• Question: what interested you in becoming a scientist?

    Asked by braceface to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 24 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lorna Houlihan

      Lorna Houlihan answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      understanding inheritance – why get inherit different traits, like eye colour, height, or certain illnesses, like diabetes from our parents? how they run in families? and understanding genetics.

    • Photo: Olivia Hibbitt

      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      Hi braceface,

      great talking with you today!!! Remember you are babysitting for me tomorrow night!!

      I love figuring out how things work, being a biologist the the ultimate way of understanding life!!!

    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      I think when I went to uni, I realised that by being a scientist you have the opportunity to discover new things on a regular basis and that really excited me.

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      I’ve always been interested in how the human body works, and how all your genes shape you. When I was at uni I got into studying medical biochemistry – so what happens when your genes get mutated and how this leads to disease. This (and the fact like most of us people close to me have suffered with cancer) lead to be doing a PhD in cancer research

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