• Question: What drives you and makes you passionate about science?

    Asked by Resh@science to Chris, Hayley, Jimi, Maddison, Omur on 14 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Maddison Coke

      Maddison Coke answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      I think the unknown drives me. I know that maybe 10, 20 or 30 years down the line my research may help technologies somewhere but thats a little far to keep me motivated now so I go for my personal goals. Making a new experiment that will give me new results is very exciting. Sometimes my machine isn’t working so you have to problem solve an answer so we get the machine up and running. There are lots of different problems and I like problem solving. I still think overall my passion for doing experiment no one has the answer to drives me- I am an expert at what I do in the whole world and thats kind of cool.

    • Photo: Omur Tastan

      Omur Tastan answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      The idea that one day, I might directly or indirectly help other people with my studies is what drives me 🙂

    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      My passion comes from so many sources. What drives me is seeing families everyday and fuels my excitement to try and make a difference. It keeps me passionated knowing that what I do can help so many children and their families. Knowing that what I do could make even the smallest of differences to these families keeps my driven. Also, knowing these families want help and want to know more about the syndromes their children have makes me want to do more and keep pushing for them to understand more. Being directly in touch with families is a massive thing for me to stay driven.

    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 15 Mar 2016:

      What drives me is the need to help other people. In my job I help other scientists do mass spectrometry experiments. And in turn they help doctors treat diseases, and the doctors help patients. It a big help-chain.

      I’m also quite task-driven… which means I like actually doing the experiments, and not just waiting for the results. I like the look and feel of many of the experiments I do. And i find lab work a lot of fun.

      And, like all scientists, I just have to know how things work…

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