• Question: what was life like before you became a scientist? (^^^)

    Asked by thecookieman to Emma, James, Jayne, Kara, Sharon on 16 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 11 Mar 2011:

      Hello, and great name! I love cookies!

      I like to think that I have always been a scientist, from my very young days when I used to dig up worms to try and work out what they like to eat! I’ve always been interested in the human body and how it works! I don’t really know any different! I think all of us have a bit of a scientist in them, what do you think??

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      Kara Cerveny answered on 12 Mar 2011:

      This is a tough question. I think about being a scientist as a way of thinking, a philosophy for understanding the world around me. From a very early age, I was curious about nature, about the way things worked, how and why animals and plants are the way they are and do the things they do. In that sense, I’ve always been a scientist. As a scientist, and now as a scientific editor at Cell, I am really fortunate to get to know and work with people from all over the world, to travel to scientific meetings, and continuously learn about all the new discoveries, and hopefully participate in some of the discoveries myself. Scientists are constantly thinking and learning, even in our free time, we think about science.

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      Emma King answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Hi thecookieman – do you mean what my life was like or the universe in general? To be honest I can’t remember what mine was like, I’ve wanted to be involved in science in some way ever since I can remember!

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      Jayne Charnock answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Hi cookieman,

      wow youve been busy with questions!

      Before I bcame a scientist i was at uni studying biology, so i was already kind of on my way anyway! I mostly went to lectures, studied, partied and went rock climbing with the university mountaineering club!

      Before that I was at college and school- which was more of the same really 🙂 its been a constant progression towards science. If i wasnt a scientist Id like to be an archeologist- is that even more geeky?!

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      James Chan answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Life was awesome (still is!!). I was working as a plastic surgeon and did lots of operating on people who had skin cancer, broken hands and legs, and all sorts of other things. It was pretty hard work because I didn’t get to sleep very much – we’re on call all the time, and we carry bleeps and they go off every minute especially when there’re lots of emergencies! So it gets pretty hectic. but I loved it though – I wouldn’t do anything else.
      The reason I took time out to do full time research for 3 years is because I really wanted to get involved in stem cell technology – I reckon it’s the next big thing to help many of my future patients and i wanted to be a part of that! After the next couple of years, I’ll be back in the hospital, but hopefully, I’d be able to apply some of the research on my patients.

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