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Annual-Mud-987 t1_jc20b4h wrote
Reply to I’m Ellie Jarvis (she/her), a 2nd year PhD Student in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Bath, UK. I research how female fruit flies drink alcohol to manage STIs. by UniversityofBath
Hi Ellie, your research sounds really interesting. Do the fruit flies get drunk from drinking alcohol? And do you know if this happens in the wild? It feels like it would make them easy pickings for any predators.
Annual-Mud-987 t1_iumgu1o wrote
Reply to We’re Sandhya Moise, David Phillips and Chan Lee from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Our research aims to grow human red blood cells in the lab to help treat cancer and other diseases. by UniversityofBath
Hi! This is fascinating. How similar are the red blood cells you grow in a lab to real human blood cells? Is it possible to grow cells that are identical to real red blood cells?
Annual-Mud-987 t1_iqwxnv1 wrote
Reply to comment by UniversityofBath in Hi, I’m Kit Yates. I’m a mathematical biologist at the University of Bath. I’m also a popular science author and a member of the scientific advisory group Independent SAGE by UniversityofBath
Very interesting thanks! Does that mean that scientists are looking at other coronaviruses for the 'next pandemic' or are they looking at lots of different possible viruses? I guess it could be any of them.
Annual-Mud-987 t1_iqwsig6 wrote
Reply to Hi, I’m Kit Yates. I’m a mathematical biologist at the University of Bath. I’m also a popular science author and a member of the scientific advisory group Independent SAGE by UniversityofBath
Hi! You said your next book is about expecting the unexpected. Do you think the Covid pandemic was predictable? It sometimes feels so in the western world, but I know there have been other kinds of coronoviruses elsewhere in the world and things like Ebola as well.
Annual-Mud-987 t1_iqm95lu wrote
Reply to Hello, I’m Dr Sara Fontani from the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom and I’m a primatologist. I’m here to talk about captive lemur’s welfare, reproduction and conservation. Please ask me anything! by UniversityofBath
Hi! Why are Gentle Lemurs called gentle? Are they particularly peaceful or nice to each other?
Annual-Mud-987 t1_jckgbzu wrote
Reply to Hello Reddit, I’m Nazia Mehrban, a Lecturer in Biotechnology at University of Bath. I design and build materials that are implanted into patients to repair or replace damaged tissues. by UniversityofBath
Hi! Could these smart materials have any impact on organ transplants? It seems like it could be a helpful way to prevent the body rejecting the new organ if you're able to mimic the chemistry of the body