• Question: what made you interested in researching about what mums ate before there babies were born and how they could get diseases when there older?

    Asked by mel3gill to Simon on 22 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Langley-Evans

      Simon Langley-Evans answered on 22 Nov 2013:

      Mel3gill, that is a really interesting question, thank you.

      Believe it or not, it was a complete accident. As a young scientist finding work can be difficult and most people only get a job that lasts for 3 years and then they have to find another. I was at the end of one contract and desperate for work and managed to get a post investigating this subject. To be honest I did not believe in the idea at all but needed the money!! 😉

      About 3 months into the job I got the results back from my first experiment and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The idea wasn’t rubbish after all, it was the most amazing outcome I had ever seen. I got hooked on the idea, incredibly excited and I am still studying this problem 20 years later.

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