• Question: Who inspired you to become a medical scientist?

    Asked by anon-251709 on 24 Apr 2020. This question was also asked by anon-252049.
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      Sophie Arthur answered on 24 Apr 2020:

      I didn’t really have one person that inspired me to be a scientist. I always just loved science and was curious to learn more so I just followed what I loved.

      Also the experiences and opportunities I have had along the way have helped me to mould the dream career I want in science communication

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      Anabel Martinez Lyons answered on 24 Apr 2020:

      My family definitely have, and some incredible teachers I had at school. But the fascination with how the human body works came before that I think.

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      Philip Denniff answered on 24 Apr 2020:

      Although I work in the pharmaceutical industry I don’t consider myself to be a medical scientist. At school I never did any biology past the nature table. I am however a good separation scientist. I can separate and accurately quantify almost any drug molecule. It started with titrations at school, progressed to measuring toothpaste and perfumeries in summer jobs. Then separating out the components of organic reactions at university. Then the pharmaceutical industry gave me the machines to do some serious separation science. It’s the quality of the number that counts. If the number is unreliable, everything you conclude from that number is rubbish. So there was no plan, I just wandered into it. Stay curious ask why and see where it leads you.

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      Ozge Ozkaya answered on 24 Apr 2020:

      My Biology teacher when I was 11 🙂

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      Donna MacCallum answered on 26 Apr 2020:

      I had a great biology teacher to taught me to ask questions… also a really good chemistry teacher and a physics teacher who had confidence in me!
      At University, the person who made me want to do research was my project supervisor who showed me how to design good questions, how to investigate and analyse them and I realised that research (where we don’t know the answers) is much more interesting than practicals where the answer is probably already known!

Comments

  • Photo: Alex

    Alex commented on :

    Hi there, I was inspired since school, and for me personally I wasn’t inspired by a person or a someone, but by how I enjoyed learning about biology, medicine and disease. This is something which is natural to me, and that I find interesting just because so.

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    Soudi commented on :

    I was inspired when I heard about “Dolly” the sheep! I was so awe-inspired and while I was still very young, I think around 14 years old? I told myself “I want to be someone who does such things!” I had no clue what is Genetics and Molecular Biology!! But I slowly paved my way, with amazing moral support from my family. And guess what? I got a PhD in Genetics!! I don’t clone sheep but I make plasmid clones in bacteria! close enough 😉