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A framework for the laboratories in our lives

Below (Fig. 1) is a diagrammatic expression of one method of organizing laboratories of the world. The idea behind the framework is that you could name a specific laboratory and be able to put it somewhere within the framework. For example:

  • The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's mobile forensics laboratory[1] would fall under Government > Public > Compliance and Legal > Wet (or Dry) > Mobile.
  • An engineering design laboratory based within a for-profit car manufacturing company would fall under Private > Internal Customer > Research / Design > Dry > Fixed.
  • A chemistry laboratory housed in a secondary school in Germany would fall under Academic > Teaching > Secondary > Wet > Fixed.


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Figure 1. A diagrammatic representation of laboratory types using both client type and function as the key organizational elements


The original inspiration for this diagram came from Jain and Rao's attempt to diagram Indian diagnostic laboratories in 2015.[2] While their diagram focused entirely on the clinical sphere of laboratories, it was easy to envision expanding upon their work to express laboratories of all types. Additional inspiration came from KlingStubbins architecture textbook Sustainable Design of Research Laboratories: Planning, Design, and Operation[3], which lists several methods for organizing types of laboratories; Daniel D. Watch's Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories[4]; and Walter Hain's Laboratories: A Briefing and Design Guide.[5]

The benefit of this diagrammatic approach — with client type at its base — becomes more apparent when we start considering the other two methods we could use to categorize laboratories, as described by KlingStubbins et al.: by science and by function. Organizing by science quickly becomes problematic, emphasizes KlingStubbins[3]:

Gone are the days when the division was as simple as biology and chemistry. New science fields emerge rapidly now and the lines between the sciences are blurred. A list based on science types would include not just biology and chemistry, but biochemistry, biophysics, electronics, electrophysiology, genetics, metrology, nanotechnology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physics, and so on.

As for function, we can look at what type of activity is primary to the lab. Is it designed to teach students, function as a base for research, provide quality control functions, calibrate equipment, or act as a routine analytical station? Another benefit of looking at labs by function is it helps with our organization of labs within industry (discussed in the next section) by what they do. For example, we don't have a "manufacturing lab"; rather, we have a laboratory in a manufacturing company — perhaps making cosmetics — that serves a particular function, whether its quality control or research and development. This line of thinking has utility, but upon closer inspection, we discover that we need to look further up the chain at who's running it.

As such, we realize these functions can be integrated with client type to provide a more complete framework. Why? When we look at laboratories by science type — particularly when inspecting newer fields of science — we realize 1. they are often interdisciplinary (e.g., molecular diagnostics integrating molecular biology with clinical chemistry) and 2. they can serve two different functions within the same science (e.g., a diagnostic cytopathology lab vs. a teaching cytopathology lab). Rather than build a massively complex chart of science types, with numerous intersections and tangled webs, it seems more straightforward to look at laboratories by client type and then function, following from the architectural viewpoints presented by KlingStubbins et al.

However, this doesn't mean looking at laboratories by science is entirely fruitless. But rather than focus directly on the sciences, why not look at the industries employing laboratory science? While there is crossover between industries (e.g., the cosmetic and petrochemical industries both lean on various chemical sciences), we can extend from the previous diagram (or work in parallel with it) and paint a broader picture of just how prevalent laboratories are in our life.

In the next section, we look at the private, government, and academic labs in various industries; provide real-life examples; and discuss the various subdivisions (functions) and sciences performed in them.

Labs by industry

Note: This is not a thorough listing of industry categories. More will be added when necessary.

Agriculture and forestry

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Laboratories within the agriculture and forestry field provide many different services, including:

  • analysis and assessment of seeds and soils[6]
  • analysis and assessment of pesticides[6]
  • studies of farm and field systems[6]
  • risk assessment of genetically modified organisms and microorganisms[7]
  • tracking and analysis of agricultural animal disease[8]

Client types

Private - Insert applicable text here.

Examples include:

Government - Insert applicable text here.

Examples include:

Academic - Also note that agriculture laboratories associated with higher education institutions are often of a hybrid client type and function. They may multi-purpose a laboratory for research, teaching, and analytical testing purposes. Many higher-education agriculture labs also process samples from external third-party clients, acting in some ways like a private analytical lab would. In some cases, non-profit and private entities partner with higher education (public-private) to provide research and training opportunities beneficial to both the entities and the students. (See for example the Cornell-affiliated non-profit Hudson Valley Research Laboratory.[9])

Examples include:

Functions

What are the most common functions? Analytical, research/design, QA/QC, and teaching

What materials and/or technologies are being analyzed, researched, and quality controlled? Animal tissue, compost, feed and forage, fertilizers, irrigation water, manure, plant tissue, soil

What sciences are being applied in these labs? Insert text here

What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment?

Test types include: Absorption, Acute contact, Acute oral, Acute toxicity, Allergy, Antimicrobial, Atterberg limits, Bioaccumulation, Biodegradation, Chronic toxicity, Composition, Conductivity, Consolidation, Contamination, Cytology, Density, Developmental and reproductive toxicology, Efficacy, Endocrine disruptor screening program, Environmental fate, Environmental metabolism, Expiration dating, Fluorescence, Formulation, Genotoxicity, GMO detection, Hydraulic conductivity, Impurity, Labeling, Metallurgical analysis, Minimum bactericidal concentration, Minimum inhibitory concentration, Mobility, Moisture, Mold - fungal - mycotoxin, Mutagenicity, Nutritional, Organic carbon, Oxidation reduction potential, Oxidation stability, Pathogen, Pathogenicity, PDCAAS, Permeability, pH, Phytosanitary, Plant metabolism, Proficiency, Purity, Radioactivity, Radiochemical, Sanitation, Sensory, Shelf life, Soil microflora, Solubility, Specific gravity, Subchronic toxicity, Terrestrial toxicology, Toxicokinetic, Vigor and germination, Water activity, Wildlife toxicology

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the agriculture industry? The food and beverage industry is closely linked. For example, the State of Pennsylvania's Department of Agriculture includes a food safety laboratory division.[10] However, for the purposes of this guide, food, beverages, and ingredients are separated out as its own industry. Even raw materials that can be consumed alone such as cows milk or apples require some processing and handling (e.g., cleaning and packaging). In other words, the agriculture industry is arguably worried about the research, development, growth, and safety of what goes into what the food and beverage industry provides. Agriculture labs also have obvious tie-ins to environmental laboratories as agricultural activities impact the environment and vice versa. Ties to veterinary labs are also evident.

