Profile
Shannah Gates
Today I was at the greenhouse sowing some medicinal plant seeds and weeding my medicinal plant garden
My CV
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Education:
Templars Primary school, Lancing
Whitestyles middle school
Sir Robert Woodard Academy -
Qualifications:
Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Graphic design, English language, English literature, IT, Sociology, child development
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Work History:
After school I went to college then university. I then went to university in Australia. Now I am at university in London doing my PhD.
I have had some summer jobs to earn money. I worked at clarks the shoe shop. I worked at a cinema. I now work as an exam invigilator and teach some laboratory classes at the university. -
Current Job:
PhD student
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About Me:
I live in London and I love Disney and Musicals.
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I live in London now but I am from Brighton. I have a dog, two cats and many plants. I love to go on holiday and travel. Last month I went hot air ballooning. I also love rollercoasters and theme parks. Disney land is my favourite.
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My work involves making immortal root cultures (flasks full of roots that keep growing like crazy and never die). I have so many flasks of roots, they just keep growing and growing! I have made them by genetically modifying roots. They are roots of medicinal plants. I am growing them like this so that I can produce and extract lots of the medicinal compounds from them.
<– these are my roots. They are called hairy root cultures because the roots grow all hairy.
Once I have the medicinal compounds from the plants I test them on human liver cells to see if they could be used as a medicine for liver disease. Here is a video of the cells treated with a green fluorescent compound.
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My Typical Day:
Planning and doing experiments and writing up reports
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I normally get to work at about 9am. I usually start by checking my emails and checking my diary to see what I have to do that day. I then plan and do experiments. I often have to sterilise seeds and grow them in flasks in the lab.
After I have done my experiments I have to write up what I did, to make sure I don’t forget. I often have meetings with my professor to talk about the results of the experiments.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
I don’t know yet, do you have any cool ideas?
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Tall, geeky, silly
What did you want to be after you left school?
A swimming teacher
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Not really, I was good
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Little Mix
What's your favourite food?
Lasagne
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
I wish that I could be invisible, that I could fly and have lots of money
Tell us a joke.
Why do potatoes make good detectives? Because they keep their eyes peeled.
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