Factors that need to be considered

Besides the essential tools, including hardware and software, which will be discussed later, there are some other factors to consider while building the lab. The investigator usually will spend a long time in the lab workspace. So, it should be comfortable enough and they must have full control over its environment. In the next section, we will highlight some factors that need to be considered in the planning phase.

Size

It is always a good idea to prepare for future expansion while planning for the lab from the beginning. If you are expecting an expansion, for example, the number of current team members will be raised by 50% in two years, you will need to consider a larger lab size in the planning phase so that you can have all your members working in the same place, instead of two separate locations.

Suitable lab size can be affected by the following factors:

• The number of the investigators working concurrently, and the overlapping between different work...