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The Year in Lab Design News: Trends, Innovations, and Reader Favorites
Lab Design News highlights the most-viewed articles and digital events of 2025, showcasing trends, case studies, and expert insights that emphasize flexibility, collaboration, and future-focused strategies in laboratory design and construction
The Prefab Revolution: Modularization Reshaping the Laboratory Landscape
The 2025 Lab Design Conference session, “The Impact of Modularization and Prefabrication on Laboratory Design and Construction,” highlighted how off-site fabrication of structural elements, utility systems, and entire rooms can accelerate schedules, improve safety, and increase efficiency in lab projects
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
Robotics Revolutionizes Lab Logistics: Safety, Sustainability, and Efficiency at the 2025 Lab Design Conference
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference in Denver, CO, presenters Alicia Pandimos Maurer of Page Architecture and Roberto Morfin of CannonDesign showcased how robotic delivery systems are transforming laboratory logistics—enhancing safety, efficiency, and sustainability while reducing costs and redefining how research and pharmaceutical facilities operate
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Mukesh Jani
2026 Lab Design Conference speaker Mukesh Jani, founder and lab director of Torrent Laboratory, shares how he transformed a windowless industrial building into a high-performance lab—exploring the intersection of science, safety, and design that supports both human health and inspiration
Time is Running Out! Save $200 on Your Lab Design Conference Ticket by December 31
Only a few days remain to save $200 with Early Bird pricing for the 25th Annual Lab Design Conference—register by December 31, 2025, to secure the lowest rate for the 2026 event before prices increase
2026 Lab Design Conference Workshop: Minimizing Risk in Design Decisions
The 2026 Lab Design Conference workshop on “Minimizing Risk: Liability-Aware Lab Design Strategies” teaches lab design teams how to identify risks early, engage the right stakeholders, and apply practical tools and exercises to structure processes, optimize layouts, and make workflow decisions that minimize liability and enhance safety
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Larissa Sattler
Larissa Sattler and her colleagues will present at the 2026 Lab Design Conference on creating truly inclusive, neurodiversity-focused lab environments, sharing insights, case studies, and practical strategies to help research spaces better support focus, comfort, and well-being for all users
2026 Lab Design Conference Lab Tour Preview: Siemens Energy Orlando Innovation Campus
A limited number of tickets are available for an exclusive tour of Siemens Energy’s Orlando Innovation Campus, offering 2026 Lab Design Conference attendees a rare, in-depth look at a multidisciplinary engineering environment designed to accelerate collaboration, rapid iteration, and full-cycle technology development
Beyond the Bench: A User-Centered Conversation
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference in Denver, a highly interactive roundtable encouraged attendees to rethink laboratory spaces through a user-centered lens—an engaging format that proved so valuable it will expand at the 2026 conference with additional sessions on academic lab design, material selection, and vibration challenges