"Bethan is a research scientist looking for non-toxic drugs that could delay early cancer growth and prevent it from reaching a life-threatening stage.Key characteristics of Bethan’s personality are that she is creative and resourceful, highly important skills for someone working in the field of scientific research. It is important to be creative and continually explore new ideas and think outside the box to find the right answers. Most of her research is doing something no one has ever done, so she needs to find creative ways to do them and be able to communicate these ideas to other scientists. This is why Bethan fits well with the ‘Communicator’ and ‘Innovator’ personality type as she is coming up with new ideas and communicating them to a wider audience. "

"Bethan is a research scientist looking for non-toxic drugs to treat cancer. Bethan specialises in drug discovery and cancer prevention. Her job mainly involves looking for non-toxic drugs that could delay early cancer growth and potentially prevent it from reaching a life-threatening stage. The outcome of Bethan’s job is to make cancer treatment more bearable for the patient, for example: finding a vitamin that patient could take every day to stop their cancer growing rather than undergoing gruelling and distressing chemotherapy or surgery. The majority of Bethan’s work is carried out in a wet lab where she conducts her experiments. In order to investigate non-toxic drugs, a typical day in the lab will involve working with cancer cells, colour change assays (tests), processing blood or looking at tumour tissue under a microscope. When she is not in the lab, Bethan will be looking at the statistics and data from her experiments and using software to help her reach conclusions that will lead to better treatments being discovered. In between her hard work, Bethan has a lot of laughs and catch ups with the rest of the team in the lab that she works with! "

"At school, Bethan was inspired by her teachers who were able to make science seem like more of a home than a subject. To this date, Bethan find that scientists are really supportive and interesting people – a key role model for her is David Attenborough!During Bethan’s A-Levels she volunteered to work in a laboratory, gaining experience into the environment early on. This experience helped inspire her to take a BSc in Medical Genetics – which is still her favourite topic to this date! Bethan decided that she wanted to use this knowledge to make a difference to people and society. She therefore specialised further in genetics of drug discovery for cancer during her master’s programme. To continue her work and specialise further, Bethan enrolled on her own research project in a PhD programme. She received a research stipend when she started her work, which usually range from £14,000 - £20,000 per year."

"Bethan loves throwing herself at new things - from joining a new sports team to learning a different language and fortunately, being at University, it is a great place to experience it all. However, if it has been a long day Bethan loves to simply watch TV, read or do some doodling!Bethan almost didn’t pursue a career in science, she thought about going to art school instead. Amazingly, Bethan has combined the both and now draws science comics at phdoodles.com – how awesome! "