• Question: if you had sufficient funds, what would you persue to do other than what u would do if won the moneyz your playing for :P

    Asked by jdiddydaltonsezhi to Jamie, Jodie, Kat, Mark, Niamh on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Jamie Pringle

      Jamie Pringle answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Hello jdiddydaltonsezhi,

      Other than for pigs, I would pay for more students to do some research, as more man/womanpower really helps move research forwards!

    • Photo: Katherine Davies

      Katherine Davies answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hello

      Wow if I had more money (for research), I would be able to obtain the DNA sequence of my fly, which would make looking at gene expression much easier. We use gene expression to help find genetic solutions for controlling the population of the fly, as well as how it develops, which can be used for determining age, thus time-since death of a corpse. This would cost ~£250,000.

      I would also like some new growth rooms/incubators (in which I keep my flies) which are more accurate and reliable – the ones we have are very old and freeze over in winter, sometimes killing my flies!

      I would also like to buy some land, where I could do some decomposition studies on pigs, as this has not been done around Portsmouth. If we had a crime around here, we would have to compare the state of the corpse to studies carried out miles away, which could prove to be inaccurate.

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      Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      hmmmm depends on how much money.. I would like to put some funds into forensi science research as its very hard to find funds to support research students at the moment….the average PhD project (which lasts about 3-4 years) costs about £70,000 so the research leaders have to try to find that money for each student

    • Photo: Mark Hill

      Mark Hill answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hi jdiddydaltonsezhi,

      After funding my PhD, I may try to set up a charitable trust, to assist students wishing to enter into collision investigation research, for whom funding is a problem. That and further lecture to colleges and schools on the application of science in everyday life – collision investigation.

      Thanks for an entirely different and pertinent question. Mark.

    • Photo: Jodie Dunnett

      Jodie Dunnett answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      Ooh good question. I I had an unlimited budget, I would organise summer schools where students could come to the university and process a crime scene and then analyse the evidence they had collected. Hopefully this would spark an interest in science and lead to a boost in the number of students taking science at A-level.

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