Janelia Farm, HHMI's new research community in Loudoun County, Virginia, will be "a place for passionate, excited scientists to interact and collaborate, free from many of the distractions that make life in a modern university so hectic and scheduled," says Janelia Farm Director Gerald M. Rubin. Making that happen means hiring the staff and buying the supplies and equipment that will outfit the main campus building and its 21 labs, plus finding just the right amenities for the 90-room hotel and 53 apartments to make visiting scientists feel at home—and ready to work.

Illustrations: Christoph Niemann