On Friday 28th September, INTENS partners met in London at The Francis Crick Institute to discuss progress and forge directions. The multi-disciplinary and highly collaborative project team presented scientific progress and used combined expertise to outline the next steps. During the richly productive meeting, INTENS partners also discussed the public engagement work of the consortium and had the opportunity to talk with the family of a patient affected by Short Bowel Syndrome, the condition that INTENS work is journeying towards a therapy for.