• Question: who inspired you all to be a scientist?

    Asked by anon-349537 on 9 Feb 2023. This question was also asked by anon-349016.
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      Ollie Thomas answered on 9 Feb 2023:

      Weirdly, probably Heston Blumenthal. The way he uses his understanding of science to control the texture and flavour of food is something I thought was so cool, especially when he was able to make something that you may have thought wouldn’t be possible. Now I do basically the same thing but instead of food it’s with batteries.

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      Ester Reina-Torres answered on 10 Feb 2023:

      I don’t think there was a person in particular. I always liked science subjects at school, especially biology and chemistry. When I got to high school and I learned about genetics, it blew my mind! And I decided that I wanted to understand how cells work, they are like little independent things with a life of their own. I guess my biology teacher played a big role, she was very passionate about it, and it was contagious.

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      Katie Wilshaw answered on 13 Feb 2023:

      My dad loves nature and shared this interest with me. We would spend weekends making plaster casts of animal tracks, looking for fossils and pond dipping. He always encouraged me and my sister to ask questions and seek answers. He may not have been a scientist but I’d say he had the biggest influence on my passion for science.

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      Georgia Lambert answered on 14 Feb 2023:

      I am too indecisive to pick just one! My mum has always encouraged me to do what I enjoy (even if that involved dragging her to the park on the weekend to look for bugs). Also the amazing lecturers at university who taught me about what animal behaviour is and why it is such a fun topic. And some more well-known scientists like Dr Erica McAlister (she knows lots of good fly facts) and Prof Alice Roberts (she has the best pink hair).

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