• Question: What inspird you to go into science? :3

    Asked by susielaughton to Helen, Alexis, Dr D, Jasmine, Mario on 14 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by kidakun14, jessiehanna8, thequestionmaster, radhiyaali99, smokeybacon2000, greenday12345, thomaspayne123, mollyiam, khs1011livya, elliemccormack, science19, avnish, moustachelover, 17kendricks, zeeneb, dharik, thans017, elliebeckett.
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      Andrew Devitt answered on 14 Jun 2013:

      This sounds like an easy question but I don’t think it is! It’s certainly made me think ….a lot!

      I enjoy science. That made it ‘easy’ because doing revision for exams and tests wasn’t that bad because I enjoyed it. So that certainly helped me get into science.

      I had a biology teacher (Mr Rothwell) who was a microbiologist and he seemed to spark my interest in infections. In a gruesome kind of way, I liked to read about how bugs could cause the most amazing symptoms and conditions. That then led me into learning about how our bodies help to defend us. There’s something amazing about ‘spots’ or ‘zits’ or whatever you want to call them. You’ve got a bug (or few) there that has borken through your skin. Did you know that your skin is probably the most important part of your immune defence system? Amazing but it works by simply keeping all the nasty bugs out (and your insides, in). Once an infection is detected, a white blood cell called a neutrophil arrives (with lots and lots and lots of its mates) and they eat (like crazy) and kill the bugs. But when neutrophils get together, they have a colourful time! They are yellow…….PUS!…….. this comes from an enzyme they carry that is part of their weapons to kill invaders. Pus is great!….in a weird kind of way.

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      Jasmine Penny answered on 15 Jun 2013:

      I have always been interested in Science because I always wanted to be a Vet! I had fantastic teachers at school and university whose enthusiasm for their subjects inspired me to keep learning about Science 😀

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      Mario Ruiz answered on 16 Jun 2013:

      I loved CSI, the TV show about crime scene investigation, and I wanted to become a scientific policeman! That’s why I decided to study Chemistry. Then I was more attracted to the idea of working in a lab trying to find solutions for real problems, rather than solving crimes. Although I wouldn’t mind to do that too!

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      Alexis Barr answered on 16 Jun 2013:

      It’s difficult to think of one thing. From the age of 11, science and maths were always my favourite subjects. I particularly liked them at school because there was a right answer – not like english or history where you had to write essays and there were lots of different opinions and no single answer! At A-Level I chose Biology, Chemistry and Maths – purely because they were my favourite subjects. Then for University – I chose Natural Sciences because it combined all of those three subjects. So really, I just kept choosing my favourite subjects and then it was only when I did a summer placement in a research lab between the second and third years of Uni that I realised I loved working in a lab and have done ever since.

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      Helen Tunbridge answered on 18 Jun 2013:

      I had some amazing science teachers at school who showed science to be the exciting subject it really is, not the dry textbook science it can sometimes be shown as. I always liked biology and wanted to be a vet, then decided that humans and human biology were much more interesting, so I went on to study human biology, physiology and disease at university and discovered research!

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