• Question: What made you want to study the human body in so much detail. And how could you inspire other to join you in your expedition

    Asked by sambo rambi to Craig, Devon, Marta, Natalie, Nicholas on 7 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Marta Varela

      Marta Varela answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      At school or University, you start learning about something, find it cool and want to learn more and more about it… That’s what happened to me.

      I am hoping the computer game I propose to make will show people how cool using computers and physics to study the heart (or anything else, to be honest) is and will inspire them to join me!

    • Photo: Natalie Doig

      Natalie Doig answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I was always fascinated in how things work – and the more you learn about how the body works the more questions you have – and then you keep learning more and you realise how much more we have left to discover!
      I think that the best way to inspire people is to show them the science in action, show them the lab and explain what we do. Looking down a microscope at nerve cells is really amazing!

    • Photo: Nicholas Younger

      Nicholas Younger answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I love learning how things work and feel satisfied when I understand them.

      With maths and chemistry and physics, things are reduced down to their most basic parts in order to find out what they do. But in biology breaking things down into their individual parts doesn’t really tell us much about how the body works.

      Each time you answer a question in biology 10 more questions appear. I guess I kept studying it because I wanted to know how the body works and every time I had an answer, I ended up with 10 more questions…and here I am!

      Think about this – the human body is made up of trillions of cells, and each cell contains more molecules than there are stars in the known universe…and all of those molecules are there for a reason and do something. I think it’s really beautiful. Why are they there and what do they all do? I love that I spend my time trying to find answers to that question.

    • Photo: Craig O'Hare

      Craig O'Hare answered on 7 Mar 2017:

      I guess it started because of my Dad. He had cancer when I was young and I wanted to try understand why he was sick. Even after he recovered I found myself still being interested in biology and medicine.

      I think scientists need to do more to show that they’re real people. I think scientist could do more to show that anyone can be a scientist provided you know how to ask questions and are interested in solving problems that can help others.

      I think good public engagement exercises and actually letting people come into labs to try out experiments themselves is the best way to get them engaged in science. I started off by being let into a lab when I was 15, haven’t looked back yet!

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