• Question: How much will your Research help around the world? And how commited are you to your Research?

    Asked by Georgina to Ashley, Aaron, Ananthi, Christopher, Emma, Lea on 10 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by 366mcrk52, 467mcrk49, 993mcrk49, 634mcrk42, Zahra A, Katie.
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      Ashley Otter answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      I’m hoping to help determine what these genes missing from bovine TB do in human TB, as they might help us target drugs to the bacteria more easily. I’d say I’m quite committed, I love going into the lab, but I do also like staying in bed somedays!

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      Ananthi Ramachandran answered on 10 Nov 2017:

      I am hoping it will have a huge impact around the world eventually. I am looking at alternatives to antibiotics for the treatment of C. difficile infection (because no one wants constant diarrhoea do they). I am very committed to this as it is my PhD project however, once I finish I PhD I might move elsewhere and start researching something else! I will always make sure I am doing something I enjoy though! You have to do what you like and like what you do 🙂

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      Emma Stevenson answered on 11 Nov 2017:

      I’m really committed to the research I am doing. It’s sometimes difficult to stay on the same project in science because job contracts are short and because project funding can sometimes run out. But I always try to find a project which benefits the public in some way. For example my previous project was dedicated to trying to help elderly patients who were at risk from a severe diarhhoeal disease, and my project now is trying to help fight infection in patients with cystic fibrosis.

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      Aaron Brown answered on 13 Nov 2017:

      If my project can help reduce the impact of climate change this could be beneficial for the entire human population and natural world (though it would have to be a few more people than just me working on the problem). I would say I’m very strongly motivated to my research… I used to work in a zoo looking after Magellanic Penguins, my favourite one was called Gandalf. These penguins habitats are being destroyed by climate change so everytime I’m having a bad day I can just think about how my work is helping out Gandalf and his family 🙂

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