• Question: is it fun being a scientist??????

    Asked by anon-342496 on 21 Nov 2022.
    • Photo: Katie Pickup

      Katie Pickup answered on 21 Nov 2022:

      Short answer, yes! Every day is different and I get to do lots of fun things like make my stem cells turn into new cell types like brain cells or heart cells (see the video of beating heart cells on my profile page!).

      I do lots of fun things with my friends from the lab as well, we go to a pub quiz every week and have lots of coffee breaks and chats at lunch to keep ourselves from getting too annoyed when experiments fail!

    • Photo: Matthew Swift

      Matthew Swift answered on 21 Nov 2022:

      Incredibly fun yes! There is a great deal of variety to it and nearly everyday provides a different challenge. Sometimes it can be difficult if you run up against a particular problem but the other great thing is that you work with incredibly intelligent people who will help you out.

      When things work after such a long period of work it’s so incredibly rewarding too!

    • Photo: Charlene Kay

      Charlene Kay answered on 22 Nov 2022:

      Yes, for me it certainly is! I love putting on my lab coat and working with pipettes and various solutions to extract DNA and RNA from cancer cells and tissues. The work is interesting and can be quite varied project to project so I feel I am often working on something new.

    • Photo: Sharon Madzorera

      Sharon Madzorera answered on 22 Nov 2022:

      Yes definitely, I love it. I enjoy being in the lab and my colleagues are cool too.

    • Photo: Charli Corcoran

      Charli Corcoran answered on 22 Nov 2022:

      Yes, I really enjoy what I do. The work is fun and the people that I get to work with are great!

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