do you work long days – Drug Discovery Zone

Question: do you work long days
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Asked by pass42air to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 9 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by hazel.com, Eilishhhh.
- Diarmuid Kenny answered on 9 Nov 2019:
  
  Yes, if I have to. Sometimes exepriments go on for a long time and I will stay late to finish them.
- Aoife Campbell answered on 9 Nov 2019:
  
  It depends on how many experiments I have to do on a particular week. Some weeks I can stay in 7-7 and others 9-5
- Frances Shiely answered on 11 Nov 2019:
  
  To be honest, when you work in academia, your days are long. Not because you continue to teach classes until midnight, but because when you are involved in research, your work is never done. There is always something to be done. Sometimes it can wait, but sometimes you have a lot of deadlines, for example, this week I am part of a group that is submitting a grant to Europe. A grant is when we design a project, and request funding to conduct the project. This will allow me to employ people, which is great for them as it gives them a job, and at the same time this grant will focus on my research area which is clinical trial methodology. So I also get to advance my work. I was working on the grant over the weekend!
- Katie Fala answered on 11 Nov 2019:
  
  It depends, generally I work from about 8.30 to 6. Occasionally I might have a longer day depending on the particular experiment I need to run and the bacteria that I’m working with. Or if I have a deadline or presentation I might need to work on those a bit over the weekend. I think that it’s important to try to strike a balance between work time and personal time to retain a bit of sanity – scientists are also people who need time to manage the rest of their lives, be with their family, maybe exercise a bit, as well as take breaks such as holidays, which are important to avoid burnout and keep the mind sharp.

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