Johns Hopkins Lab Supply Swap

The most recent JH Lab Supply Swap was held on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. 

With the turn of the new year, it’s time for some lab cleanouts – and we want your lab clutter!

  • Are you in need of a small amount of lab supplies or have you run into supply chain delays or funding issues? – SHOP DONATIONS AT THE LAB SUPPLY SWAP!
  • Do you have unexpired, clean/unused, usable lab supplies that you no longer need? – DONATE THEM TO THE LAB SUPPLY SWAP!

For more information or questions, please email Diane Lanham ([email protected]) and Ryan Weeks-Rutan ([email protected]).

Participate in the Lab Supply Swap

  • WHEN:  Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
  • WHERE:  PreClinical Teaching Building (PCTB) 2nd Floor, Suite 211 – Fisher Center

You do not need to have donated in order to pick up items at the 2/10 supply swap! Just bring a box, bag, cart, and/or friend. All faculty, staff, fellows, and students working in a JH lab are welcome to stop by the supply swap to pick up items; no one in search of supplies will be turned away.

Donate Items to the Lab Supply Swap

  • WHEN – January 12 through February 5, open 24 hours/day
  • WHERE:  Please leave items in the marked locations below in PCTB or CRB1. Be sure to complete a drop-off form!
    • PreClinical Teaching Building (PCTB) 2nd Floor, Suite 211 – Fisher Center
    • CRB1, Floor 3M, Area 51 (south elevator block)

What we are looking for:

  • Clean and Usable General Consumable Lab Supplies
    • Glassware, plasticware, gloves, lab notebooks, Etc.
    • Before donating, items should be cleaned with a detergent solution, 10% bleach solution, or another appropriate cleaner dependent upon the type of contamination
  • Unused and Unexpired Biospecimen Collection Supplies and test kits
    • Blood collection tubes, urine collection cups, alcohol swabs, Band-Aids, sealed gauze pads, tourniquets, CSF collection kits, DNA collection kits, saliva collection kits, dipstick pregnancy tests, toxicology screen tests, etc.
  • Clean and Usable Biospecimen Processing Supplies
    • Pipettes, centrifuge and tube racks, cryovials, etc.
  • Biospecimen Shipping Materials
    • Styrofoam boxes, cardboard boxes, biospecimen Ziploc bags, packaging materials, etc.
  • Field Supplies

Things we do NOT accept:

  • Expired items
  • Broken items
  • Unsealed previously sterile items
  • Contaminated/dirty items
  • Hazardous materials
  • Radioactive materials
  • Furniture
  • Computer and computer supplies

YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE DONATED TO PICK UP ITEMS AT THE LAB SUPPLY SWAP.

Please email Diane Lanham ([email protected]) and Ryan Weeks ([email protected]) with any questions about what is accepted.