The last pillar of Maslow’s hierarchy focuses on mental health, wellness, and personal growth. While this is often more focused on operationally, design can help foster these qualities in the workplace by creating calming spaces for respite, relaxation, and meditation.

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There are a host of challenges to improving working conditions in controlled scientific environments, but the benefits are well worth the effort. 

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Just as humans are motivated to fulfil their needs in a hierarchical order, moving from the most basic need to more advanced needs, we have identified five ways scientific facility design can help improve the workplace experience from a holistic, humanistic perspective.

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A design element that is front and center, stairs encourage people to collaborate and connect both with coworkers they know well and those they wouldn’t typically interact with by creating curated collision zones. 

A design element that is front and center, it encourages people to collaborate and connect both with coworkers they know well and those they wouldn’t typically interact with by creating curated collision zones.

Outdoor areas provide stress-reducing benefits of nature and fresh air, while serving as collision zones that encourage interactions and collaboration between departments. They provide space for the company to connect with the surrounding community as well.

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Create a comfortable environment that fulfills basic human needs and encourages productivity<br><br>

Five Things Every Lab Needs but Doesn&rsquo;t Have

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Move Beyond Policies to Build a Lab Culture Where Safety is Second Nature

Turning Safety Principles Into Daily Practice

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End-to-end workflow from liquid biopsy sample to data analysis

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The Agilent Avida Duo workflow enables the detection of DNA variants and methylation markers from the same sample input, with a fast turnaround time. 

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Initiate your analysis from FASTQ files from LBx or methylation samples

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End-to-end workflow from liquid biopsy sample to data analysis. 

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Multiomic Insights from Liquid Biopsy with Agilent Avida and SeqOne Platform

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A team of female pharmacists in the production laboratory uses a high-resolution liquid chromatography device or HPLC SYSTEM to analyze and prepare a new product.

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Maximizing the Performance and Lifespan of Analytical Equipment

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Multiomic Insights from Liquid Biopsy with Agilent Avida and SeqOne Platform

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