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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • December 21, 2000
    Some groups of experimentalists, such as biophysicists, biochemists, and molecular biologists, contain a growing number of people working on bioinformatics projects. However, the environment most conducive to experimental work (a laboratory with rows of benches) may not be such to computational work.

    How is bioinformatics research performed in your laboratory? Are you working on a computer in a laboratory bustling with wet-lab workers toting gels and Eppendorfs? Would the work environment of programmers and computer scientists be better? While some work in cubicles, a University of Michigan study suggests that a ``war room'' might be best:

    ``Teams of workers that labored together for several months in specially designed `war rooms' were twice as productive as their counterparts working in traditional office arrangements, a study by University of Michigan researchers has found....Instead of toiling in separate cubicles, workers sit at wall-less workstations in one big, open room. The room is typically outfitted with central worktables, whiteboards and flip charts to facilitate group discussions.''

    Full story at ScienceDaily:
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/12/001206144705.htm

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