Editorial Article: Voting opens for the first Sustainable Laboratory Products of the Year Scientists’ Choice Award

Scientists around the world are casting their votes for the Sustainable Lab Products of the Year in the Scientists’ Choice Awards^®. 

The annual Scientists' Choice Awards celebrate the industry’s top technological innovations and give scientists and healthcare professionals the chance to recognize the instruments, assays, consumables, and services that have made the biggest impact on their work. We had a fantastic response to our call for nominations and now it’s time to cast your vote in our sustainability categories.

The winning products in each of the following categories, which will be announced shortly after voting closes, will be recognized as having significantly helped reduce the environmental impact of laboratory research. As a thank you for your time and insight, all participants who vote will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win one of five $50 Amazon Gift Cards (or equivalent currency).

Nominees for Sustainable Product of the Year in the reducing consumables and reagents category are:

• TerraRack Pipette Tips by Anachem
• EchoLUTION Tissue DNA Kit by BioEcho Life Sciences GmbH
• CellDrop™ Cell Counters by DeNovix
• MANTIS^® Liquid Handler by FORMULATRIX^® Inc.
• TipNovus™ by Grenova
• Closed-Loop Collection Consumables by Polycarbin
• Seward Stomacher^® 400 EVO Eco blender bags by Seward Ltd
• TipOne^® Sterile Tip Refill System by Starlab

Nominees for Sustainable Product of the Year in the sustainable product design category are:

• Agilent 5977C GC/MSD system by Agilent Technologies
• Milli-Q^® IQ 7003/7005/7010/7015 Water Purification System by Merck
• PG 8583 CD Laboratory Glassware Washer by Miele Professional USA
• Precision Hydrogen Trace Generator by PEAK Scientific Instruments
• GC 2400™ Platform by PerkinElmer, Inc.
• VIP^® ECO Series -86°C Upright Freezers by PHC Corporation of North America
• Nexera 40 Series UHPLC by Shimadzu Corporation
• Thermo Scientific™ TSX Series Ultra-Low Freezers by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Vote for the winners>> 

The winners will be announced shortly after voting closes on December 2, 2022.
 
About the Scientists’ Choice Awards^®
SelectScience^®, the leading independent online resource for the global scientific community, began the Scientists’ Choice Awards in 2007 to enable scientists to voice their opinions on the best laboratory products. Once a year, SelectScience invites members to nominate and vote for their favorite products of the year in each category. Visit the Scientists' Choice Awards website for details.