A day in the life of analyst: Carl Ruffel

By Nina Notman2009-09-01T12:16:00

6 different vitamin tablets in the palm of a hand

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Carl has spent the past three years working as an analyst for the Medical Research Council. He talks to Nina Notman about his typical day

The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded organisation that carries out research aimed at improving human health. Carl works in the human nutritional research unit, which looks into the relationship between what we eat and our health. He is part of a team that analyses markers of nutrition in human samples, and he specialises in vitamin analysis.

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