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Careers agony aunt: Dear Dr Career…
Are you unsure what to do after your GCSEs, Standard Grades, A levels or Highers? We asked some experts in careers and training to answer some crucial questions.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Extended Q&A with Dr Yen Choo, entrepreneur
Yen Choo talks to Jennifer Trent Staves about swimming with sharks, speeding up research and taking responsibility for everything from raising £10m to buying paper clips.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Extended Q&A with Dr Hannah Devlin, science editor
In 'Big Picture: Careers from biology', The Times' science editor Hannah Devlin told us how she got into science journalism. In this online article, we find out more about her career and what stories excite her.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
The science of… brewing
Drinking alcohol is popular in many parts of the world, including the UK. Here, we explore fermentation - the process by which alcohol is produced from glucose - using beer brewing as an example.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
The science of… medical imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are used to look inside the body for medical and scientific reasons. Find out more about how the two techniques compare here.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
The science of… zinc fingers
Zinc fingers are a type of structure found in proteins in lots of different living things. Find out more about them here, including how researchers are investigating their potential use in treating HIV and other diseases.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Career stories from Wellcome Trust staff: Alexis Gilbert
Alexis Gilbert followed a degree in psychology with postgraduate medical training, and he is now working at the Wellcome Trust as one of its first graduate trainees.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Career stories from Wellcome Trust staff: Alyson Fox
At school, the only science careers Alyson Fox learned about were medicine and dentistry, but now she works in Grants Management at the Wellcome Trust, overseeing 3000 applications for funding from scientists every year.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Career stories from Wellcome Trust staff: James Peto
James Peto is an exhibition curator at the London-based Wellcome Collection, a museum, art space, library and more. He works to develop science exhibitions, but has never had a single biology lesson.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Career stories from Wellcome Trust staff: Jen Middleton
Jen Middleton is a media officer, helping to connect scientists who carry out research funded by the Wellcome Trust with journalists to ensure there are accurate, interesting stories about science in the media.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Career stories from Wellcome Trust staff: Louise Fellingham
Louise Fellingham took science A levels and studied biology and zoology at university. But when she realised she did not want to pursue a career in science, a final-year project in business ignited an interest in accountancy.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Career stories from Wellcome Trust staff: Marta Tufet
After her science PhD, Marta Tufet was not sure what to do next. A job in scientific publishing opened her eyes to all the non-research careers in which you can use science.
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‘Careers From Biology’, summer 2012
Breaking bones
Even healthy bones can break if they are exposed to great enough forces, but the risk of fracture varies with age and activity.
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‘Exercise, Energy and Movement’, spring 2012
Fitness fads
Over the years, many different exercises have become the latest craze in keeping us healthy. Some 'fads' have withstood the test of time, whereas others have returned to relative obscurity.
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‘Exercise, Energy and Movement’, spring 2012
Learn to breathe
We can do without food and water for a while, but we must keep breathing. How, then, can we investigate how breathing is controlled?
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‘Exercise, Energy and Movement’, spring 2012
“We very rarely talk about winning”: extended Q&A with Dr Mark Bawden
Sports psychologist Dr Mark Bawden talks to Chrissie Giles about why his own cricketing career was cut short, 'staying in the bubble' and why the England cricket team don't talk about winning.
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‘Exercise, Energy and Movement’, spring 2012
