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James Brown

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education:

    State school in brisbane.

  • Qualifications:

    undergraduate degree in biochemistry, a doctorate in molecular biology and a masters in teaching.

  • Work History:

    In a resaerch institute in asutralina and in NUIG.

  • Current Job:

    Lecturer

  • Employer:

    The National University of Ireland Galway.

  • Favourite thing to do in science: discover something new!

  • About Me: I'm an Aussie (Australian) trained scientist who lives in Galway (doing science).

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    I’m an Australian who got my PhD (means i’m a Dr) in Brisbane Australia investigating  diseases that can cause cancer.

    I now live (and love) Galway.

    I have a family and my wife is a scientist too- which is good and bad!

    I love live music and love all the culture, and food, that Galway has to offer.

  • My Work: I work on understanding and maybe one day treating breast cancer.

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    My work is trying to understand why people get breast cancer- what it is that goes wrong inside some cells that makes them turn into bad cancer cells.

    I’m also working a (maybe one day) a new way to specifically kill these breast cancer cells, to help people live longer.

  • My Typical Day: I spend some time teaching my students and working in the lab, and a litte bit of time writing.

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    I teach my students (PhD and masters) how to perform experiments in the lab and make sure they learn new techniques and ways of conducting experiments.

    During the school year i also teach undergraduate students how to use online tools that scientists use all the time to carry out their work.

    I also spend time communicating our work – either writing up our work so other scientists can see what we are doing and what we found out (to help their work) or reading about others work that could help us!

  • What I'd do with the money: I would bring school students to a sceintifc meeting and ask them to join in!

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    I’m one of the people that organize the Irish Association for cancer research (a big cancer scientists in Ireland and from all over the world) that is held in Ireland every year.

    I would organize a specific session where students would come and join in listening to scientists (from all over Ireland, and the world) talk about their work in a way that everyone can understand and have students (or anyone) ask  the speakers questions (about their work or about being a scientist).

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      tall, loud, talkative

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Foo fighers

      What's your favourite food?

      chinese

      What is the most fun thing you've done?

      jumped out of a plane

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      a scientist

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      sort of...

      What was your favourite subject at school?

      Biology

      What's the best thing you've done as a scientist?

      Discoverd something no one had ever seen before.

      What or who inspired you to become a scientist?

      my father

      If you weren't a scientist, what would you be?

      teacher

      Tell us a joke.

      do you know any jokes about sodium? Na.

  • My profile link:
    https://diagnosisn17.imascientist.ie/profile/jamesbrown/

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