In honor of the 50th Annual Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (MLPW), OriGen Biomedical proudly joined the global community in celebrating Lab Week from April 20–26, 2025. This milestone year spotlights the enduring impact of laboratory professionals under the fitting theme: “Mystery Machine of Diagnostics: Another Case Solved by the Lab.” Offered by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) in collaboration with Jim Coleman, Ltd., this year’s theme evokes the intrigue, precision, and behind-the-scenes brilliance of those who help solve the medical mysteries that save lives every day.
Originally established in 1975, Lab Week serves as a nationwide recognition of the vital contributions made by medical laboratory professionals. Sponsored by the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS), and supported by 17 national clinical laboratory organizations, this week-long celebration reminds us of the often-unsung heroes working in diagnostic labs, cell therapy labs, and hospital-based laboratory environments.
The numbers speak volumes: 70% of all medical decisions are based on laboratory results, with over 14 billion lab tests performed annually across 260,000 certified laboratories in the U.S. alone. These professionals are essential to the healthcare system, providing the data that guides life-saving decisions and cutting-edge research alike.
Scientific Sleuths
This year, OriGen Biomedical embraced the fun and mystery-solving spirit of Lab Week’s theme by spotlighting the incredible skill, curiosity, and precision that lab professionals bring to their work. In keeping with the theme’s playful vibe, OriGen distributed mystery-themed lunch bags, snacks, and toy packs to laboratory clients as tokens of appreciation—each one symbolizing the critical role they play in solving complex cases behind the scenes As a nod to the iconic “Lab is Everything” theme from Lab Week 2024, this year’s tribute brought fresh energy and fun, while continuing to highlight the lab’s central role in healthcare.
Putting a Face to the Impact
This year’s Lab Week celebration at OriGen was made even more meaningful thanks to a powerful guest speaker from our partners at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS): Ashley, a survivor and advocate, who shared her personal journey of undergoing CAR-T cell therapy.
Her moving story offered our team a rare and intimate look at the life-changing impact of the work that medical laboratory professionals do every day. From the initial diagnosis to the preparation of cellular therapy, her experience showed how lab professionals support every stage of treatment—processing specimens, performing critical quality control, and enabling innovations like CAR-T to become a reality.
Ashley reminded us that behind every test, every vial, and every data point is a person, a family, and a future. Her story gave powerful context to this year’s theme, “Mystery Machine of Diagnostics: Another Case Solved by the Lab,” by highlighting the real-world “cases” that lab professionals help solve—not just in theory, but in life-saving practice.
We are deeply grateful to Ashley and LLS for reminding us of the human side of diagnostics and for helping us celebrate Lab Week with purpose and heart.
At OriGen, we recognize that many of our customers work in specialized laboratory settings, including cell therapy, transfusion medicine, and academic research labs. Their work supports not only critical patient care but also innovation in treatments and therapies that shape the future of healthcare. We are deeply honored to support these heroes who continue to solve the “cases” that matter most—those that impact real lives, every day.
To every laboratory professional: thank you for everything you do! Whether uncovering rare diagnoses, supporting transplants, or contributing to life-saving therapies, your tireless work and passion never go unnoticed.
