• Question: why did you choose to be a food scientist

    Asked by keatonwest12 to Julie, Duncan, Grant, Nik, Rachel on 12 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by jamessmith89, sianainndreelan, katelynk, flyingchickenpie, fkesbvhlkgt5nhl, catoninetails, guitarbanana12, cupcakes4u123, jamesking123, lilly10493, anon-29046, slickaxel, unicorn9, jaisla99, cathazz, light123, packman999.
    • Photo: Grant Campbell

      Grant Campbell answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Towards the end of my final year at school, somebody came to my school and talked about food technology, and it just sounded interesting to me – something that people can actually relate to, something that affects us every day in good ways!

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      Julie Bland answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Because we all need to eat and it is and will become a even biggest problem to feed everybody. Plus I found it really cool to work on something I love and it is always a good conversation starter 😉
      What do you do? I am a cheese scientist!

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      Duncan Gaskin answered on 17 Mar 2013:

      I don’t really think of myself as a food scientist (despite working at the Institute of Food Research!). I’m a molecular biologist, and I got into molecular biology sort of by accident. I was at university doing a course called pathobiology and we had learned about DNA and the things you can do with it and I got the chance to do a short research project in a molecular biology lab. I discovered that this was what I wanted to do for a career.

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