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Asked by bellabella1234 to Indi, Jarv, John, Ken, Vicky on 19 Mar 2012.
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Indi Ghangrekar answered on 19 Mar 2012:
Well, I like where I am actually but it would be lovely to experience living and working in a few different countries. I travelled and worked in Australia for a bit before going to university, that was a lot of fun and the weather is certainly a whole lot better! I have worked in Japan before, which I did like but doing research there was difficult because there is not enough work-life balance, which I definitely need!
Is there anywhere else you’d like to try working?
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John Prytherch answered on 19 Mar 2012:
I would love to work in Antarctica. Scientists work there year round and in the winter months (which are the summer months here in the UK) they are completely isolated from the world, with no ships or planes able to get to them, and they have to stay there for almost a year (most actually stay longer, normally 18-28 months!).
It is a very harsh environment, but also a beautiful one, and there is a lot of important, exciting science to be involved in.
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Vicky Young answered on 19 Mar 2012:
I traveled round Asia for a while and always wanted to go and work out there in the future. Its not the best location for the science I’m doing but its getting better. I just loved the lifestyle, food, people and culture so much!
I’ve also spoken to a lab in Harvard about doing some work in collaboration with them and I think I might get to go work there for a bit next year. Harvard would be the best place in the world to work for my science. It would be awesome if this happened!!!!
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Ken Dutton-Regester answered on 19 Mar 2012:
Well hopefully for me I will be heading there next year- this is in regards to the lab that I want to work at (San Francisco). Unfortunately, the lab last year was based in Manhatten, New York- that would have been killer if they were still there. Then again, it’s probably a good thing, I would probably get too distracted from my work as there would be a lot of mischief I could get up to.
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Ken commented on :
@Indi- where did you end up visiting in Australia?
Indi commented on :
@Ken Quite a few places – Landed in Darwin, hitched to Alice Springs, flew to Melbourne and stayed with friends for ages, couple of months or so – what else was I going to do when she’d let me crash in a spare room so I didn’t have to pay for a hostel! Then visited the Grampians, then Tassie, then Sydney but my bag got stolen so I decided to leave to go to Byron Bay for a few weeks and then to Brissie for another month or so. Melbourne and Brisbane were my favourites and I still have friends in Melbourne so that’s where I’d like to go! Altogether it was about 7 awesome months. Think I’m missing a few short trips to a few other places but these were the ones that left the biggest impression. Really want to visit again but flights are soooo expensive!
bellabella1234 commented on :
That’s soo cool guys
Ive hardly been anywhere but I supposed it would be really cool to go to Antartica, new york, austailia or Newyork
Ken commented on :
@Indi- you have seen more of Australia than me- little bit depressed (then again, that wouldn;t be hard as am a bit of a hermit)
@bellabella1234- Yay! Come to Australia! [Bring some sunscreen]
Indi commented on :
@Ken – yeah but I’ve hardly been to any places in Britain or Europe! Kinda think sometimes the places you always know will be on your doorstep can get neglected!