• Question: Did you always want to become a scientist?

    Asked by anon-289205 on 28 Mar 2021.
    • Photo: Alba Park de la Torriente

      Alba Park de la Torriente answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      No. All my life I wanted to become a vet. I studied Vet Medicine, but I started realising that the subjects that I liked the most were the ones related to basic science, whilst the clinical subjects were not as interesting and appealing to me. This is when I decided I wanted to go for a scientific career. I sometimes miss having as much contact with animal patients as one does in the clinic, but I truly enjoy how we can unveil cellular mechanisms with science, and understand diseases better.

    • Photo: Lizzie Pendlington

      Lizzie Pendlington answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      Like Alba, I also wanted to be a vet as I loved animals! But with my Biology course at university, I can still study Animal Biology 🐱🐭

    • Photo: Felicity Hunter

      Felicity Hunter answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      No, I wanted to be something totally different – a professional musician! I always used to be quite scared of science and maths as I thought they were really difficult and only for brainiacs! I chose to do the GCSEs I needed in order to get into music college but when I started my GCSEs I realised how much I loved science and that it wasn’t so difficult after all! I also realised that I preferred to play music as a hobby! At University, I decided I wanted to be a research scientist and work on understanding how autoimmune diseases work and the possible ways to treat people with these diseases. My mum has an autoimmune disease called rheumatoid arthritis and so I wanted to do work which could eventually contribute towards the development of new drugs and therapies for people suffering with the same disease as her. It is a very rewarding career knowing that your work could possible improve the lives of others someday 🙂

    • Photo: Claire Price

      Claire Price answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      Yes. I watched the Disney film, Basil the Great Mouse Detective at a young age and from then on I was hooked!

    • Photo: Karen Burstow

      Karen Burstow answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      No, when I was a lot younger I wanted to be a gymnast, then a police officer, then a primary school teacher and finally when I was doing my A Levels I wanted to be a scientist.

      As you grow and experience new things, your goals will change and that’s okay!

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