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The Next Wave of Research at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience
The University of Florida’s Whitney Marine Research Center in St. Augustine doubles research capacity with a flexible, collaborative design that advances marine science, resilience, and community engagement
Hides to Hearts: Historic Mill Transformed into Advanced Biotech Engineering Facility
Manchester’s historic Seal Tanning Building is being reimagined as a state-of-the-art biotechnology facility where United Therapeutics is advancing technologies that could one day 3D print human organs
A Turnkey Approach to Scaling Life Sciences
The adMare M4 Innovation Centre demonstrates a turnkey, modular approach to life sciences lab design that combines flexible pod-based spaces, shared infrastructure, and close interdisciplinary coordination to enable fast, scalable, and move-in ready environments that help early-stage companies focus on scientific discovery and growth rather than construction
Inside UWF's New AI Research Hub
The University of West Florida's new Synapse facility is designed to accelerate AI, cybersecurity, and engineering research through flexible, collaboration-driven spaces and advanced computational infrastructure
USDA Opens Applications for Historic $125M Infrastructure Investment
A historic $125 million federal investment targets deferred maintenance, lab modernization, and new construction across US land-grant universities
How Early Collaboration Shapes High-Performance Research Facilities
Early, intentional collaboration—through stakeholder alignment, iterative engagement, and thoughtful programming—enables lab projects to move beyond basic requirements and deliver flexible, high-performing research environments that stay on schedule, on budget, and aligned with user needs
Engineering a CLIA-Ready Lab for Next-Gen Cancer Testing
Beken Bio’s newly opened laboratory at the New Orleans BioInnovation Center integrates a CLIA-ready, workflow-driven design within an incubator environment to advance its blood-based ovarian cancer test, prioritizing flexibility, reduced variability, and close collaboration between R&D, clinical, and quality teams to accelerate assay development and future commercialization
From Vision to Reality: USU Eastern Opens New Paleontology Lab
USU Eastern’s lab management team led a largely hands-on, user-driven renovation that transformed an outdated fossil preparation space into a modern, flexible, safety-focused laboratory that actively engages both users and public observers while strengthening scientific workflow and visibility
Connecting Campus and Community at George Mason University: Special Mention—Campus to Community Integration
The Life Sciences and Engineering Building at George Mason University redefines academic lab design by using transparency, shared interdisciplinary spaces, and community-facing features to seamlessly connect campus research with public engagement and regional innovation
High-Performance Labs, Right-Sized Budgets: The Value Design Approach
Replacing traditional cost-cutting value engineering with a proactive, collaborative value design approach enables science and technology facilities to optimize performance, flexibility, and lifecycle costs from the outset