mhind27 my work tells us about how DNA interacts with different DNA and different bacteria in the environment! to a scientist, the environment is anything from the human body to the plain old kitchen sponge. So my work tells us how DNA from a human body environment interacts with DNA on a sponge environment. If we think about a hospital nurse and the sponges at the hospital, my work looks at DNA interactions there and how we might be able to stop and tract the spread of antibiotic resistance across clinical environments. Looking at nature environments, I can also look at the DNA interaction 🙂 Hope this helps!
Some of my work has, yes! I have helped develop tests to find dangerous bacteria in environmental samples like water sources. Using this test, we can help determine if there are any nasty bacteria in the water samples in tiny tiny amounts that other tests wouldn’t be able to find. Then people can be warned about it and measures can be taken to make sure it doesn’t make anyone sick!
Hmmm…tough one! Depends on what you mean by the environment! If you mean the physical world around us…some of my work deals with the consequences of environmental change. I have a project starting soon where we will be looking to do a geographic survey of the summer flooding and how that is related to increases in insect populations and how that may relate to increases in infections in humans. I then go and tell the people who live in those areas to be careful about the way they interact with the environment – ie covering up open wounds during outdoor activities to stop the nasty bugs and/or insects carrying them access to their skin!
Some of our research looks at “bioremediation”, which is just a fancy word for ‘fixing the environment’. When people use pesticides and poisons to keep bugs away from their farms, they’re releasing toxic chemicals into the environment that can hurt humans and animals too.
We’re looking at ways of using an enzyme (a natural, environmentally friendly protein) to break up the poisons in the environment! This will improve the water system and make big farms more friendly to the environment. : )
mhind27 my work tells us about how DNA interacts with different DNA and different bacteria in the environment! to a scientist, the environment is anything from the human body to the plain old kitchen sponge. So my work tells us how DNA from a human body environment interacts with DNA on a sponge environment. If we think about a hospital nurse and the sponges at the hospital, my work looks at DNA interactions there and how we might be able to stop and tract the spread of antibiotic resistance across clinical environments. Looking at nature environments, I can also look at the DNA interaction 🙂 Hope this helps!
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Some of my work has, yes! I have helped develop tests to find dangerous bacteria in environmental samples like water sources. Using this test, we can help determine if there are any nasty bacteria in the water samples in tiny tiny amounts that other tests wouldn’t be able to find. Then people can be warned about it and measures can be taken to make sure it doesn’t make anyone sick!
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Hi mhind27, my research focuses cancer, so no unfortunately it won’t improve the environment but I am very keen on research that helps our planet
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Hmmm…tough one! Depends on what you mean by the environment! If you mean the physical world around us…some of my work deals with the consequences of environmental change. I have a project starting soon where we will be looking to do a geographic survey of the summer flooding and how that is related to increases in insect populations and how that may relate to increases in infections in humans. I then go and tell the people who live in those areas to be careful about the way they interact with the environment – ie covering up open wounds during outdoor activities to stop the nasty bugs and/or insects carrying them access to their skin!
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Hi Mhind27!
Some of our research looks at “bioremediation”, which is just a fancy word for ‘fixing the environment’. When people use pesticides and poisons to keep bugs away from their farms, they’re releasing toxic chemicals into the environment that can hurt humans and animals too.
We’re looking at ways of using an enzyme (a natural, environmentally friendly protein) to break up the poisons in the environment! This will improve the water system and make big farms more friendly to the environment. : )
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