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Asked by anon-354327 on 8 Mar 2023.
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Maike Wilschnack answered on 8 Mar 2023:
My research is on pharmaceuticals, e.g., ibuprofen, antibiotics, etc. in the environment. At the moment, our wastewater treatment works don’t remove pharmaceuticals efficiently and they get released into our rivers. That can be harmful for microorganism and fish. With my research I want to find out where we have high concentrations of pharmaceuticals and what we can do to make wastewater treatment works better. That will protect the environment.
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Rebecca Woods answered on 8 Mar 2023:
My PhD was looking at trying to find drug targets (proteins/enzymes that are essential) in parasites that cause neglected tropical diseases in humans and animals. This is an important area as the current treatments are not safe and/or effective enough so we want to identify new targets to develop drugs to kill these parasites.
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Nathalie Oguntona answered on 8 Mar 2023:
To make accessible a good standard of medicines people need to everyone
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Martin McCoustra answered on 8 Mar 2023:
All research is important… It enhances human knowledge and experience. It satisfies our curiosity about the universe around us. It also provides us with the foundations for new technologies that we might apply in the future. Fundamentally, without research our technology will stagnate; never moving forward. Even fundamental technologies such as fire and the wheel were the result of the scientific exploration. We cannot predict the outcomes of research and that uncertainty is part of the fun of doing research.
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Graeme Dykes answered on 8 Mar 2023:
When I was working in research, I knew that there were people waiting each day, hoping for a new drug to make their lives better. Every reaction which I ran could lead to a life changing medicine. That’s pretty important
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Maryam Sani answered on 8 Mar 2023:
My research is important because it gives insights into why girls choose STEM-related careers. My research gave students a chance to present their experiences. This can help organisations to understand a range of perspectives and cater to different needs.
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Craig Johnston answered on 9 Mar 2023:
My group’s research provides new ways of making organic molecules that are more efficient (quicker), more selective (only gives a single product), and more sustainable (we don’t use rare or precious elements like Palladium, Rhodium or Gold). This will allow other scientists to use our methods to make other organic molecules such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals or materials like polymers.
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Thomas Swift answered on 10 Mar 2023: last edited 10 Mar 2023 1:37 pm
I work on functional materials.
This means I take things that are inert, they don’t ‘do’ anything save for take up space, act as a filler, or offer strength to support heavy loads. I am interested in making them do more.
Think of handrails at train stations that passively kill any virus that comes into contact with them.
Filters that detect specific pollutants or poisons in river water and identify them.
Bone or hip implants designed to slowly dissolve and let your bone regrow back to its original shape.These are examples of big, complex technologies – some years off being available to the general public but they are all scientifically possible. I am part of many, many teams around the world routing through from what is possible to what is ‘feasible’ and actually likely to benefit people sooner than later
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Fabio Nudelman answered on 13 Mar 2023:
My research is on understanding how organisms make tissues like bone, teeth and shells, which are made of minerals like calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate (chalk!) or others. It is important for healthcare, for example we can develop new ways to repair fractured bones or cavities in the teeth.
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