Knowledge Platform Lab Managers at Leyden Labs

On Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, CheckMark will host the Knowledge Platform Lab Managers (KPLM) event, this time in collaboration with Leyden Labs in Leiden at the Leiden Bioscience Park. Leyden Labs is a biotechnology company that develops products against known and new respiratory viruses. We hereby kindly invite you to attend this meeting as an introducee.

The theme of this KPLM edition is:

Three speakers will update you on their sustainable projects from their daily practice.

• Mandy Erkelens – Postdoctoral Researcher LUMC / Core member Green Labs NL
  The mission of Green Labs NL is to accelerate the transition towards a just and sustainable laboratory environment and scientific landscape in the Netherlands and beyond. Mandy will give an overview of Green Labs NL projects such as the development of open-access education materials and the coordination of lab sustainability programs across the Netherlands. In more detail, she will explore  various opportunities on how to reduce your CO2 footprint, especially scope 2 and 3.
• Elza Duim – Head of Laboratories – Naturalis Biodiversity Center
  As head of the laboratories Elza sees sustainability as both an ethical duty and a way to improve scientific practices. While labs are crucial for biodiversity research, they also impact the environment. What steps can we take to minimize this impact? How can we integrate innovative technologies and methodologies to enable more sustainable research? And how can we inspire the broader scientific and laboratory community to see sustainability not as a burden, but as an integral part of excellent research and laboratory processes? Elza will share her views and the best practices Naturalis has implemented.
• Tomica Kralj – Sustainability and continuous improvement lead – Pharming Technologies BV
  Tomica will share his practical experience with implementing green ideas in the R&D laboratory of a pharmaceutical company. He will also lead us through the process of forming a sustainability team at LBSP (Leiden Bio Science Park) and challenges related to that, such as connecting and organizing people from various companies. Ongoing sustainability project at LBSP will be presented. As such, this talk can be useful both for people working at LBSP to see what concrete steps they can take on their path to sustainability, and for people outside Leiden to have an insight into building a community.

After these presentations you are invited for networking drinks and a guided tour around the facilities of Leyden Labs, situated in the Plus Ultra Leiden building.

Date: Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Location: Leyden Labs, Emmy Noetherweg 2, Leiden – Plus Ultra Leiden multi-tenant building

Mark this day in your calendar and register by e-mailing kennisplatform@checkmark.nl. The week before the event, we will provide further details, route description etc.
More information about visiting the Knowledge Platform Lab Managers as an introducee & membership you will find here.