Thank you to our sustainable laboratory expert contributors!

This Thanksgiving holiday, Labconscious would like to thank the life scientists and sustainability professionals who have contributed their expertise and enthusiasm to our blog content over the past year. Their efforts have encouraged the ongoing, worldwide trend in greening laboratory work!

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We especially wish to thank New England Biolabs for supporting the mission of Labconscious to connect biologists to current trends and best practices for sustainable laboratory work.

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Attend the Go green! Innovative practices for laboratory waste symposium at LabCentral in Cambridge Massachusetts
Attend the Go green! Innovative practices for laboratory waste symposium at LabCentral in Cambridge Massachusetts

New England Biolabs and Labconscious invite life scientists and sustainability professionals to attend our Go green! Innovative practices for laboratory waste symposium.   Science funding productivity and changes to worldwide recycling markets have been trending topics this year.  Attend our symposium and get up to date on new solutions with environmental and economic benefits for life science work.  

Scared of wasting your lab's resources? Sustainability Outreach Events
Scared of wasting your lab's resources? Sustainability Outreach Events

Not every scientist realizes that going green in the lab is not just eco-friendly,…it also improves scientific work! Informed scientists understand that green lab operations are designed to save time, while reducing the environmental and financial costs. Check out the latest outreach events!

Coomassie Blue SDS-PAGE Gel Trends: A conventional dye goes radical
Coomassie Blue SDS-PAGE Gel Trends: A conventional dye goes radical

Coomassie blue protein gel staining began in the 1960s, and it’s still a fan favorite in biology labs today. While less sensitive as a colormetric method than silver, or fluorescent staining, Coomassie has undergone a significant revolution in recent years. This post presents a few handy tips for this essential life science pigment.

List of 10 Life Science Lab Suppliers with Recycling services for End Users
List of 10 Life Science Lab Suppliers with Recycling services for End Users

Many scientific facilities are directing their scientists to utilize lab supplier recycling programs to help meet their sustainablility goals. The following list, with links, is meant to be a quick reference.  It may be incomplete.  Please send us the name of any other recycling program that you know of, and we will update this list.

Faster DNA Synthesis without Hazardous Waste
Faster DNA Synthesis without Hazardous Waste

A great advance in DNA synthesis efficiency has just been reported in Nature Biotechnology, that also eliminates solvent hazardous waste requirement.

CU Boulder Green Labs Case Study Webinar by AASHE
CU Boulder Green Labs Case Study Webinar by AASHE

Scientists from CU Boulder's Biochemistry Department are now saving over $250,000 yearly from their research budgets, by using a shared cell culture facility, instead of individual lab cell culture spaces.   It's a spectacular result and it makes sense!

Used Laboratory Equipment has Value
Used Laboratory Equipment has Value

View a list of four options for used laboratory equipment....Plus get inspired by George Washington Carver, an American botanist and early environmentalist.  His epitaph reads "He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world".

Laboratory Case Study Shows Big Benefits to Scientists
Laboratory Case Study Shows Big Benefits to Scientists

Not only is going green good for the environment, but it's also good for science funding.  This CU Boulder case study shows that shared equipment makes cell culture work more convenient, economical and environmentally friendly.

The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) Web Site Has a Category for Biomedical Equipment and Supplies
The Green Procurement Compilation (GPC) Web Site Has a Category for Biomedical Equipment and Supplies

As more scientific researchers are becoming aware of the economic, environmental and safety benefits of green procurement, reliable systems are needed to make so called "green procurement" easy to accomplish.

It is well known that putting sustainability upfront is the key to its success in laboratories, and all work places.  That's just why the U.S. General Services Administration (or GSA) provides a comprehensive online resource for green purchasing by federal agencies, called the GPC - Green Procurement Compilation. 

Labconscious to Present Webinar for University of Virginia Green Labs
Labconscious to Present Webinar for University of Virginia Green Labs

This Thursday March 1st, our Editor Nicole Kelesoglu will be presenting a webinar for an event series by the University of Virginia Green Lab Program.  This webinar will cover ways to reduce laboratory waste and highlight how lab minimalism can give you a competitive advantage for research grant funding.