Sustainability in biomedical research
Climate change and the need for sustainable, technological developments are the greatest challenges facing humanity in the coming decades. To address these issues, in 2015 the United Nations have established 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Anthropogenic climate change will not only affect everyone personally in the coming years, it will also reinforce the need to become more sustainablein our daily research. In our group, we are addressing some of these goals.
Sustainable use of resources in the laboratory, but also new research projects dealing with aspects of sustainability, have become increasingly important in recent years.
To give these topics the necessary attention, we published a review article on sustainability in biological research in the Journal of Controlled Release.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.01.045
Replacement of refrigeration units
We received funding from the German Government (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz) for the replacement of electrical appliances (KSI: Austausch Elektrogeräte nach Kommunalrichtlinie; Förderkennzeichen: 67K27379)
Funding amount: 13.481 € (as proportionate funding); duration: 1 May 2024 – 31 December 2025
Together with groups Ebio (Prof Herzog), MPP (Prof Albert) and Zellbio (Prof Müller), we are making use of the grant to replace refrigerators with more energy-efficient models.