• Question: what would you like to study besides what your studying now?

    Asked by Nature Boy to Alex, Laura, Lesley, Richard, vediacan on 13 Jun 2015.
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      Richard Prince answered on 13 Jun 2015:

      Hi Nature Boy,
      I’d like to study population genetics. I attended a talk by Prof Brian Sykes and have read a couple of his books: “Blood of the Isles” and “The Seven Daughters of Eve”, and I have become fascinated by how genetics can tell us about how ancient people migrated around the world. For instance, did you know that most people who consider themselves “native English” have Spanish ancestry!!? Genetics shows that around 12000 years ago the “Celtic” founding population of the UK and Ireland migrated from the Atlantic coast region of Northern Spain (there was a second wave about 6500 years ago). Later migrations by the Anglo Saxons and Vikings contributed only about 30% to the gene pool (only around 10% in Ireland).
      Best wishes
      Richard

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      Laura Newton answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hey!

      I’d probably like to do neuroscience. We still have so many unanswered questions about how our brains work, even though they are arguably our most important organ!

      Or I would like to work in environmental science and help find ways to combat climate change and improve renewable energy.

      Thanks for your question!
      Laura

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      Vedia Can answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hey Nature Boy,

      This is a tricky question, but I would have to say Radiography 🙂 I always wanted to find out how our internal organs look. It would have been nice to image a person, who has taken a new trial dye (Biochemists/ pharmacologists are always inventing dyes to improve the quality of images of the internal organs taken by MRI or CT machines), and observed how the dye interacts with the target cell/ organ.

      Best Wishes,

      Vedia

    • Photo: Alex Agyemang

      Alex Agyemang answered on 16 Jun 2015:

      Hello Nature Boy,

      I have always wanted to also study music for example learn to play the guitar or piano properly. However so far, I have been so immersed in science that I have not had the time to take it up properly. Apart from the genuine interest, I think music will also give me a more holistic approach to research and life in general.

      Best wishes,
      Alex

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