12. The PSLs came together at the Wellcome Trust for a major Expo, sharing a new style of science storytelling rooted in authenticity and craft.
People explored the kits, met the team, and shared big smiles.
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11. The team spent weeks in the editing room bringing the stories to life... cutting, shaping, crafting.
Then the PSLs returned to London for a visit to the Wellcome Trust… where signs suggested their arrival was eagerly anticipated.
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10. Dan directed the Europe-bound PSL fleet from the UK, and soon the footage began flooding in.
Faces, labs, experiments, a world map of routes… proof that the PSLs were bringing global science stories to life.
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9. Jonathan Castro set off at dawn with 7 of the 14 PSLs carefully packed into their custom carriers.
Dan & Giulia waved him off, and by the afternoon, the cases were in FedEx and heading out into the world of science.
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8. From boxes to brilliance: the full fleet of 14 PSLs is complete.
A huge build, a tired team, and an incredible sight: all the kits ready to travel the world.
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7. Dan’s Oxfordshire kitchen became a mini factory as hundreds of packages arrived: cameras, lights, cables, everything needed for a full PSL fleet.
With Castro organising things, and Astro lending a paw, production was officially underway.
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6. The first PSL came back — and the footage was breathtaking.
Dan, Castro & Giulia watched in awe as scientists turned into storytellers.
Then Regina called. Perfect timing.
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A new Pivotal partnership aims to turbocharge advancements in women’s health.
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The Francis Crick team returned the PSL case with big smiles.
We were so pleased they’d enjoyed the experience!
Back home at the Barbican, we opened the case - and found a surprise.
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We ask every team who uses the Portable Story Lab to sign the case before they send it on.
Some leave signatures, others draw doodles or write notes.
Each case becomes a record of the labs it’s passed through.
See where the kits go, and the science behind them:
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The team effort, late nights, resourcefulness, and the empathy behind the design... this is the PSL's origin story.
Our team worked tirelessly to design kits that are simple, creative, and delightful to use.
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The team at the Icahn School of Medicine is developing behavioral & digital tools that measure patients’ treatment progress thru interactive tasks & game-based testing ➡️ grounded in data, not guesswork. #WellcomeLeap Go behind the science w/ the MCPsych team | Learn More 👉 wellcomeleap.org/mcpsych/
The team at the Icahn School of Medicine is developing behavioral & digital tools that measure patients’ treatment progress thru interactive tasks & game-based testing ➡️ grounded in data, not guesswork. #WellcomeLeap Go behind the science w/ the MCPsych team | Learn More 👉 wellcomeleap.org/mcpsych/
Love this article. We had a former #DARPA person advise the DG of the #BBC when we needed to transform at pace when we noticed the #WWW was coming! We set up a new #Innovation group to do just this. Now there is a former #DARPA lead head up the #WellcomeLeap team in the UK.
