Green Lab is an international non-profit organization based in the USA that certifies laboratories for sustainable working practices. My Green Lab was named by the United Nations in its "Race to Zero" campaign as one of the key players in the goal of making medical and pharmaceutical companies, laboratories and research facilities climate-neutral by 2050. Laboratories are among the most resource-intensive workspaces in the field of biomedical research, and facilities at Cologne University Medicine have already been certified or are in the process of certification.

Here are the pioneers:

• Translational pain research - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tim Hucho - contact person for certification maike.siobal[at]uk-koeln.de); visit Pain research (uni-koeln.de)
• Experimental Immunology/AG Klein - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian Klein- Contact person for certification: Anna Schmitt (anna.schmitt[at]uk-koeln.de); visit Home | Klein Lab - Laboratory of Experimental Immunology (klein-lab.de)

In the certification process are:

• Nephrolab - Assessment Complete and led by Bernhard Schermer(bernhard.scherme[at]uni-koeln.de)
• ZMMK - contact person is Claudia Herr(claudia.herr[at]uni-koeln.de) and the following AGs :
  • Simon Pöpsel (CMMC junior research group)
  • Robert Hänsel-Hertsch (CMMC junior research group)
  • Catherin Niemann (CMMC house group)
  • Débora Trentini Schmidt (Assoc. CMMC junior research group)