Question: heyy its kelsey, how do you get cells in us or what do you have to do without krilling yourself to get them out. Also what do you do to be a sciencist because i want to be one but im only in yr 8 can you plz let me know thanx
Keywords: cell, extraction, human
Hi Kelsey,
Well I have answered how you can be a scientist in your other question, so won’t repeat that here, or you will get sick of reading.
We are made of cells. So if you go and see a biology teacher at school, they should be able to show you under a microscope what cells look like.
So if you want to get a cell off, just scratching your skin will cause some to come off. Or if you have a little cut, the blood has cells in it.
To get cells inside your body, just eat some food. No not chocolate, food like vegetables, or meat.
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Hey @kelsey.
First, keep working hard at high school and choose some science subjects when you get to choose your electives. Then, once you get to decide what you want to do at Uni, you can choose either a straight science degree or something more specialised. Really, though, if you can just get into a basic science degree, the world is yours. That’s all I did. I did a year of honours in reproductive biology, then worked in neuroscience, clinical nutrition then pancreatic cancer. There is so much out there for you to choose from. Try out all different types of science and you’ll work out what is right for you and you can follow and pursue what you really are interested in.
Keep up the passion Kelsey. Best of luck.
Next, the cells question. Dustin is right, you can just scrape, or cut cells out. For example, we can use cells taken from the tumours from a cancer patient, and then re-grow them on plastic for us to study them. Pretty amazing but really not too difficult.
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Hi kelsey,
Like what Dustin and Chris have said, you can take skin cells by scraping them off or you can look at blood for blood cells, otherwise you can cut some of them out, but not all types (you wouldn’t want any of your nerve or brain cells to be removed!).
My advice to you is to keep studying science and maths as you go through school, and also keep studying other things that you are interested in. As you go through school you will realise which science subjects you like the most (chemistry, biology, physics) and what sort of area you might want to keep studying or working in. I would also recommend that you keep studying maths for as long as you can (at least until the end of school, and some at uni if you like it enough), because all scientists need to understand and use maths as part of their work (even if they don’t realise it), so the more of it you can do the better off you probably will be, particularly if you go into physics or chemistry-related areas.
Also keep reading science books, magazines and websites, and watch lots of documentaries, and visit lots of science shows, uni open days, museums etc etc – keep doing science things that relate to what you like.
When you get to uni, try all sorts of subjects if you still haven’t quite decided what area you like the most, so that you can find what really interests you and what you really enjoy doing/learning about. The variety of subjects available at uni is really big, so you will end up finding ones that you like. If you like computers, you’ll find something related to them. If you like sports, you’ll find something related. Your ideas and plans might change over time, and that is perfectly ok!
Never ever be afraid to work hard but don’t stress yourself out. Remember that no matter how much you do learn, there will always be something new for you to keep learning about, so keep your curiosity alive. Also remember that you will never know absolutely everything and that no one should ever expect you to, and that arrogance is not a good thing, no matter how much of an ‘expert’ you might be about a particular topic. There are a lot of people who forget these things, so I just wanted to pass on this advice to you while you are still very young, (hopefully) before you meet anyone like that! 🙂 I think these are some of the most important things I could tell you. Best of luck and I hope things go well for you and your dream to be a scientist. 🙂
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The others have covered this really well. I would just add that you should just keep studying what you enjoy the most. That way when you end up working it will be in something you love.
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