovation in biofilm mitigation and control technologies.
Biofilm Alliance focuses on four broad industry areas, where biofilms pose significant challenges: Industrial Processes, Water Systems, Food, and the Built Environment.
National Biofilms Innovation Centre
The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is a UK’s Innovation Knowledge Centre (IKC) funded by BBSRC and Innovate UK. NBIC was launched in 2017 by its four lead Universities (Edinburgh, Liverpool, Nottingham and Southampton) With a consortium of over 70 academic partner institutions across the UK, NBIC is the central hub where academia, industry, government and public policy come together to tackle the grand challenges biofilms present, impacting US$5 trillion in global economic activity, from food and health to ships, clean water and energy. NBIC’s mission is to establish a network of research and innovation capacity to catalyse partnerships with industry to achieve breakthrough innovations and impact.
EU COST Action: Euro-MIC
EU COST Action: Euro-MIC ‘European Microbially Influenced Corrosion Network – New Paths for Science, Sustainability and Standards’.
The main aim of Euro-MIC is to encourage a synergistic collaboration and communication, closing the gap between materials scientists, engineers, microbiologists, chemists and integrity managers to encourage sufficient interaction between academia and industry, in the context of microbially influenced corrosion research and control.
International Biodeterioration Research Group
International Biodeterioration Research Group (IBRG) is an international, interdisciplinary organisation focused on developing methods and expert guidance to support the prevention and control of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or algae in (planktonic and biofilm form) to prevent biodeterioration, biodegradation and spoilage across different industries and sectors.
Center for Biofilm Engineering
The Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE) at Montana State University is a multidisciplinary research center that studies all aspects of biofilms. The first its kind, originally funded 35 years ago by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the CBE’s mission is to advance research, education, and outreach in the areas of health, energy, industry, and the environment. The CBE conducts research, develops standardized methods, provides “think tank” services to industry, collaborates with US regulators, and offers opportunities for students to get involved in hands-on research.
e.Biofilm
e.Biofilm is an EU-Horizons funded research centre of excellence based at the University of Porto’s Faculty of Engineering (FEUP), LEPABE that focuses on engineering biofilms to control them. Their goal is to innovate in biofilm control by exploring new prevention and removal mechanisms through advanced imaging and molecular characterisation