• Question: What made you all want to be scientists?

    Asked by meathead to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 10 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by annabelliz, katie44200, shelbymarshx, ollyscanlon, s12drkal, s12dtkhu, xiaowang, asian4life, s12iteas, s12lkada, ibzswag, metalhead, tarabest123, hanakarim, , , , , , , , proffessoratom0901, , , , , , , cr4zeezoologist1, , , , , , , , , , , , werewolvesrock2002, , , , , , , ikuniisamazing, , .
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      Krishna Mohan Surapaneni answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Few years ago during my graduation, my uncle died of liver failure caused by a disease called as “Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH), with out any reason i.e he is a non smoker and NON ALCOHOLIC. I was very upset with this incident and decided to work on this disorder and to do something for the betterment of the people who suffers with disease.

      Also, It is my interest and thrust to invent some new innovations in medical sciences for the betterment of the mankind and for improving the health of the people.

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      Adelle Thrower answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I didn’t really know what I wanted to do at school, up I never really thought about it! so when I had to pick my degree in six form I picked film studies as I loved watching movies.
      I took a gap year and went travelling round the world, when I got back I think I had grown up a bit and was more focused- I realised I wanted to do something more science based as I was good at biology and enjoyed it. I started my degree in Sheffield and transferred my course to biomedical science – I picked this completely at random as I liked the look of the subjects covered- anatomy, pathology etc.
      I did a sandwich year where I worked in a lab- that’s when I realised this job was for me!! So although it’s nice to know what you want to be when you grow up at school, it’s also ok to find out slowly- eventually everyone finds their calling.

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      John Foster answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      My aunt died of lung cancer when I was 5 years old, I was upset that there was nothing any of the doctors could do to stop this very aggressive form of cancer. I really enjoyed science at school so I decided to work really hard at this and chose GCSEs and A Levels that I thought would help with training to be a research scientist. I hoped that one day I could work as a scientific researcher trying to improve what we know about lung cancer to help prevent, diagnose and treat it better. It is really the only job I ever thought about doing since I was 5. I am now lucky to be working at a great research institute looking at how lung cancer cells behave.

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      Muhammed Rassul answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I would love to say I always loved science, but that is not true. I used to think it was very slow and boring. However, I was looking at painting a brain in art and wanted to know what the different structures were. It really interesting to me as it was so mysterious, so I continued looking at the brain. My facination with the brain made me look at how it interacts with different chemicals and part of the body. I loved the image of the brain being the overlord in the body, therefore I went into neuroscience.

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      Catherine Mansfield answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I had always enjoyed learning about the world around me and how things work. I think I became a scientist mainly to satisfy my own curiosity. I loved science at school and so decided to continue with it at university and after completing my PhD I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. I love my job and most importantly I get paid for doing something that I love.

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