MBB: the Moronic Bumblers Building..

Laboratory update:
We have officially moved into our new labs at the Medical Biosciences Building at UMN. The idea was to have a location for all the immunologists to be localized in the same area to promote interaction. Unfortunately, the building is designed in a way that makes it more difficult to interact.

I admit, everything is new, and it's an edgier, artsier building than before. And best of all, I have gigantic windows with a great view... of the train tracks.

HOWEVER, overall lab space is diminished, storage is drastically reduced, and we've been plopped out by ourselves behind the football stadium. My giant windows are north-facing -- so it's frigid in here, there's not enough refrigeration capacity, and for a building that is meant to promote interaction, there are no large meeting rooms.

Good job, UMN. Your goal of making the University one of the top research institutions will surely work when you let administrative accounting control building design. This building had been touted as high-tech and state-of-the-art. So far the most futuristic bit I've seen is the motion sensor on the urinal.

Well done.