Here, Xavier shares a few of his personal impressions and cherished lessons learned stemming from this project commissioned to Hannibal. Having come to GCP in 2009 from the private sector, Xavier reflects on how he was particularly struck by the realisation that often the most basic but all-important infrastructure, equipment and support services might be taken for granted in certain environments – but that without these elements in place, it can be very hard to simply get the nuts and bolts of the research work done.