YOU SAID:

I went to the lab to do research

INTO JAPANESE

私は研究をするために研究室に行きました

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I went to the laboratory to do my research.

INTO JAPANESE

私は研究室に研究に行きました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I went to the laboratory for research.

INTO JAPANESE

研究室に研究に行きました。

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I went to the laboratory for research.