The ELEMENTAL Hub is a BBSRC funded Engineering Biology Mission Hub addressing environmental challenges around metal waste, scarcity, and sustainable recovery.
ELEMENTAL Engineering Biology Mission Hub
Our latest Member Spotlight is now live, featuring LanthaGen Bio, a Manchester-based startup developing sustainable synthetic biology solutions for the recovery of rare earth & critical metals. Learn more about their mission & it's technologies as well as the challenges they face. shorturl.at/2Rh9d
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Delighted to share a new publication from Danting Chen with Julia Stegemann “SPECIATION AND LEACHABILITY OF ZINC IN ENERGY-FROM-WASTE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL RESIDUES AND EFFECTS OF PARTIAL NEUTRALISATION”. Congratulations and thanks to all collaborators & co-authors involved. shorturl.at/JD5KS
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Let’s throwback to June 2024 to revisit the publication led by Danting Chen & Julia Stegemann “Speciation of toxic metals in metal finishing filter cake by X-ray absorption spectroscopy”. #ElementalHub #MetalRecovery #Sustainability. Read a short summary and extract at
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Congratulations to @JuliaStegemann, Professor, Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering @ucl.ac.uk & our Lead on WP6 on her recently awarded appointment - Fellow at @durhamias.bsky.social from Jan-Mar 2027.
#Circularity #ElementalHub
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Geo-Bio Interfaces, official journal of the Mineralogical Society of the UK & Ireland @minersoc.bsky.social welcomes submissions exploring the interface between geoscience & bioscience.
The journal aims to address fundamental questions through interdisciplinary research. more at shorturl.at/xulx9
Read the introductory #ElementalHub #MemberSpotlight profile of Giuliano Sting Pechar launched in Autumn 2025 & explore what motivated his journey. Our features are an invitation to learn, connect & to see the ways we are shaping science & sustainability together. elementalhub.org/2025/09/17/m...
Delighted to share a new publication from Danting Chen with Julia Stegemann “SPECIATION AND LEACHABILITY OF ZINC IN ENERGY-FROM-WASTE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL RESIDUES AND EFFECTS OF PARTIAL NEUTRALISATION”. Congratulations and thanks to all collaborators & co-authors involved. shorturl.at/JD5KS
ELEMENTAL Engineering Biology Mission Hub
BioImagingUK
Geo-Bio Interfaces - Yiran Dong, Jonathan Lloyd, Karrie Weber
Summary This study looks at how zinc behaves in air pollution control residues (APCR), a by-product produced by energy-from-waste facilities in the UK. These residues can create environmental challeng...
Read our Member Spotlight on Dr Giuliano Sting‑Pechar, highlighting his research, contributions to the Elemental Hub community, and impact in engineering biology and critical minerals science.
Durham University’s Institute of Advanced Study “offers world-leading researchers a unique space for transformative reflection in and beyond individual disciplines.” Professor Julia Stegemann will be ...
Summary This study looks at how zinc behaves in air pollution control residues (APCR), a by-product produced by energy-from-waste facilities in the UK. These residues can create environmental challeng...
Summary Our study explores how valuable metals like chromium, zinc, copper, and lead are stored in industrial waste, i.e., filter cakes from metal finishing wastewater treatment. Using advanced synchr...
Today our Spotlight shines on LanthaGen Bio, a Manchester startup focused on developing sustainable, synthetic biology-based rare earth metal extraction systems. Co-founders Sahara, Dan, and Ellie are...
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