• Question: Why did you decide to study crystallography?

    Asked by 11connc to Ben, Dave, Ed, Sam, Susana on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Benjamin Hall

      Benjamin Hall answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I didn’t!

      It just happens to be a really useful tool to help me do my research.

    • Photo: David Briggs

      David Briggs answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I really enjoyed my Protein structure lectures at University, and learnt about crystallography from that.

      I started reading about it and quickly realised what a really powerful technique it is for understanding what happens at a molecular level in the world around us.

      I did a masters degree in Structural Biology and took it from there!

    • Photo: Susana Teixeira

      Susana Teixeira answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Bu chance, I did an Erasmus training that I chose by location not by project. As it turns out I loved the research and found the technique fascinating, so later when I found an opportunity to keep working with it, I grabbed it.

    • Photo: Sam Horrell

      Sam Horrell answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      I just applied for an interesting sounding project in my third year of university and really enjoyed my time working in the lab. Having that prior experience also made it easier when applying for PhDs in crystallography.

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