• Question: what do you enjoy doing in the science lab

    Asked by anon-359861 on 17 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Christy Sadler

      Christy Sadler answered on 17 Mar 2023:

      I love doing experiments and problem solving in the lab. If something doesn’t work, I really enjoying picking the experiment apart to work out where things have gone wrong!

    • Photo: Craig Johnston

      Craig Johnston answered on 18 Mar 2023:

      I don’t get to spend as much time in the lab anymore as I have many more responsibilities now. My favourite thing to do was purifying compounds by recrystallisation as you often ended up with big beautiful crystals, which were also very pure.

    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 20 Mar 2023:

      I don’t get into the lab as much as I’d like but my students spend a lot of time there. When I get the chance to go in and help my students solve problems with the apparatus that we use that’s probably the most fun. It helps the students learn more about our instruments.

    • Photo: Maryam Sani

      Maryam Sani answered on 20 Mar 2023:

      Experiments!

    • Photo: Grace Roper

      Grace Roper answered on 21 Mar 2023:

      I love doing experiments in the lab. It is great when you see results from hours of work. Although also irritating when the experiments don’t work!
      I generally plan my experiments at my desk, which means I can relax when I’m in the lab. We also always have music playing in our labs, and there’ll be lots of little chats with others in the lab.

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