• Question: What has been your favourite experience whilst working in your job?

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      Asked by anon-285567 on 4 Mar 2021. This question was also asked by anon-285510, anon-284211, anon-287551.
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        Isolda Romero-Canelon answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        I have had many great experiences in my job, but the top three would be: 1) see my students do well in their own research and become fab scientists themselves, 2) meet lovely and very smart people, particularly when I get to work in collaboration with them and 3) visit fantastic places and different cultures when I go on conferences or when I lecture abroad

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        Jesko Koehnke answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        The discovery of something new. I know it sounds cheesy, but having a job that allows me to learn more about the world we live in every day, however small the increment, gives me tremendous joy.

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        Martin McCoustra answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        I’ve got a couple of things I enjoy. Firstly finding out new stuff that no-one else has previously discovered. The second is seeing the look of understanding in a student’s eyes when they finally get something that you’ve been trying to explain to them. Both a pretty awesome.

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        Amy Sanders answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        Honestly, science Twitter is a pretty cool thing. It has allowed me to connect with other Biomedical Scientists all over the UK and abroad and means there’s a whole host of different experiences that I can draw upon at the end of my finger tips.

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        Nikita King answered on 5 Mar 2021:

        I love it when you get a good result or when things fall into place and make sense.
        At the same time it’s also great working with different people in different areas of science – you learn there is still so much to learn!

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        Andrew Parrott answered on 5 Mar 2021:

        Working on something that you know nobody else has tried yet – can be a bit daunting (you can’t ask anybody if you did it right) but also very exciting – whatever you find out will be new.

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        Ane Valera answered on 5 Mar 2021:

        Last year, before COVID, I had the chance to go to a lot of conferences in which I could network and learn from a lot of interesting professionals of my field. I really enjoy when I have those chances.

        On the other hand, I love learning science so being able to learn as much as I have during my PhD process is something I should be blessed for

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        Michael Walford answered on 9 Mar 2021:

        The sense of completion when i received accreditation for the equipment i set up mostly by myself. I was employed to set up an FTIR system when i joined BRE, and we require accreditation to offer the test to customers. It was an awesome feeling to have finished that work, especially as a lot of it was done by myself, working out as i go along

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      Tim commented on :

      That is a very good question! For me I have to say going to Diamond Light Source (the UK synchrotron) for the first time and Soleil Synchrotron in France for the first time! Every time I go, I still get goosebumps! Then meeting people who also have that passion for science is amazing too!