The design of modern research and development labs may need to be rethought.
Artificial intelligence and automation are changing the way science is done, but many of the physical spaces in which research takes place are built on decades-old assumptions.
In this episode of “The Top Line,” Fierce Life Sciences & Healthcare Editor-in-Chief Ayla Ellison speaks with Ryley Poblete, Gensler Global Science Practice Area Leader, about how automation, data, and new research workflows are impacting lab design. As computational scientists, engineers, and automated systems become more central to research teams, organizations are rethinking how labs should be configured to support both focused work and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

