ReviewRSC sustainability2024
The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices.
Review in RSC sustainability, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Animal models in molecular biology research: Challenges, ethical imperatives, and the path to human-relevant translation.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2026Review
- Laser speckle imaging for biofilm viability assessment: a noninvasive alternative to the MTT assay.Biomedical optics express · 2026Article
- From grassroots to strategy: advancing laboratory sustainability at Utrecht university.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Characterization and evaluation of a novel polylactic acid-made bioreactor for large-scale adherent cell expansion.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2026Article
- On the Overlooked Effect of Counter-Cations From Borohydrides for the Gold- and Metal- Mediated Catalytic Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol.Small methods · 2026Article
- Ethical and social difficulties of addressing environmental harms related to health research.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2026Article
- Reimagining pharmacology education.Pharmacological reviews · 2026Review
- Braiding Knowledge Systems: Integrating Indigenous Wisdom and Sustainable Research for a Regenerative Future.ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2026Review
- "Green-path": planting seeds for environmental sustainability in diagnostic and research surgical pathology.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026Review
- Eco-Microbiology: A Frugal-Circular Framework for Biosafe, Low-Cost Practical Microbiology in Secondary Education.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Review
- Policy options on a sustainable path for clinical trials.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2026Article
- A structured multi-day experimental framework integrating green chemistry for the extraction and characterization of Berberine hydrochloride in undergraduate education.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Article
- Chemical Characterization of Mediterranean Macroalgae With a Focus on Antioxidant Molecules Through the Use of Liquid Chromatographic Techniques.Journal of separation science · 2026Article
- Closing the Loop on Personal Protective Equipment: Collection, Polymer Recovery, and Circular Pathways for Post-Consumer PPE.Polymers · 2026Review
- Case study of low-cost energy reductions in shared research laboratories at a U.S. public university.Frontiers in sustainability · 2026Article
- Greening public health: embedding environmental sustainability in research and practice.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Engineering Aging: Approaches to Model and Deconstruct Biological Complexity.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Questioning Established Protocols for New and More Sustainable Syntheses of Nanomaterials.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Scientists are of key importance to the society to advocate awareness of the climate crisis and its underlying scientific evidence and provide solutions for a sustainable future. As much as scientific research has led to great achievements and benefits, traditional laboratory practices come with unintended environmental consequences. Scientists, while providing solutions to climate problems and educating the young innovators of the future, are also part of the problem: excessive energy consumption, (hazardous) waste generation, and resource depletion. Through their own research operations, science, research and laboratories have a significant carbon footprint and contribute to the climate crisis. Climate change requires a rapid response across all sectors of society, modeled by inspiring leaders. A broader scientific community that takes concrete actions would serve as an important step in convincing the general public of similar actions. Over the past years, grassroots movements across the sciences have recognized the overlooked impact of the scientific enterprise, and so-called Green Lab initiatives emerged seeking to address the environmental footprint of research. Driven by the voluntary efforts of researchers and staff, they educate peers, develop sustainability guidelines, write scientific publications and maintain accreditation frameworks. With this perspective we want to advocate for and spark leadership to promote a systemic change in laboratory practices and approach to research. Comprehensive evidence for the environmental impact of laboratories and their root-causes is presented, expanded with data from a current case study of the University of Groningen showcasing annual savings of 398 763 € as well as 477.1 tons of CO
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Registered trials
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