• Question: Have any of you made an important discovery?

    Asked by Dominic to Amy, Craig, Laura, Partha, Saffron on 16 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by Mayatha.
    • Photo: Amy Cameron

      Amy Cameron answered on 16 Jun 2015:

      I guess it depends on how you define important. I have discovered many different pieces of knowledge which currently may not seem ground breaking (I.e. Not going to win the Nobel Prize or anything!) but do contribute to the knowledge of the field. I have 5 published papers which is one of the goals of a scientist – sharing your knowledge with others.

    • Photo: Laura Wales

      Laura Wales answered on 17 Jun 2015:

      I don’t know if I’ve made an “important” discovery but I have contributed to allow further research. I carried out research looking at the prevalence of hepatitis E among Scottish blood donors. Hep E wasn’t a well known virus but now there is question over should blood donors get tested for it because of what I found out.

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