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Asked by yabba to Charlie, Eoin, Jemma, Julian, Steve on 15 Mar 2011.
Question: Does it take a long time to become someone working in your profession?
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Stephen Moss answered on 15 Mar 2011:
@yabba
Good question. It doesn’t have to take all that long. Students come to my lab when they’ve finished at University, so I guess 21 or 22 years old sometimes, and they’re straight into doing top level research at the bench, often to get a PhD. After that you can stay in the same profession and if you like it and you’re good at it, gradually work your way up.
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Eoin Lettice answered on 15 Mar 2011:
The starting point is a good degree in science from university. After that, you might want to do a PhD (about 3 or 4 years). After that you can work in almost any lab, but you’ll always be learning and getting better at your job as you find out new stuff about your area.
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Julian Rayner answered on 15 Mar 2011:
To get my job I was certainly in university for quite a while, and then a postdoctoral fellow after that. However, people work in science at all different levels. Some of the most technically talented people in my lab never did a PhD – they are awesome at the bench, can get anything to work. A good science degree is pretty important though.
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Jemma Ransom answered on 15 Mar 2011:
So far I’ve done an undergraduate degree which has taken four years, and I’m now taking a PhD which is a step on from that and will take me three years. That’s the basic education for a research scientist, all though there are other routes of entry depending on what type of scientist you want to be.
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Charlie Ryan answered on 15 Mar 2011:
hi yabba!Well to get where i am after A levels i have done:
– 3 years of studying for a bachelors in engineering
– 1 year of a masters in engineering
– 4 and a half years of doing a PhD.
So a pretty long time, but hey I’m only 27 so plenty of time to try other things aswell!
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