The Pipetting Pigeon Connects Donated Lab Supplies to Labs that Need Them

Nicole Kelesoglu December 16, 2024

What would you do after retiring from a life long career in a field you loved? In April Blodgett’s case, she saw a way to give back by enabling science education and new avenues of research with her volunteer work as the “Pipetting Pigeon”.

Labconscious thanks April for the following interview and her sizable positive contribution to cost savings and waste diversion for life science! We hope her story will inspire biologists to find similar opportunities to conserve scientific resources.

Why do most new biosafety cabinets still have UV lights?

Nicole Kelesoglu December 19, 2023

If ultraviolet light decontamination is not supported for class II biosafety cabinets in BSL-2 labs, and UV bulbs consume so much energy, why are most new BSC cabinets still ordered with UV lamps? Spoiler alert: some burgeoning bioscience applications require it, and fortunately, there are some options to improve its sustainability.

Benchtop Custom Cell Culture Media Maker Expedites the Science and Circumvents Lab Waste

Shannon Meirzon Pyxis Communications October 6, 2022

Every day, researchers around the world work tirelessly to unlock discoveries with mammalian cell culture experiments yet the full potential of this work remains untapped. Optimizing cellular health with adjustments to individual media components has established value to scientific results. One problem is that adjusting media to control for each variable is so much work. Along the same lines, it’s rare for labs to evaluate the material waste streams they generate by using commercial, off-the-shelf tissue culture media. The good news is that exciting progress in the field of cell and gene therapies is driving accessible economies of scale in cell culture experimentation.

Has science benefited from online laboratory training and collaboration?

Nicole Kelesoglu June 13, 2022

The pandemic forced biologists into new ways to conduct scientific training and collaboration. Online meetings, virtual reality, and augmented reality improve the carbon footprint of science. But has science benefited from this transition?

The Pipette Repair Shop

Clara Brigitta August 18, 2021

Do you have a pipette graveyard drawer in your lab? Learn from University of Bristol’s Clara Brigitta how circular economy principles can be applied in laboratories to reduce their environmental impact.

Inexpensive biotechnology lab instruments Prakash Lab

Inexpensive biotechnology lab devices- featuring the Prakash Laboratory

Nicole Kelesoglu June 22, 2021

Labconscious scientists focus on sustainable lab work as a means to conserving resources and protecting nature, but the term sustainability can also be defined as” the capacity to endure”. Biotechnology is considered by the U.N. to be a frontier technology, alongside robotics, and artificial intelligence. The challenge is how to make life science methodologies accessible. Part of the answer can be found in affordable, portable, laboratory instruments. In that spirit, today’s post shares a list of frugal laboratory instruments by the Prakash Lab at Stanford University.

Laboratory Dryer Energy Labconscious.png

University of Cambridge Chemists collaborated with Genlab engineers to design a faster, safer and more energy efficient lab dryer: the E3

Nicole Kelesoglu October 15, 2019

Scientists depend on an ecosystem of supporters to run laboratories. Today’s blog features a collaboration initiated by University of Cambridge chemists with Genlab engineers, that resulted in a revamp of the humble lab drying cabinet. The result of this design collaboration is the e3. It’s a machine that dries faster, has precise digital temp settings and can save 72% of energy.

Figure 1: A mobile device displays the Elemental Machines platform equipment utilization overview page. Equipment utilization is determined through open door events. The platform also tracks open door duration and also provides some open door statis… — Figure 1: A mobile device displays the Elemental Machines platform equipment utilization overview page. Equipment utilization is determined through open door events. The platform also tracks open door duration and also provides some open door statistics.

Go Green and Maximize Laboratory Productivity with AI lab equipment monitoring

Sridhar Iyengar, Ph.D. September 23, 2019

There’s a common misconception that going green is expensive and a distracting obligation for large organizations. Few realize that it’s possible to create a greener lab space while actually reducing costs! Artificial intelligence tools can offer significant insight to any organization. Laboratories can reduce energy consumption and thus save money while simultaneously increasing lab productivity and protecting precious lab samples. Let's examine this technology in further detail.

The Pipetting Pigeon Connects Donated Lab Supplies to Labs that Need Them

Why do most new biosafety cabinets still have UV lights?

Benchtop Custom Cell Culture Media Maker Expedites the Science and Circumvents Lab Waste

Has science benefited from online laboratory training and collaboration?

The Pipette Repair Shop

Inexpensive biotechnology lab devices- featuring the Prakash Laboratory

University of Cambridge Chemists collaborated with Genlab engineers to design a faster, safer and more energy efficient lab dryer: the E3

Go Green and Maximize Laboratory Productivity with AI lab equipment monitoring

Get insights on specific green Lab goals

Interact with the Labconscious community

Email us!

Labconscious®

Connecting biologists to green labs and sustainability