• Question: What is the best thing to do in your job?

    Asked by bury490dab on 5 Jul 2023. This question was also asked by jump490eta, Gabriela, Poppy.
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      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 5 Jul 2023:

      try to discover things that others have not discovered so far. It is very exciting to do this. in 2019, I discovered some new bacteria which I named as Acinetobacter terrae, Acinetobacter terrestris. They are from the environment. Acineto=something that cant move, terrae=earth/land, terrestris =from the earth 🙂

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      Caroline Addey answered on 5 Jul 2023:

      Helping other people to overcome problems and setbacks

    • Photo: Blair Johnston

      Blair Johnston answered on 5 Jul 2023:

      The best thing I think is when I help a patient safely get an MRI scan they really need. In the early days of MRI, many patients with things like pacemakers wouldn’t be allowed in the MRI scanner but nowadays we have more information on the risk and newer implants designed for MRI that means we can get them their MRI scan

    • Photo: Hannah Scholes

      Hannah Scholes answered on 5 Jul 2023:

      Helping people get better when they are not well, and helping the doctors and medical team to save lives every day.

    • Photo: Sophie Shaw

      Sophie Shaw answered on 5 Jul 2023:

      I really love days where I just get to write computer code to solve a problem. It’s really satisfying when it finally works!

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      Cheryl Williams answered on 5 Jul 2023:

      I enjoy the projects that we do to evaluate new technology that will help us to diagnose and treat infections sooner.

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      Abi Attwell answered on 6 Jul 2023:

      Last year I did a project where I got to do lots of 3D printing and experimenting, as well as some coding with an Arduino (like Raspberry pi). That was very cool and I really enjoyed the creativity!

    • Photo: Simon Anderson

      Simon Anderson answered on 6 Jul 2023:

      Looking after people is amazing and some of the stories and conversations you have are great.

      Outside of this I love getting into ‘what is going on here’ looking at heart traces and trying to understand what is going on.

    • Photo: Paulo Fernandes

      Paulo Fernandes answered on 7 Jul 2023:

      Discover new things and ease the access of the medicines to people in need

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      Chigozie Onuba answered on 9 Jul 2023: last edited 9 Jul 2023 3:44 pm

      Identifying antibodies in blood transfusion using panels, dealing with code red, technical validation, interpretation and clinical authorisation of highly complex results from laboratory investigations.

    • Photo: Charlotte Ritson

      Charlotte Ritson answered on 10 Jul 2023:

      I love being able to help other people do their jobs in the best way possible, and knowing that I am contributing to making really important new medicines available.

    • Photo: Dan Brunsdon

      Dan Brunsdon answered on 10 Jul 2023:

      As corny as it sounds I think the best thing about my job is getting to use the area of work I enjoy most to help other people. One of my difficulties in choosing a career when I was younger was balancing the personal enjoyment I get out of my research with what practically I could be doing with it that makes a difference for people. I’ve been quite lucky that I’ve been able to take anthropology and make it more of an applied science within healthcare. I think I would really be struggling to keep my motivation if I worked in a different field and didn’t have that connection to helping people.

    • Photo: Kip Heath

      Kip Heath answered on 16 Jul 2023:

      I love it when I see scientists I’ve helped progressing. It’s really important for me. 🙂

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