Breastfeeding parents
Are you the parent of a young child, and in need of a space to breastfeed or express milk? The LSI has converted room 1.351 in the LSI Administration area to be a personal care room, suitable for nursing and pumping. The LSI Faculty lounge is just around the corner, and has a sink and […]
UBC Green Labs, the Life Sciences Centre and SPUD divert hundred of gel ice packs from the landfill
Earth Day 2021: Celebrating LSI’s Sustainability Champion, John “Nomo” Nomellini In a collaboration between Green Labs, the Life Sciences Centre, and Spud, a sustainable grocery delivery company, hundreds of gel ice packs were diverted from the landfill. Hard- and soft-shell gel ice packs are used in deliveries to laboratories to keep materials cool during transport. […]
Lab Plastics Recycling Program
Green Labs has launched a marketing campaign for the Lab Plastics Recycling Program to increase participants and support labs in reducing the environmental impact of their research. Lab plastics contribute between 64 and 128 tonnes of waste coming from UBC annually. These products are often single-use and are either sent to landfills or incinerated for disposal. The Lab […]
Amber Glass Recycling
The Life Sciences Centre is taking part in the UBC Green Labs Amber Glass Recycling Program. The goal of this program is to reduce the amount of amber glass being disposed of in landfills by recycling it into new bottles or material for sandblasting. In this program, participating labs and buildings are tasked with collecting […]
Dry Ice Recycling
Do you ever wonder what to do with the left over dry ice you receive in shipments? Do you ever need some dry ice for experiments or to ship a package? Here in the LSI we are going try and start a dry ice recycling program – but it will take some work from all […]
Glasswashing at LSI
Based on a successful trial period during Nov/Dec 2020, the free glass washing service currently available to LSI labs has been extended into 2021. WHERE: 2E Wing, in room 2538 WHAT WILL BE WASHED: Bottles, flasks and beakers. No test tubes or glass pipettes. Specialty glassware can be discussed. GUIDELINES FOR USE:
Chill Up Challenge
UBC Life Science Center (LSC), the largest research facility at UBC, took the challenge in January 2018. 40% of eligible ULT freezers are now set to -70°C. Through Chill Up, LSC is saving over 71,500 kWh of electricity per year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumed by seven and a half single family homes. Jade […]
Pipette racks for washing glass pipettes in dishwasher now available for use in LSI
Dear LSI Members, We would like to bring to your attention that there are now racks available for you to wash your glass pipettes in the dishwasher, in the following locations: 2nd Floor – 2.339 (West), 3rd Floor – 3.438 (Center), 4th Floor – 4.438 (Center), 5th floor – 5.538 (East). If you use one […]
Mapping the journey to the draft human proteome
Today, the Journal of Proteome Research published an entire issue dedicated to the 2020 mapping of 90% of the human proteome by the Human Proteome Project (HPP). Dr. Chris Overall, a professor in Oral Biological and Medical Sciences with the UBC Faculty of Dentistry and a member of the Centre for Blood Research at UBC, […]
Atomic blueprints provide valuable support in design of mechanism-based antivirals to combat COVID-19
As COVID-19 ravaged the planet, a small group of investigators at the LSI pivoted their research, and began working at full tilt to identify ways to cripple the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology researcher Dr. Natalie Strynadka’s lab was one of four at the Institute to receive support in an early round of federal […]