• Question: How will your research benefit ordinary people? Do you feel that your area of research is more important than the other scientist's? If so, why?

    Asked by cherryred to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 22 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Chris Needham answered on 22 Mar 2010:

      In the fullness of time, the mathematical methods developed and applied to biology may help to understand disease pathways, or how plants regulate themselves. These have obvious benefits to ordinary people (better drugs that work, and food to eat). This is just as important as the other scientists and hopefully bringing computing and biology together, we’ll do even better.

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      Lorna Houlihan answered on 22 Mar 2010:

      I believe that our research is more important as we are an ageing society – we will live longer than our grandparents lived because of advances in health care, but we have to make sure that it’s a happy and well long life, where we can still use our brain and the ability to think.

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      Kerstin Zechner answered on 22 Mar 2010:

      No, I don’t think it’s more important than any other research. I think the way my research can help ordinary people is to get a picture of how cellular processes work in animal cells (and thus human cells). This way we understand more about what’s happening in cells and find solutions for diseases and problems.

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      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Hey Cherryred,

      My research is looking at new ways to treat genetic conditions so it will benefit all the millions of people out there with these illnesses! I don’t think that any of our research areas are more important that the other because we are all trying to answer really important questions!

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      I think cancer research is very important as sadly 1 in 3 people will get cancer in their lifetime

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