• Question: when did you find out that you were so interested in worms?

    Asked by hannahmvnich to Kimberley on 9 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by katierfletch.
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      Kimberley Bryon answered on 9 Jun 2011:

      A really good question!

      I hadn’t really heard of nematode worms until I was at University and one of our practicals involved using them. While some people thought that they were really gross I though it was really cool that something so simple can tell us so much about how humans work.

      I then spent 6 months working on them for my final year project at Uni and loved them so much that I wanted to keep studying them. These little worms have been responsible for 3 Noble prizes in recent years and scientists have even sent them in to space!

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