• Question: How will your work benefit others?

    Asked by darkerthanblack to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 17 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 17 Mar 2010:

      Unfortunately, my research doesn’t directly benefit people as it is basic research – trying to understand how a cellular process works rather than finding an application for something. Indirectly, I’d hope that it would eventually find some kind of application that would be researched by another lab.

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 17 Mar 2010:

      Hopefully, as part of a big effort by cancer research scientists all over the world, it will lead to a better understanding and better treatments for cancer.

    • Photo: Olivia Hibbitt

      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 19 Mar 2010:

      Hi darkerthanblack,

      My work will help advance research into gene therapy which will help the millions of people worldwide suffering from genetic conditions!

    • Photo: Chris Needham

      Chris Needham answered on 19 Mar 2010:

      At the moment, it’s some way off. But for the learning of gene networks in plants could one day help develop new crops that could benefit us all.

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