• Question: What is one thing you don't really like about your research ?

    Asked by anon-220355 on 12 Jun 2019. This question was also asked by anon-220356.
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      Shobhana Nagraj answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      That’s an interesting question! I think the thing I dislike the most is having to sit at a computer for long periods of time – I prefer to be outdoors, and there are some days, where I have to sit at a desk all day and analyse data, which can be pretty tough at times – especially if it sunny outside!

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      Rebecca Moon answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      Trying to get funding (money) to continue research. It involves convincing top scientists that my research is important and better than other people’s ideas and research. It typically involves massive forms that takes hours/days/months to complete and then is often unsuccessful.

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      Kaitlin Wade answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      The one thing that I don’t particularly enjoy is when something you do gets rejected – this happens quite a lot – mainly rejection of publications or applications to things such as grants or jobs. It makes you a more resilient person though 🙂

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      Ettie Unwin answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      I don’t like how to succeed as a scientist you are put under pressure to publish your work quickly and in vast quantities. This can lead to work that isn’t really finished or fully checked being written up and published in journals as right. It also means that if you take a bit longer than someone else to publish, you can get scooped and they publish it first and stop you doing so.

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      Nina Rzechorzek answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      Like Rebecca, I think it’s the endless struggle to get funding (at least in the early stages). I actually enjoy this battle-like challenge up to a point, but it can feel like you’re wasting time if proposals keep getting bounced back. What I would say though, is that I’ve learnt just as much from the ones that didn’t get funded, from the ones that did, and like most things in life, it gets easier with practice.

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      David Wilson answered on 13 Jun 2019:

      I like talking to other people about my work and finding out about theirs. It’s great to meet other scientist and people like yourself who are enthusiastic.

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      Kate Timms answered on 17 Jun 2019:

      The pressure put on us to get things done super quickly and as cheaply as possible. It makes it really hard to do good science.

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      Matthew Bareford answered on 20 Jun 2019:

      I think there are two things here. 1 is all the administration and paperwork involved (the non-science stuff) that whilst it is really important, its not what I enjoy doing and 2. would be like others have mentioned, the difficulties around funding and applications.

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