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Well that was an intense fortnight! Thank you so much for taking part in the Stem Cells Zone of I’m a Scientist: Get me out of here!. It was a really great experience and I feel very lucky to have been able to chat with you all and answer your questions. I was so impressed with the questions you asked and how engaged you are with science. Some of your questions really made me think about what I do and what we might achieve in the future and some of them were so fantastically creative that I’ve had to think about science in a completely different way. I hope you have all got as much out of this event as I have, I am really excited about taking my work forward and trying to develop the therapies that you were asking about. It’s great to see that there are so … Continue reading →

We’ve counted, checked and rechecked the votes and now it’s game over for… Tomasz Kostrzewski We hope you’ve had fun. And remember, even though you’ve been evicted, you can still take part in any live chats tomorrow. Tomasz has answered some fantastic questions, and we’ve picked out our favourites, if you want to find out more, remember you can still comment on the questions. Question: How are red blood cells formed? Or what are they made of? Question: could your work ever change how we treat people with an illness, disease or loss of body parts? You need to keep voting, to make sure your favourite scientist makes it through to tomorrows epic final battle – VOTE Students, we’d like to know what you think about I’m a Scientist. When you next log in and visit your profile, please fill in the questionnaire to be in with a chance to … Continue reading →

We’ve counted the votes and now it’s time to evict… Aoife O’Shaughnessy-Kirwan We hope you’ve had fun. And remember, even though you’ve been evicted, you can still take part in live chats. In just 24 hours time the remaining 2 Stem Cells Zone scientists will be revealed to battle it out in the final. You need to keep voting, to make sure your favourite scientist makes it through to Friday’s final – VOTE Students, we hope that taking part in I’m a Scientist has been fun and interesting. But has it changed your view of science and scientists? We’d like you to tell us what you think about science. When you next log in and visit your profile, you’ll see a pink box with 4 questions on the right. Fill in the questionnaire to be in with a chance to win a £20 WH Smith voucher. We hope you’ll spend … Continue reading →

It’s been a fantastic event so far with the scientists answering hundreds of questions between them. But there can be only one zone winner. Today 5 become 4 as the first scientist leaves the competition. The first scientist to be evicted is… Anzy Miller Thank you for all you’ve done. We hope you’ve enjoyed taking part. And remember, even though you’ve been evicted, you can still take part in live chats. There will be evictions every day for the rest of the week, with the winner announced on Friday. So students, make sure you VOTE! Who will win? YOU decide!