• Question: What made you study those particular aspects of science?

    Asked by dorart to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 9 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Park

      Simon Park answered on 9 Mar 2013:

      Microbes and bacteria. Invisible and very small life forms that sometimes can make you ill but are actuallly essential for all other life on earth including us.

    • Photo: Janet Daly

      Janet Daly answered on 9 Mar 2013:

      Broadly biology, but narrowing down, then infection and immunity and specifically viruses…even smaller than bacteria and not able to replicate by themselves…they have to hijack cells in their hosts (which can be anything from bacteria to you or I).

    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 10 Mar 2013:

      I’ve always had a passion for learning about animals, so that is what keeps me wanting to learn more. In terms of studying tree frogs and their toe pads, I found the physiology of how animals can do the things they do particularly interesting. I now study their toe pads, which have amazing sticking abilities, to see what we can learn as humans and what can be used for future ideas and inventions.

    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      Hmm to be honest I nearly studied Chemistry instead of Physics, because I was good at both. But I always found physics more exciting so followed my interests.

      Once I had done physics at university, I picked my field (accelerator physics – making stuff go fast) because of a new idea that people were just exploring. I saw a potential to make a difference there so went for it.

    • Photo: Emma Ashley

      Emma Ashley answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      I look at the chemicals and molecules that are in you body to check that the levels are ok or to see if there may be damage to certain types of tissues.

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