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  • čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
  • Trying to document grad school one CZcams video at a time, from lab equipment to genetics lessons to interviews with other students! Each week is a new view into life as a grad student, and the rollercoaster that is getting a PhD.
    Twitter: @AlexDainis
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    "Marty Gots a Plan" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    (All thoughts and opinions are my own and do not reflect the thoughts or opinions of my institution.)
    Thank you to DCMP for captioning! www.dcmp.org
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Komentáře • 212

  • @myrest3334
    @myrest3334 Před 8 lety +48

    hahaha I love that sad piece of paper that says "corrosive acids". so menacing and weak at the same time...

  • @user-wf3iw1qv4x
    @user-wf3iw1qv4x Před rokem +3

    Your laboratory is a very technological and comfortable place. Everything is nearby, but at the same time everything has its place. It's great that there are separate places to work (bench and desk). But it's also great that there are objects that ensure general safety (fire extinguisher). I am a biology student and spend a lot of time in the labs for practice too. And I think it's really important that the lab be your comfortable place.

  • @AppliedScience
    @AppliedScience Před 8 lety +38

    Cool! I used to spend a fair bit of time in the Lucas Center for a previous job, so some of the décor looks very familiar. I'm looking forward to your videos on technique/equipment.

  • @thefishyfish8544
    @thefishyfish8544 Před 6 lety +1

    aaaaaah I absolutely love this video and the energy of the tour. I hope your PhD is as fun as it looks!

  • @supergoku1515
    @supergoku1515 Před 8 lety

    Happy your back. I enjoy your enthusiasm and videos 👍

  • @jaredgoff4561
    @jaredgoff4561 Před 6 lety

    You made this video a lot of fun to watch! Looking forward to watching more!

  • @Illogic69
    @Illogic69 Před 8 lety +16

    I would love to see a time-lapse from you working in the lab. Think it could turn out quite cool :)

  • @sssophyst
    @sssophyst Před rokem

    Thank you for your video! I am also a biology student and will soon be working in a laboratory. It was very interesting to find out what kind of equipment I would have to work with. Your laboratory looks very comfortable, in such a place you want to do science! It is very motivating and inspiring. I hope that my work will be just as interesting and exciting

  • @esdraslopez4658
    @esdraslopez4658 Před 5 lety

    I. Freakin. LOVE. This channel. PLEASE keep up your AMAZING work!

  • @Seegalgalguntijak
    @Seegalgalguntijak Před 8 lety +1

    Alex, I really liked that, it's very interesting! I'm also looking forward to the next videos where you explain what you do with the microwave, or what these gels are and what they're used for, and why the microwave is so important in making them and so on! Keep on sciencing for the world to see! :-)

  • @Sasori_n
    @Sasori_n Před rokem

    Very exciting and interesting video! It is rare to find such informative and capacious tours of laboratories! I hope one day to visit and work in such a wonderful laboratory as yours. Also, as a biology student, I understand how important it is to be suitable for work.

  • @wethecurious
    @wethecurious Před 8 lety +9

    This was really interesting, Alex! I wish there were more lab tours like this around CZcams, it would be fascinating to compare different labs. I hope we get to meet your labmates some time.
    - Ross

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 8 lety +2

      +At-Bristol Science Centre I'll see if I can convince them to join me on camera! I think they're currently all happily avoiding my lens and supportively chuckling at my internet antics.

  • @pleasedontdoxme6237
    @pleasedontdoxme6237 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for the extra effort of the captions

  • @user-vp7jr2ho2v
    @user-vp7jr2ho2v Před rokem

    A wonderful laboratory that looks both cozy and technologically advanced. I hope that I will work in a similar place as a biologist. In addition, I like the responsible attitude to safety and comfort - division into departments, different work areas and even a fire extinguisher is just great.

  • @Markovisch
    @Markovisch Před 5 lety

    Looooove the tour!

  • @Abdullah-mt9ns
    @Abdullah-mt9ns Před 5 lety

    best lab tour ever

  • @AliJardz
    @AliJardz Před 7 lety

    Loved this.

  • @hellopanda135
    @hellopanda135 Před 6 lety

    i love your channel!! thank you for providing this kind of content on youtube.

    • @hellopanda135
      @hellopanda135 Před 6 lety

      and it's gonna be so awesome for your future phd holding self to look back at these videos haha

  • @gregoriobernardo2503
    @gregoriobernardo2503 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful place., and tools., and aparatus.,

  • @espanol9942
    @espanol9942 Před 3 lety +1

    Your lab tour is pretty good.

  • @AlyBaumgartner
    @AlyBaumgartner Před 8 lety +1

    This makes me so happy! As a paleontologist, my lab space looks VERY different and it's cool to see where other people science!

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 8 lety

      +Aly Baumgartner Aw man, I would love to see what *your* space looks like! I've never been in a paleontology lab!

