• Question: What's the most fascinating thing about your research?

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      Asked by VFLinden to Daniela ?, ☣ Danna, Jonny, Juan, Lindsay on 10 Jun 2016.
      • Photo: Jonathan Hunter

        Jonathan Hunter answered on 10 Jun 2016:

        What I lovely about my work is that I get to use big lights to make large amounts of chemicals. Most chemists, tend to make very small amounts (1000th of a gram) of chemicals but my aim is to make grams to kilo grams of material.
        This means that my work could one day be part of a real process for making tonnes of chemicals or medicine to treat thousands of people.

      • Photo: Lindsay Robinson

        Lindsay Robinson answered on 11 Jun 2016:

        It sounds like my job is at the opposite end of the scale to Jonathan’s. I make small amounts of chemicals that no one has made before. It means that every day is different because I’m always trying to do new chemistry. Things go wrong (a lot!) but the fun is trying to solve the problem. The best thing about my research is when the biologists test my compounds and find out that it works!

      • Photo: Danna Gifford

        Danna Gifford answered on 14 Jun 2016:

        I like discovering all of the many ways bacteria can adapt in response to changes in their environment. Change their food source? Bacteria get better at eating the new thing. Add an antibiotic? Bacteria figure out a way to break it down or stop it from working. Make it colder? Bacteria put on a jacket—well, no, actually, they turn on their cold-response genes.

      • Photo: Daniela Lobo

        Daniela Lobo answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        When things I have tried in the lab didn’t work, and I don’t know why. When things I have tried in the lab worked, and I don’t know why.
        In any case, looking for answers is the best part of the job as a researcher!

      • Photo: Juan Ortiz

        Juan Ortiz answered on 17 Jun 2016:

        Finding out something that no one else in the world knows except me!!! This is amazing! Along with my fun friends in the lab that are always joking! 😀

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