• Question: what other scientist have you worked with

    Asked by timmy to Áine, Victoria, Lydia, Eoin, Ciarán on 10 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Ciarán O'Brien

      Ciarán O'Brien answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      Ooh, several at this stage.

      After I graduated from UCC with my MSc, the scientist who supervised my end of year project, Dr. Jonathan Kennedy, offered me a job working for him for 6 months, looking at the DNA of bacteria found in ocean sponges to see if they could make antibiotics.

      After that, I got a job with the Alimentary & Pharmabiotic Center in UCC, working with Dr. Cormac Gahan and Dr. Emma Smith on a few projects to do with gut bacteria. That took a year.

      In the year since I started my PhD I’ve taken on projects with a load of other scientists, too many to name here. Science is often a team effort these days, when we work together we can tackle really big questions and solve them far quicker than one person working on their own. 🙂

    • Photo: Victoria Simms

      Victoria Simms answered on 10 Nov 2014:

      I’ve worked in lots of different unis with different scientists. I always work in a research team so that we can do a good job!

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