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