Science + Technology Regional Market Sector Leader, David Bendet, lends his insight to Laboratory Equipment's feature story regarding predictions for the "lab of the future." The article explores the Buck Institute's Larry L. Hillblom Center for Integrative Studies of Aging, designed by Perkins+Will's San Francisco office, as an example of emerging trends in research laboratories such as sustainability and flexibility. The article further asserts that costs, funding, and staffing changes are the dominant drivers in this year's study for what the lab of the future will be like.