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Exploring LSTM’s Impact: Tropical Medicine Time Machine – From Disease Vectors to Global Health

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13 August 2024

Dominic Smith

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Exploring LSTM’s Impact: Tropical Medicine Time Machine – From Disease Vectors to Global Health

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund , LSTM celebrated its 125th anniversary with the “LSTM – Past, Present, and Future” project, engaging audiences in its rich heritage and groundbreaking work. The project made a lasting impact by fostering learning, enhancing skills, and strengthening community ties.

A highlight was the Tropical Medicine Time Machine, an interactive pop-up museum created by artists Tom Hyatt and Natasha Niethamer. This captivating exhibit explored LSTM’s work in vector biology, snakebite venom research, and public health, and it toured key locations like the World Museum, Museum of Liverpool, and Africa Oyé.

The Time Machine also reached classrooms through a partnership with Everton in the Community, the charitable arm of Everton Football Club. This collaboration brought the exhibit and educational resources to Liverpool’s primary and secondary schools, inspiring the next generation.

A young child with long brown hair and clear-framed glasses sits at a table, concentrating as they thread or inspect a small craft item in their hands. They wear a light green jacket with a butterfly print. In front of them are craft materials, including a tray of small googly eyes and a twisted, colourful pipe cleaner. Another child sits slightly out of focus in the background.

As part of LST M’S. Hundred and 25th Anniversary, I applied for funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to create a pop-up museum that speaks of LSTM’S. History and work that pop-up museum has toured Liverpool venues and been part of an educational program that has allowed that rich heritage to go into schools.

The tropical medicine time machine. Consists of a series of wooden boxes inspired by the wooden carry cases that housed ltms antique microscopes. Each box contains a screen on the side and a Raspberry Pi computer within it. When the 3D printed artifacts are placed on the box, it triggers videos playing, telling the story of LST M’S.

History and work. LSTM Scientists, the custodian of its archives, and two science artists co-created the Tropical Medicine time machine. This touring interactive pop-up museum that explores LST m’s. Groundbreaking work in vector biology, snake bite venom research, public health and travel health, and other areas, engaging audiences of all ages.

As an extension to this, the tropical medicine time machine. With associated workbooks and activities have been taken into primary and secondary schools within Everton, the community’s school network. The project has brought L SDMs captivating story to a wider audience and ignited their interest in science.

The project has laid the foundations for further work. We are recreating elements of the tropical medicine time machine onto an online platform that will ensure the project’s impact extends far beyond its physical exhibits, reaching a regional and potentially global community. Also, crucially strengthened partnerships with Everton in the community and the invaluable contributions of community volunteers will be of enormous benefit for future public engagement initiatives.