• Question: do you think that being in this competition will help with future research?

    Asked by E_kelleher to Matthew, Andrew on 21 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Andrew McKinley

      Andrew McKinley answered on 21 Nov 2014:

      Being in this competition helps us meet new people – and future research relies on meeting new people and being able to put your ideas together and come up with something new!

      Frequently we all go to conferences, to hear people talk about their work and to share ideas through “networking” sessions, but I think it’s probably true to say that the most work actually happens over dinner and in more social settings! It’s when you can talk to people informally, and start to explore absurd ideas, that the most interesting experiments start to be proposed!

    • Photo: Matthew Camilleri

      Matthew Camilleri answered on 21 Nov 2014:

      Any interaction with other scientists will help my future research, either due to possibility of making new interactions with other scientists or even by having ideas after reading people’s profile, and maybe create some kind of collaboration.

      I am of the opinion that the best science is done in a pub, rather then in a meeting room at university. I personally had a number of interesting conversations over a glass of wine with some of my old colleagues, and the results we achieved afterwards were impressive.

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