I always had a great interest in science. I thought that I should go into medicine but I never liked the idea that you would learn so much about the human body and disease and just treat it. The research I do allows me to understand why our bodies become ill and find ways to improve treatments or discover brand new ones. I did a few internships to find out what kind of research I wanted to do, what I liked (and probably more importantly what I didn't like). I always thought I wanted to do deep molecular studies into biology, which is what a lot of my early research career is. Recently, I am working more with biological engineering and I am finding a whole new kind of research and I love it! I never would have got here without trying lots of different roles and projects. I also loved art and music in school but never thought it would be something in my actual job just hobbies. However, a big part of my day to day is to take pictures of cells using fluorescent tags and microscopes. The image I take are so beautiful it is art! I have also a strong belief that some good music and singing a lullaby or two to your cells can never hurt but this is yet to be published..