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Asked by #sindybum to Cristiane, Nicki, Nikolai, Richard, Samuel on 12 Mar 2015.
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Samuel Ellis answered on 12 Mar 2015:
My work isn’t too disgusting thankfully. Probably the worst thing is the smell of E.coli. If you let the bacteria grow too long, when you open whatever it is in there is a very strong smell, somewhere between rotten egg and rubbish bins. Not pleasant!
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Nikolai Adamski answered on 12 Mar 2015:
Not sure what you mean exactly.
Working in a laboratory means (in my case) handling bacteria and chemicals, some of which have distinct (and sometimes unpleasant) smells to them. But there is nothing that makes you physically sick (as long as you follow the correct scientific procedures).
If you mean whether I get bored or annoyed with my research then the answer is: “Yes”. I am very passionate about my work, but it has its ups and downs like any other job.
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Nicki Whitehouse answered on 13 Mar 2015:
Not, not really. Sometimes one has to deal with quite smelly sediments, I once took samples in a lake in Epping forest and the muds stank horribly, turned out there was part of a rotting carcass in the bag….
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