As part of continually looking at how we do our research from an ethical and sustainablity perspective, we’ve recently begun using new technology to generate antibodies against our favourite proteins like Rubisco Activase.
This was part of a recently published book chapter by Elizabete and alumni Duncan, to generate very specific antibodies for our work that didn’t previously exist.
You can read more in this news article from the department: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/news/researchers-adopt-approach-for-more-ethical-plant-research