NewsPublication date: March 30, 2026Updated: April 1, 2026

Silver LEAF Medal for Microbiology

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R (Rafael) Cubero
Lab Manager

The Laboratory of Microbiology has been awarded the LEAF Silver Medal Certificate - in recognition of the actions undertaken to improve sustainability practices as part of the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF). 

Lab manager dr. Rafael Cubero: "we have been making changes to our working methods to help WUR in the sustainability goals. We still have a long way to go to reach gold, but we will continue working towards it".

The LEAF program is a Netherlands initiative to make laboratories more sustainable. 

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R (Rafael) Cubero

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