HHMI, the organization that helped fund both researchers, created their first campus, Janelia (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.janelia.org&#x2F;about-us" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.janelia.org&#x2F;about-us</a>), with that in mind.  The wide open spaces and architecture as well as the pub &quot;Bob&#x27;s&quot; provides plenty of places to chat.  Janelia also holds dozens of conferences a year where researchers can relax together after sessions and chat.<p>The architecture of Stanford Bio-X&#x27;s Clark Center (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;biox.stanford.edu&#x2F;about&#x2F;clark-center" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;biox.stanford.edu&#x2F;about&#x2F;clark-center</a>) targeted spontaneous meetings and discussion.  There&#x27;s a coffee shop on the third floor and wide open-air stairs in case you bump into someone.