A Cleaner Laboratory

Biomimicry is the idea of studying and emulating natural processes to reduce the load placed on the planet. Biomatrica has developed a number of products that enable bench scientists to safely and efficiently store their laboratory samples at room temperature. This technology will reduce the electricity required to run lab freezers where samples are normally stored, reduce the number of freezers that must be built, and reduce the cost and environmental burden of shipping samples and refrigerators.

One example Biomatrica product is RNAstāble, which is a storage medium that preserves RNA samples at room temperature. It allows for long-term stabilization of RNA samples, with sample recovery by simply adding water. Recovery can be completed in ten minutes or less. Samples can also be concentrated during the recovery process.

Biotech companies are mass consumers of plastic, glass, metal, and paper goods. There are undoubtedly many other cleantech opportunities like this one in the biotech field.