• Question: how much time do you devote to science

    Asked by sampvernon11 to Ian, Divya, Clare on 17 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Ian Hands-Portman

      Ian Hands-Portman answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      All of my working day, plus I suppose because I watch a lot of science TV, lots of my evening too.

    • Photo: Clare Nevin

      Clare Nevin answered on 17 Mar 2014:

      We have had quite a lot of questions about how science affects your life and I am beginning to think students think we are hermits in our labs with no lives haha. This is not the case. I work every day in the University, either in the lab or reading and sometimes on weekends as well if I have an experiment that runs over that time. But we do have social lives like everyone else!

    • Photo: Divya Venkatesh

      Divya Venkatesh answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      70-100% of the working day, sometimes weekends. I say 70% because sometimes I’m working on other things like organising conferences. These are science-related – I’m excited for the one coming up soon about biotechnology. But the work involved is not quite science – calling and emailing journalists to invite them to come to the conference, organising interviews etc. On some days this takes up quite a lot of my day, but it’s fun too.

      There’s usually a lot going on so talks, dinners, debates etc. figure in my free time post-labwork. It’s a good life 😀

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