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Call for Speakers Opens for the 2027 Lab Design Conference
The Lab Design Conference is seeking presentations featuring real-world case studies, lessons learned, and laboratory end-user perspectives
How Early Stakeholder Engagement Is Guiding New Teaching Labs
The University of Minnesota Rochester's $10.38 million Discovery Square expansion demonstrates how early planning, stakeholder collaboration, and flexible laboratory design are shaping a next-generation teaching environment that connects students with Rochester's growing life sciences ecosystem
Professional Profile: Kellie Matzinger
Kellie Matzinger discusses her career in microbiology and contamination control, the launch of First Onsite’s Life Sciences Division, and how specialized expertise can help organizations better prepare for critical environment challenges
How Operational Excellence Elevated UNLV Facility to LEED Platinum
What transformed a LEED Silver medical education building into a LEED Platinum facility? The answer wasn't a redesign—it was what happened after occupants moved in
Demand Response in Critical Environments: Can Cleanrooms and Labs Participate Safely?
Demand response can offer energy savings for laboratories and cleanrooms, but only when supported by rigorous planning, risk assessment, commissioning, and safeguards that protect safety and research operations
Smarter Hazmat Planning Starts Before Design Begins
From chemical inventories and hazardous material workflows to laboratory suites and AHJ collaboration, BWBR's Nate Roisen and Kat Lauer explored how proactive planning can create safer, more adaptable laboratory facilities at the 2026 Lab Design Conference
Lab End Users Share Why Peer Learning Matters: On the Floor at the Lab Design Conference
Laboratory leaders share how active expansion projects brought them to the Lab Design Conference—and why learning from peers and the design community can lead to more efficient, future-ready labs
Upgraded Cell Banking Suites Support Growing CGT Demand
Minaris has upgraded its Philadelphia GMP cell banking suites to increase capacity, strengthen contamination control, and integrate manufacturing and testing workflows, providing advanced therapy developers with a more efficient and scalable path from cell banking through commercialization
What NJIT Learned from Moving into a Former Merck Lab
As NJIT settles into its new home at the NEST Center, the university's experience offers valuable lessons on how repurposed pharmaceutical labs can provide flexible, cost-effective research space for academic institutions without the time and expense of new construction
Structural and Operational Lessons from the USF Marine Lab Fire
A devastating lightning fire forces the University of South Florida to navigate complex facility relocation, insurance assessments, and the reconstruction of bespoke academic infrastructure