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Automotive

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Functions

What are the most common functions? Analytical, research/design, and QA/QC

What materials and/or technologies are being analyzed, researched, and quality controlled? Combustion, emissions, fluid dynamics, lubricants, materials and components, power conversion and control, propulsion and power generation, safety, structural mechanics, transportation system modeling

What sciences are being applied in these labs? Insert text here

What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment? Insert text here

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the automotive industry? The petrochemical, environmental, power, and manufacturing industries are closely linked.

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Calibration and standards

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Client types

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What are the most common functions? Calibration, research/design, QA/QC, teaching

What aspects and/or technologies are being calibrated, researched, and quality controlled? Electronics, measurement tools, mechanical devices, primary standards; dimensional, hardness, photometric, sensitivity, thermal, volumetric

What sciences are being applied in these labs? Insert text here

What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment? Insert text here

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the calibration industry? Many calibration labs found in higher education facilities seem to be multipurpose, capable of handling not only teaching and research functions but also able to provide independent calibration services to external customers, public and private. In the U.S. at least, the government is engaged in several public-private ventures involving calibration and standards laboratories.

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Chemical

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Functions

What are the most common functions? Analytical, research/design, QA/QC, and teaching

What materials and/or technologies are being analyzed, researched, and quality controlled? biological materials, ceramics, dyes and pigments, fragrances, glass, inorganics, lubricants, manufactured materials, metals, petrochemicals, polymers, raw chemicals

What sciences are being applied in these labs? Insert text here - See http://www.chemistry2011.org/branchesofchemistry

What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment? Insert text here

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the calibration industry? Since chemistry knowledge and its application is vital to many businesses' success, we see significant crossover into the cosmetic, environmental, manufacturing, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

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Clinical, public and private

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Functions

What are the most common functions? Analytical, research/design, QA/QC, and teaching

What materials and/or technologies are being analyzed, researched, and quality controlled? Biological specimens, cadavers

What sciences are being applied in these labs? Insert text here

What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment? Insert text here

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the clinical and public health industry?

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Clinical

Public health


Clinical research

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What are the most common functions? Research

What aspects and/or technologies are being calibrated, researched, and quality controlled?

What sciences are being applied in these labs? Insert text here

What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment? Insert text here

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the clinical research industry?

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Cosmetic

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What are some examples of test types, terminology, and equipment? Insert text here

What else, if anything, is unique about the labs in the clinical research industry? Insert text here

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Energy

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Environmental

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Food and beverage

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Geology and mining

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Law enforcement and forensics

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Life sciences and biotechnology

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Life sciences

Bioinformatics


Logistics

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Manufacturing and R&D

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Nanotechnology

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Petrochemical

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Pharmaceutical

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Power and utility

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Veterinary

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References

  1. Stephens, B. (4 March 2015). "Inside look at FBI's new mobile forensics lab". KCTV5 News. Gannaway Web Holdings, LLC. http://www.kctv5.com/story/28266161/inside-look-at-fbis-new-mobile-forensics-lab. Retrieved 29 March 2017. 
  2. Jain, R.; Rao, B. (2015). "Medical diagnostic laboratories provisioning of services in India". CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research 2 (1): 19–31. doi:10.4103/2348-3334.149340. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 KlingStubbins (2010). Sustainable Design of Research Laboratories: Planning, Design, and Operation. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 17–18. ISBN 9780470915967. https://books.google.com/books?id=yZQhTvvVD7sC&pg=PA18. Retrieved 29 March 2017. 
  4. Watch, D.D. (2001). "Chapter 2: Laboratory Types". Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 37–99. ISBN 9780471217572. https://books.google.com/books?id=_EGpDgUNppIC&pg=PA37. Retrieved 29 March 2017. 
  5. Hain, W. (2003). Laboratories: A Briefing and Design Guide. Taylor & Francis. pp. 2–5. ISBN 9781135822941. https://books.google.com/books?id=HPB4AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA2. Retrieved 29 March 2017. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gliessman, S.R. (2007). Field and Laboratory Investigations in Agroecology. CRC Press. pp. 302. ISBN 9780849328466. https://books.google.com/books?id=pENYREeyGHoC&printsec=frontcover. 
  7. U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (August 1992). "Chapter 8: Scientific Issues: Risk Assessment and Risk Management". A New Technological Era for American Agriculture. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 225–256. ISBN 9780160379784. https://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1992/9201/9201.PDF. 
  8. National Academies Press (2012). Meeting Critical Laboratory Needs for Animal Agriculture: Examination of Three Options. National Academy of Science. pp. 144. ISBN 9780309261296. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13454/meeting-critical-laboratory-needs-for-animal-agriculture-examination-of-three. 
  9. "Hudson Valley Research Laboratory". Hudson Valley Research Lab, Inc. 2017. http://www.hudsonvalleyresearchlab.org/. Retrieved 29 March 2017. 
  10. "Food Safety Laboratory Division". Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. 2017. http://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Protect/FoodSafety/Laboratory/Pages/default.aspx. Retrieved 29 March 2017.