• Question: how much does your work/research cost?

    Asked by oweni004 to Thomas on 15 Jun 2015.
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      Thomas Farrugia answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hi Oweni004 !

      This is a good one – I can’t put an actual number on it but I reckon I’m not the cheapest PhD student since I do have to use lab consumables (plastic petri dishes, pipette tips, glass vials), and also order in proteins, which normally don’t come cheap (~£200-300 per gramme at times!) . Then there’s the cost of equipment which I use, along with me being paid.

      However I don’t use a fume hood (which eats up lots of electricity), and most of my reactions are water based, so I don’t use organic solvents either, and my glassware needs are relatively basic – beakers etc, so in the long run I probably don’t cost loads.

      A super cheap PhD would involve something like salt. Lots of salt. But I think most of the research has already been done on that 😉

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