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Move Magic: Planning for a Successful Lab Space Transition
Successful lab transitions require more than moving equipment from one space to another. Lessons from Nationwide Children’s Hospital at the 2026 Lab Design Conference highlight how flexibility, early end-user engagement, and detailed planning can help labs prepare for growth and change
Building a Lab Around What Users Need
For Baptist Health Jacksonville’s Gwendolyn Robles, the process of planning a new central laboratory has meant challenging old assumptions, involving frontline staff, and giving the project team time to get it right
From 'No, We Can't Put It on a Barge' to a Better Blood Bank: Lessons from a Landlocked Lab Renovation
During the 2026 Lab Design Conference, Baptist Health System lab staff shared how rethinking workflows, engaging end users, and embracing flexibility helped transform a decades-old blood bank laboratory into a modern, future-ready facility
Faster Answers, Better Care: Inside Johns Hopkins All Children’s New Biochemical Genetics Lab
At Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, a new Clinical Biochemical Genetics Laboratory brings metabolic testing in-house with an integrated, workflow-optimized design that cuts turnaround times from weeks to days or hours, enabling faster diagnosis and treatment decisions
Moving Science Closer to Patients
Designed to bring researchers, clinicians, students, and the community together, Victoria University’s new Research Building supports a wide range of health research disciplines under one roof
Stakeholder-Driven Design: Planning an Integrated Cancer Research and Care Hub
As Stanford Medicine advances its proposed integrated cancer center, early planning is highlighting how workflow-driven design and cross-disciplinary stakeholder input are shaping a flexible model for next-generation cancer research and care
Rapid Response, Lasting Asset: LSU Health’s EVT Wins Excellence in Small Project Design
The LSU Health Shreveport Center for Emerging Viral Threats demonstrates how a tightly integrated, budget-conscious design successfully delivered a flexible, high-containment BSL-2/BSL-3 laboratory that earned recognition for Excellence in Small Project Design
Integrating Diagnostics and Genetics Through Laboratory Design
Dynacare’s new precision medicine laboratory in Laval’s Biotech City consolidates diagnostic and genetics operations into a user-centered, highly integrated facility that enhances collaboration, streamlines workflows, maintains service continuity during transition, and advances efficient, patient-focused care
Inside the £1B Expansion of the London Cancer Hub
Planning approval has been granted for a £1 billion expansion of the London Cancer Hub, which will create a next-generation research environment designed for flexibility and collaboration
Rhode Island Unveils Modern Laboratory to Advance Public Health and Safety
Rhode Island’s new State Health Laboratory in Providence replaces an outdated facility with a modern, flexible, and sustainable space that enhances public health capabilities, supports collaboration with academic and industry partners, and positions the state to respond to emerging threats with advanced technologies like genomic sequencing