• Question: What do you like most about your job?!

    Asked by Mia.Lewisxx to Sam, RobB, Matt, Kylie, Bex on 12 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by Rose_B, Kate Gibson, 535cesf27, geo_blanchy115, 579cesf28, gANGSTAR fOR REal man, Mimi, Josie :), roxy rider, 943cesf28, 297cesf28, Lewis.c, polar.bear, Alex, geko4life67ganggangOHB, Ben, toby, Amy, Ha p, Grace, hissinggoose.
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      Sam Briggs answered on 12 Jun 2016:

      Hi Mia,

      What a stupendously fun question! For me it has to be seeing things that no one has ever been seen before – looking down the microscope and saying, my goodness, that particular response, those chemicals mixed in that way, that colour change is something that no other human eyes have ever seen in history!

      That’s something you really get to do a lot as a PhD student – it’s what makes me work silly hours!

      Hope that helps?

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      Kylie Belchamber answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi guys!
      I love that i get to do something different every day! I am always playing with new chemicals, new cells, new experiments and thinking up cool ways to find the answers to my questions. Things rarely get boring!

      I also love that I get to go to conferences around the world to discuss my work with other scientists. There is always time for site-seeing! So far I have been to Japan, San Francisco, Denver, Ireland, Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam and all around the UK to go to conferences. It is great fun!

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      Matt Dunn answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi all,

      Working in the lab is fun and all, but my favourite thing about my job is that when I produce new data, it is something totally new, that nobody else has discovered before. As a scientist you are making new discoveries all the time, and the best thing to do with these? Tell other people! This time of year (June/July) is ‘conference season’ for academics and scientists, where we get to travel to lots of places and present our work, and see how other people are doing with their work and generally socialise and network. They are always a massive amount of fun and are well worth the hard work needed to get the data!

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      Rob Brass answered on 14 Jun 2016:

      That I get to use my physics skills to help people directly 🙂

      It’s not often with a physics degree that you can help in such an obvious way, and even come face to face with the people you’re helping, it can be very rewarding! 🙂

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