Press appearances, conferences, competitions
The first quarter of Eurofins in 2024 was also eventful from a communication point of view
The excellent specialists of Eurofins once again spread the good news of the laboratory's work this year, the largest domestic media published the scientific articles published on laboratorium.hu, and our colleagues also spoke on important topics in television reports and radio interviews. Our experts took part in important events and the laboratory's long-standing scientific chemistry competition for high school age groups also started.
Lab Adventure Reloaded
The 'Lab Adventure - the miracle is inside' is a scientific chemistry competition for high school age groups, for which students can submit an essay choosing from two topics. Writers of the best applications can participate in a laboratory visit combined with interactive experiments at the Eurofins Knowledge Center in Újpest. Details can be found on our website EurofinsTudaskozpont.hu. Applications can be submitted until June 30, 2024. https://eurofinstudaskozpont.hu/laborkaland_hu.html
Wastewater treatment and microplastics
Wastewater treatment plants remove microplastics very efficiently, despite the fact that they were not designed to solve such problems. The employees of the RISK-MP project consortium - the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Eurofins Analytical Services Hungary Kft. and Pannon University - presented their first results at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The laboratory's announcement was published by the Hungarian Telecommunications Bureau (MTI), and several important media outlets also reported on the research (and one of the national TV channels filmed an on-site report in our building). https://laboratorium.hu/mikromuanyag-a-szennyvizben.html
https://www.eurofins.hu/hu/analytical-services-hungary/h%C3%ADreink/sajt%C3%B3megjelen%C3%A9sek/
The project of Eurofins Analytical Services Hungary Kft. is in the finals. The independent testing laboratory in Újpest once again entered the competition this year for the GREENGAGE - A green commitment award.
In the GREENGAGE competition of Professional Publishing Hungary, the greenest companies present themselves, with those corporate projects that have contributed to the greening of the economy in Hungary. In 2022, Eurofins, a company performing environmental tests, was a category winner, and in 2023 it was among the best, reaching the finals. This year, Eurofins applied with an educational project called "In search of everlasting materials", which took place in the summer of 2023, the aim of which was to draw attention to a serious but little-known environmental protection problem that affects the domestic and European economy, nature and human health. During the PET Cup, one of the most important domestic environmental campaigns, the laboratory's employees took water samples from the River Tisza, and found one of the most notorious everlasting substances, and then reported the result during a powerful communication campaign, which was then reported by more than a hundred media outlets, including the most read Hungarian mediums. StoreInsider has published the list of the greenest companies that have reached the finals, the results will be announced on May 14, 2024.
Store Insider - Greengage 2024 - íme a Shortlist
The cream of Hungarian environmental protection
The excellent specialists from Eurofins Analytical Services Hungary Kft., active in environmental testing, participated in the annual awards gala of the Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises (KSZGYSZ). The Award for the Protection of the Environment is the oldest professional recognition of the Hungarian environmental industry, having been established in 2001, and Eurofins Analytical Services Hungary Kft. also won this award a few years ago. This award is not just a tradition, but a platform for sharing best practices and exchanging ideas, important professional contacts and collaborations can be made on this occasion.
Eurofins BIOMI at the FIBOK 2024 Biotechnology Conference
The Young Biotechnologists’ VI. National Conference (FIBOK 2024) was held on April 04-05, 2024 in Martonvásár. The host of the event this year was the HUN-REN Agricultural Research Center. The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for young researchers, PhD and MSc students conducting biotechnology research in Hungary to present their research results in the form of a lecture or poster, promote the establishment and development of relationships and cooperation. Within the framework of the conference, researchers and research candidates working in any field of biotechnology (animal, plant, microbial, food, pharmaceutical and medical biotechnology, bioinformatics) will be given the opportunity to present themselves.
https://genetika.uni-mate.hu/fibok2022
Easter kitchen chemistry - tips from the laboratory
What happens to eggs during cooking? How does egg white trap water? Why do eggs flatten? What causes the crack? On the occasion of Easter, the employees of Eurofins Food&Feed Testing Budapest Kft. did not talk about eggs from a food safety point of view this time, but rather talked about what the best way was to prepare them. The article published on the scientific information dissemination site Laboratorium.hu was also published by important media. The original article can be read here: https://laboratorium.hu/konyhakemia.html
Testing of recycled packaging materials
The scientific article of Eurofins Food&Feed Testing Budapest Kft. was read by more than one and a half million people in the online media. With the introduction of recycled packaging materials into the market, new compounds must be scrutinized, as previously untested compounds can leach from recycled packaging materials into food. The expert of the independent laboratory of Eurofins Food&Feed Testing, Dr. Ágnes Kovács, helped to find out what manufacturers, distributors and consumers should pay attention to. The scientific article published on Laboratorium.hu also made its way into the Hungarian trade press.
https://laboratorium.hu/ujrahosznositott-kockazat.html
https://www.eurofins.hu/hu/analytical-services-hungary/h%C3%ADreink/sajt%C3%B3megjelen%C3%A9sek/
About microplastics in Millásreggeli
Dr. Gábor Bordós, head of the Microplastic Testing Laboratory of Eurofins Analytical Services Hungary Kft., recently spoke on the popular and widely listened to radio program Millásreggeli. The topic was one of the greatest environmental protection challenges of our time, the investigation of tiny plastic particles present all over the world (on land, water, air and even in the human body). Dr. Gábor Bordós cam be heard from the middle of the 44th minute and he answered the broadcasters' questions live.