• Question: is your job life threatening?

    Asked by lozza2k11 to Charlie, Eoin, Jemma, Julian, Steve on 21 Mar 2011.
    • Photo: Julian Rayner

      Julian Rayner answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi lozza. I work with malaria parasites that could kill you if you accidentally infected yourself, although in reality the ones that we work with could be treated with drugs. We are very careful with them.

      I have huge respect for people who work with other life-threatening organisms like Ebola Virus, for which there is no cure yet.

    • Photo: Stephen Moss

      Stephen Moss answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi Iozza

      I hope not. I certainly don’t do anything dangerous, like deep sea diving or crawling around in volcanoes.

    • Photo: Charlie Ryan

      Charlie Ryan answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      thankfully no it’s not. I’m a bit of a wimp so that’s good. I’m not built for the joining the army or anything!

    • Photo: Eoin Lettice

      Eoin Lettice answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi lozza,
      No its not. We’re very careful to make sure that all the experiments are safe for people to do!

      Eoin

    • Photo: Jemma Ransom

      Jemma Ransom answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      I certainly hope not! I don’t work with anything particularly dangerous in the lab, and even if I did, the Health and Safety committee at the University take every precaution to make sure us scientists are safe at work.

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