September 2004 | Digital Science Lab
commissioned by The Wellcome Trust and NESTA
The Wellcome Trust and NESTA commissioned this Lab as the first stage in a two-year project to develop innovative teaching software project prototypes around social and ethical issues in 21st century science. Twenty-four project ideas were developed at the Lab, six of which went on to receive further development funding.
Lab Director
Max Whitby
Participants
Aja Barber - Lab runner
Nikki Barton - Creative Director, Nykris
Susan Benn - PAL Director
Andrew Berry - research associate, Harvard University
Rob Bevan - Creative Director, XPT
Michael Blakstad - Professor of Digital media, Glamorgan University
Tilly Blyth - curator, Science Museum
Elio Caccavale - designer
Hilary Durman - Founder, Resource Base
Jane Essex - Science Education tutor, Keele University
Anna Evans-Freke - Lab co-ordinator
Pam Ferguson - teacher and curriculum developer
Barry Gibb - medical researcher, UCL and filmmaker
Peter Gilpin - PAL chef
Doug Gray - cameraman
Angela Hall - Director, Science Learning Centre
Christine Hardy - teacher
Ben Johnson - principal researcher, Graphic Science, UWE
Rose Lejune - Lab co-ordinator
Dean Madden - Co-Director, National Centre for Biotechnology Education
Jonathan Maris - storyboard artist
Katherine Mathieson - Programme Manager, NESTA
Catherine May - opera singer
Chris McQuarry - actor
Siobhån Nicholas - actor
Simon Parry - project manager, Wellcome Trust
Joshua Portway - artist, animator and games designer
Jake Sanson - student
Tony Sherborne - project developer, Centre for Science Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Mia Soteriou - actor
David Squire - Director, DESQ Ltd
Gavin Starks - radio astronomer, sound artist and streaming media innovator of the Human Genetics Commission
Bronwyn Terrill - project manager, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Rhiannon Tise – writer for theatre, TV and radio
Fiddian Warman – MD, Soda
Robert Willox - actor
Guest Speakers
Sara Al-Bader - Nanotechnology Group, Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering
Duncan Dallas - Founder, Café Scientifique
Peter Finegold - senior project manager, Wellcome Trust
Nicole Grobert - Nanotechnology Group, Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering
Helene Guldberg - Managing Editor, spiked
Ralph Levinson - teacher and researcher, Institute of Education, University of London
John Sulston - former Director, Sanger Centre and Vice Chair, Human Genetics Commission
Richard Watson - Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University
Evaluator
Robert Smith
Funded by
Wellcome Trust
NESTA
