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Our member Prof. Lea Ann Dailey from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Vienna is part of ‘IMPTOX’, a multidisciplinary EU research project investigating the effects of micro- and […]

by Hayk Palabikyan and Thomas Pribasnig

As stated in previous articles, the plastic waste produced in bioscience labs is a problem that requires immediate action. We will not achieve our goal of […]

We are absolutely delighted to share with you this short movie about our initiative. It was planned, filmed and produced over the past few months by Maria Pinto, our marine biologist colleague and filmmaker. This […]

It is April 2021, and humankind is facing an unprecedented global pandemic. One year after the outbreak, it becomes clear how vulnerable our economic and social systems are against a global crisis. To stand a […]

We wanted to recycle our plastic waste in the lab but had no idea about its fate.

By Lena König and Thomas Pribasnig

Everybody who has worked in a molecular biology lab knows that the turnover of plastic […]

Plastics lecture: our member Lena König recorded a 40-minute lecture on global plastic production and waste, plastic emissions, and plastic pollution.

Life science research is energy-intensive and generates a large amount of plastic waste, and yet, there are hardly any initiatives to reduce the ecological footprint in Austrian laboratories. To meet this need, a […]