• Question: what started off your career? did you go to university?

    Asked by macklev2 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 12 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by suggy.
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      Lena Ciric answered on 9 Mar 2012:

      Good question! Not something I’ve thought about for quite a while…

      I think it all started with me enjoying maths and chemistry at school. I then picked science subjects in 6th form and decided to do biology at university.

      After finishing university, I wasn’t sure if I wanted a career in science or even what this would be like day to day, so I got a job in a lab. This is when I really developed a love for science and the rest is history – five years later I got my PhD and I’ve been working as a research scientist since then. One day I hope to be a university lecturer so I can teach students and also carry out my own research.

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      Sean Murphy answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      It all started before I even knew what science was. When I was a small child I was always asking questions such as ‘why is the sky blue?’ and ‘how does that work?’. To be a scientist you need to learn how to answer these questions, and you learn some of these skills in university. Programs like “I’m a Scientist” are great because it gets you all asking questions, which is the first step in becoming a good scientist.

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      Laura Waters answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      The honest asnwer is I did single science GCSE and was told I couldn’t do chemistry A Level so I started out to prove them wrong and then fell in love with science! I went to University for six years which was so much fun, some bits I remember more than others!

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