• Question: are ye looking for a cure for cancer?

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      Asked by Marie to Andrew, Dilip, Emma, John, Ruth on 8 Nov 2015.
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        John Gleeson answered on 8 Nov 2015:

        Nope. The group I work in works on osteoporosis, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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        Emma Feeney answered on 9 Nov 2015:

        No, I work in the area of nutrition and food science. I did work in a cancer research lab in the Belfast city hospital as part of my Genetics degree, and got to grow some cancer cells. I did a lot of experiments, and some didn’t always work, which was frustrating! Still, you learn something from every experiment you do. Sometimes what you learn is how to do it better next time!

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        Ruth Hamill answered on 9 Nov 2015:

        Not personally, but one of my former PhD students went on to do breast cancer research after she finished in my lab. Her PhD was on cattle and pig genetics, but many of the molecular tools we use would be common to all areas of molecular biology, including cancer research!

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        Andrew Quigley answered on 11 Nov 2015:

        I’m not involved in cancer research either. We work on developing analytical methods to quickly, and accurately, find out the concentration of trace materials in complex samples.

        In my case: fatty acids and vitamins in milk

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