Zooplankton Ecologist Juanita Urban-Rich, Ph.D., of UMass Boston, gave the compelling talk, Microparticles in Coastal Waters around Massachusetts at a symposium held last Thursday, hosted by Labconscious and New England Biolabs. Like many, I had read about how ubiquitous microplastics are - how they could be found in the most remote places on Earth. It was still jolting to see this material turning up in samples collected from such vast volumes of ocean water in my own backyard.
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Circumventing the Biggest Energy Demands in Laboratories
Research institutes and biotech companies are working in the wake of an energy crisis. Volatility in energy costs is the new normal. Biologists have long favored reducing fossil fuel consumption. The question is where to start.
A special thanks to Green Labs Netherlands (Green Labs NL) scientists Hannah Johnson and Benoit Nicolet, Ph.D. for sharing their perspectives.
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Spotlight: Life Science Organizations That Are Nailing Sustainability
In this blog, Labconscious is spotlighting four life science phenoms modeling lab sustainability for universities, government research institutions, pharma, and clinical research lab services.
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How Laboratories can Reduce their Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In this blog post, we will discuss some of the major ways that labs can reduce their emissions while saving money and future-proofing themselves for sustainability.
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Benchtop Custom Cell Culture Media Maker Expedites the Science and Circumvents Lab Waste
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.
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The Challenge to Science Funders to Increase Research Capacity with Sustainability Savings
Biomedical research is integral to the path to improving public health globally. Shouldn’t life science research labs qualify for the same sustainability incentives as clinical labs?
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Max Planck Sustainability Network helps scientists share ideas
Focusing on what you can control yourself can advance sustainability. Get inspired by the activities shared in this interview with Jan Heidelberger Ph.D., Scientific Coordinator at the Max Planck School Matter to Life.
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Has science benefited from online laboratory training and collaboration?
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?
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