• Question: What is your most exciting finding in your area of science?

    Asked by 349medb57 to Clare, Glafkos, Paul, Samantha on 9 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Samantha Terry

      Samantha Terry answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      I personally discovered that imaging the formation of new blood vessels in head and neck cancers could predict response to radiation therapy. this could have major impact on how these patients are treated…

    • Photo: Clare Devery

      Clare Devery answered on 9 Mar 2015:

      I haven’t made any findings of note just yet! During my masters I spent some time designing a special type of MRI radiofrequency coil for imaging mice brains. The coil was tiny and very difficult to construct properly due to it’s small size. It worked quite well in the end though and has been in use for research since then. So maybe another scientist used my coil to discover something exciting in mice brains. If that has happened I’m claiming some of the credit!!

    • Photo: Paul Booker

      Paul Booker answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Sadly nothing to do with me, but the most recent technology development in radiotherapy is a combination of an MRI scanner and a linac (the machine that makes radiation). This means you can see the cancer whilst treating it and in theory account for any movement as it happens. At the moment we add a margin around the tumour to account for this, so this could mean better treatments with much fewer side effects.

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      I found that the water between cells in the human heart varies with age and with gender.. this could explain why female and male hearts are different. But we will see.. still have some work to do!

    • Photo: Glafkos Havariyoun

      Glafkos Havariyoun answered on 13 Mar 2015:

      I haven’t made any personal discoveries yet (I have been working as a scientist for 1.5 years) ! But hopefully it will happen soon!

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