• Question: when you left school did you ever think you would become such an amazing scientist as you are now?

    Asked by lilpanda to Anzy, Aoife, Dave, Matt, Tomasz on 14 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Tomasz Kostrzewski

      Tomasz Kostrzewski answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      When I left school, I knew that I enjoyed science and so I went to study it at university. However at this stage I did not know I want to be a scientist long term. When I was at university I got the chance to work in real research lab and here I realised how much I enjoyed science and doing experiments. At this point I realised that I definitely wanted to become a scientist.

    • Photo: David Christensen

      David Christensen answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      Thanks for calling us amazing! I don’t think I’m an amazing scientist at all!

      I had no idea what I would do when I left school except that I knew I was going to do Biochemistry at university. Then it just happened that I carried on doing science and working in a lab. I guess I thought I might be an accountant after university, but I’m glad I didn’t do that.

    • Photo: Matthew Tomlinson

      Matthew Tomlinson answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      I wouldn’t say I’m amazing, not yet anyway!

      I left school with an interest in science and I’ve just followed that interest for the last 15 years. I’ve learned so much since I left school, but there is no way I would have thought I’d be a research scientist 15 years ago.

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