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The Lab Is Home: Why the People Who Work in Scientific Spaces Should Never Feel Like an Afterthought
Laboratories are too often designed around equipment and efficiency rather than the human beings working in them, even though supporting people’s physical and mental needs is essential for accuracy, well-being, and the quality of scientific work
Professional Profile: John Volence
Lab Design spoke to John Volence at Precis Engineering + Architecture about flexible, user-focused lab HVAC design and life sciences project delivery
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Chen Qin
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference, DLR Group’s Chen Qin will co-lead an interactive roundtable focused on how strategic material selection and chemical transparency can improve occupant health and environmental sustainability in laboratory design
Professional Profile: Cody Henderson
Cody Henderson has joined Mackey Mitchell Architects as an associate principal, bringing a technically driven, deeply collaborative approach to laboratory design—along with a passion for integrating AI-enabled safety, automation, and thoughtful listening to create research and learning environments that are efficient, responsive, and built to inspire discovery
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Nate Roisen
Nate Roisen will present “Smarter Labs, Safer Labs: Optimizing Design with Hazardous Materials in Mind” at the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, sharing strategies for proactive hazmat planning, safe and efficient lab design, and lessons from real-world projects
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Vince Flickinger
Vince Flickinger of Gensler will present a human-centered lab design session at the 2026 Lab Design Conference, sharing how people-focused strategies can enhance scientist well-being, collaboration, and performance without compromising technical rigor
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Philip Keyes
Lab stakeholder Philip Keyes shares practical, human-centered strategies for optimizing lab spaces in his 2026 Lab Design Conference session—register now to learn more and connect with fellow lab end users and industry leaders
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Michael Wesolowsky
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Thornton Tomasetti principal Michael Wesolowsky will lead an interactive roundtable on addressing vibration challenges in laboratory design and renovation, exploring practical mitigation strategies while sharing insights from his career—and a few personal interests—along the way
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Kat Lauer
Kat Lauer will present strategies for safely integrating hazardous materials into lab design at the 2026 Lab Design Conference, sharing practical insights on planning, workflow optimization, and stakeholder collaboration
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Shrei Crenshaw
Lab director Shrei Crenshaw will share insights at the 2026 Lab Design Conference on converting a vacant office building into a high-throughput, CLIA-accredited pathology lab, offering practical lessons on workflow-driven design, end-user collaboration, and maximizing efficiency in retrofit lab spaces