• Question: what do you find most engaging about your current research ?

    Asked by anon-196686 to Sebastian, Paddy, Lee, Jennifer, Fiona, Eleanor on 8 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Jennifer Harris

      Jennifer Harris answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      The type of PhD I did asked questions which required a lot of “system biology” thinking. So this means that instead of looking at one protein, I looked at how multiple cells interacted and multiple processes in a number of areas around the body.

      I liked the variety of that as I was able to review a whole process rather than just a single protein.

    • Photo: Fiona Scott

      Fiona Scott answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      What I like about my current research is it’s new. No one (from what I’ve read) has tried to specifically make drugs for my particular enzyme but I know there are several research groups around the world in need of drugs for my enzyme now to help their research.

    • Photo: Sebastian Cosgrove

      Sebastian Cosgrove answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      My current project is one of the most applied ones I have ever worked on – by this I mean that I can see some real world applications directly from it, which is unusual for a lot of researchers because we do fundamental research that contributes to basic science. Being able to do actually work on something that you can see can make a difference in the world is quite a buzz!

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