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Lab Design

Redesign and the Bottom Line

BY ISHANI GANGULI

PHOTOS: ISHANI GANGULI
Above, a soon-to-be production room, where production manager Randy Caise "went through 40 rolls of tape" to fit as many centrifuges, laminar flow hoods, and incubators as possible. Percifield calls it an efficient use of space.
Left, Percifield draws out a production schematic for Lentigen. According to him, the company would be significantly more productive if their rooms were contiguous.

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