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Asked by anon-251515 to Sophie on 23 Apr 2020.
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Sophie Arthur answered on 23 Apr 2020: last edited 23 Apr 2020 10:23 am
My stem cell research was looking at how stem cells maintained their stem cell identity under low oxygen conditions, and also comparing that to cancer stem cells. Unfortunately I have left the lab now so I don’t have any more research to do 🙁
But a typical day involved keeping my stem cells alive and happy which involved giving them their food each day – food that was a pink liquid we call media. Other than that I would collect samples of stem cells and measure differences in the amount of genes and proteins I was interested in under the different conditions I grew my cells in and perform experiments on them then.
Here is an article I wrote about a typical day as a stem cell researcher:
A day in the life of a PhD student. Chapter 5.
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anon-251515 commented on :
Thank you. I never thought about the facet that stem cellsneed food.
Sophie commented on :
Well when I say food, I just mean all the nutrients they need to keep growing and stay healthy. Just like us really