• Question: How is the prize money going to develop your research, If you're using it for another reason what is it?

    Asked by shanelle001 to Lori-An, Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Michelle on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by ciarahamilton.
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      Lori-An Etherington answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Hi, if I were lucky enough to win the prize money I wouldn’t use it to develop my research as anything to do with work is covered by financial assistance from the drug company. Many postdocs in research, like myself, are supported by funding from companies or places like the Wellcome Trust (who helps to fund ‘Im a scientist’). The funding each year can be 100,000s of pounds so unfortunately the £500 prize money wouldn’t help the research too much. If I were to win I would like to use the money to make some hands-on exibits do do with explaining how drugs work and the action of drugs in parts of the brain (I love crafting so I have a few ideas of things to make), I would then use these in local schools and science fairs to encourage people to enjoy and understand my area of science research.

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    lianarockz commented on :

    thatis good but would it take £500 ?
    maybe
    maybe not
    what would you do if there was £100 leftover ?

    • Photo: Lori-An

      Lori-An commented on :

      Hi, it is hard to exactly plan the whole £500 without knowing if you are even getting it. Some of the projects I was thinking of would need new material each time (such as getting pupils to help make a collage of part of the brain called the hippocampus which is involved in helping to make and store memories to show where the brain cells are and where they send their messages) so the money would end up getting used even if it wasnt all in one go.