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Michigan Tech’s H-STEM Facility: The Divergent Lab as a Catalyst for Change and Growth
Michigan Technological University’s new H-STEM facility embodies the Divergent Lab concept, creating a flexible, interdisciplinary, and future-ready home for its Health Research Institute while overcoming design, construction, and pandemic-related challenges
Speaking with One Voice: How Owner’s Reps Streamline Life Sciences Permitting
Life sciences projects often stall because permitting is treated as an administrative afterthought, but when it is centralized, technically informed, and managed through a coordinated owner’s representative model, it becomes a strategic function that reduces risk, shortens timelines, and keeps complex lab campuses moving efficiently
Planning for Sensitivity: Temperature, Vibration, and Power in Legacy Labs
Inside a 75-year-old, fully occupied academic building, McGill University is modernizing photonics labs while tackling challenges related to vibration, environmental control, and legacy infrastructure
cGMP and Fossil Fuel-Free—United Therapeutics Project Lightyear
Project Lightyear is a pioneering cGMP facility by United Therapeutics that achieves net zero energy and fossil fuel-free operations through innovative sustainable systems, setting a global benchmark for resilient, high-performance pharmaceutical lab design
Life Science and Physical Science in Transition: Flexibility, AI, and the Future of Research Spaces
Post-pandemic life sciences are navigating an oversupplied lab market while AI, cloud computing, and flexible, automated lab and cleanroom designs are reshaping how research is conducted and spaces are built
Lab Space That Works: Lessons for Start-Ups and Incubators
Start-up labs and incubators face a unique challenge: building spaces that support groundbreaking research while meeting real-world operational and leasing demands
Register Now and Save $100 on Your Lab Design Conference Ticket
Register by February 27, 2026, to save $100 on your pass to the 25th annual Lab Design Conference, where lab design professionals come together for expert insights, real-world case studies, and meaningful peer connections
Planning a Lab Renovation or Retrofit? Here’s Why You Should Attend the 2026 Lab Design Conference
The 2026 Lab Design Conference brings together real-world lessons, practical education, and peer insight to help renovation teams navigate the constraints, risks, and complexities of updating laboratory spaces—without disrupting the people and science that depend on them
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
An Engineer’s Approach to an Integrated and Innovative Research Institute
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference, AEI principals Blythe Vogt and Holly Lattin showcased the University of Arkansas’s I³R building as a model of sustainable, flexible, and modular lab design that integrates energy-efficient systems, adaptable floorplates, and forward-thinking engineering to support evolving interdisciplinary research needs