• Question: Whats your favourite part of your reasearch

    Asked by cheesesneese to Andrew, Emma, Marianne on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Andrew Maynard

      Andrew Maynard answered on 12 Jun 2010:

      Hi cheeseneese,

      Difficult one – there are so many good bits. Understanding the meaning behind an equation can be an incredible experience sometimes (geeky as it sounds) – it’s like getting a special glimpse into how the universe works. Reading about other people’s research and learning something new is also pretty good – as is finding out something new myself. And there’s something very satisfying about designing, running and interpreting an experiment that generates beautiful data.

    • Photo: anon

      anon answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      Cheeseneese. You are a busy cheddar-legged soul.

      My favourite part of my research is a video i made documenting the death of a white blood cell over 12hrs. It shows all the processes that happen to the cell by lighting up fluorescent dyes at key moments and provides a beautiful illustration of a complex process live.

      The cell initially roams around like a demented slug but then it stops and becomes all round like somebody just gave it a slap. Then it does a crazy disco-boogie and throwing out what looks like lots of arms and legs (membrane protrusions) and then it it glows green as its membrane changes before glowing red as its membrane fails. Sweeet!

    • Photo: Marianne Baker

      Marianne Baker answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I just like it when my experiments work. It’s too rare!!

Comments