Question: what is your favorite thing about your job?

Charlotte Slade answered on 25 Feb 2025:

“The best part of my job? Getting to be both creative AND scientific! 🎨🔬

I love that one day I might be brainstorming wild new ideas for inventions with my team, and the next day we’re actually building and testing them. It’s like being a scientific inventor – we dream up new ways to help scientists see things that are way too small for normal microscopes, then work out how to make those dreams real!

Plus, knowing that our inventions help scientists around the world make important discoveries – like developing new medicines or creating better solar panels – makes every day feel meaningful. It’s pretty amazing to think that something we created might help someone cure a disease or solve climate change problems! ✨

(And I won’t lie – finishing at 3pm is pretty great too! 😄)”