  • @bobafett7558
    @bobafett7558 Před 8 lety +1

    Interesting, smart and funny. Thank you! :)

  • @RoadRunnerMeep
    @RoadRunnerMeep Před 4 lety

    Love the setup :)

  • @idoussia
    @idoussia Před 8 lety +1

    Hello, Alex! I loved the tour video!
    Wanted to ask you if you guys have a cryo-electron microscope? Just interested.
    Additionally, you have two boxes at the tissue culture area. I wonder if the box areas are used for working with different materials?
    I wish my lab would be good enough to have a tour guide video to record in it :D
    Thank you for the video again!
    Sincerely,
    Dounia :)

  • @SciJoy
    @SciJoy Před 7 lety

    easternblot is awesome. Also really liked the tour.

  • @krustok
    @krustok Před 8 lety +1

    Great video!

  • @Tomonkey4
    @Tomonkey4 Před 8 lety

    How about a video on all the different types of flasks and other glassware in those cabinets holding way more things than I would think such a small lab would need?

  • @timlsi6327
    @timlsi6327 Před 6 lety

    Hi Alex, that was pretty cool lab you have there. Could you tell us, what kind of research do you focused on right now, and maybe you could show us what kind of equipment you are usually use for the research. Hail researcher!

  • @supersmashsam
    @supersmashsam Před 8 lety +6

    That was fun!
    Do grad students have another office outside the lab where they can work more quietly and have lunch?
    Are your labmates aware of your filming antics dring the week-ends? If yes, maybe some of them would be willing to participate to some of your videos!
    Also, that thing on the right at 2:01 resemble an awfull lot like a rice cooker :P
    Keep up the good work!

  • @ricarleite
    @ricarleite Před 8 lety +48

    Maybe do a time lapse of you working?

  • @veganbackpacking-8559
    @veganbackpacking-8559 Před 7 lety

    Loved the video! :) Maybe it's a weird question, but; are labs where there is being worked with bacteria and such, hermetically sealed? Or having a air-lock/cleaning room which we sometimes see in movies?

  • @SoutherStacker007
    @SoutherStacker007 Před 7 lety

    Great video Alex.
    -From Auburn University.

  • @anamoon5796
    @anamoon5796 Před 6 lety

    omg...so cool the place you work

  • @user-kn4ly6zs6l
    @user-kn4ly6zs6l Před 2 lety

    Really helpful and informative

  • @luyang7033
    @luyang7033 Před 7 lety +1

    Your lab is soooooooooooo big!

  • @The_Mendoza
    @The_Mendoza Před 8 lety +6

    What is this loud refrigerator and why is it so loud? ;-)

  • @rgalt5675
    @rgalt5675 Před 8 lety

    You should talk about your lab mates sometime. My favorite part of grad school were the long discussions and arguments with them.

  • @mainlytrombone
    @mainlytrombone Před 8 lety

    SO PUMPED for this new season of Alex Dainis on CZcams - looks like it's going to be super interesting! :-D
    Thanks for bringing us in to your world, Alex! :-)

  • @xja85mac
    @xja85mac Před 8 lety

    Labs are loud, but a kind of loudness that helps you focus, except when you go to the other room to inject a sample...

  • @C0nc0rdance
    @C0nc0rdance Před 8 lety +14

    I love your videos, Alex! Quirky and fun.
    You should totally talk about multi-color lab tape and it's manifold uses. It's a label! It's a gel pouring dam! It's a load-bearing structure!

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 8 lety +11

      +C0nc0rdance Using tape as a gel pouring dam is my favorite lab tape use! For some reason it feel very MacGyver-esque.

  • @XSpImmaLion
    @XSpImmaLion Před 2 měsíci

    The CZcams algorithm recommended me this video, and I got to see Alex 8 years ago. xD

  • @ricardoguzman114
    @ricardoguzman114 Před 7 lety

    I noticed a couple of analytical balances. What brand/models are they? I have an A&D GF-300N. It is only a milligram balance, but I have plans to get maybe a Scientech Zeta Series analytical balance.

  • @xxxdnaskatexxx
    @xxxdnaskatexxx Před 7 lety

    Badass!

  • @NikolajLepka
    @NikolajLepka Před 8 lety

    This is part of the reason why I love software engineering
    Although you don't get to work in a snazzy lab like this one, you're free to work wherever you want so long as you have a laptop handy

  • @cadenericson3730
    @cadenericson3730 Před 7 lety +1

    Can you do a detailed lab tour like opening every drawn and showing us everytjing?

  • @bilalsahid4747
    @bilalsahid4747 Před 5 lety

    love your voice

  • @noviannovian1938
    @noviannovian1938 Před 2 lety

    Wow this video make laboratory living is quite interesting

  • @gregoriobernardo2503
    @gregoriobernardo2503 Před 3 lety

    High technology equipment and beautiful., it's completely

  • @notsyort
    @notsyort Před 8 lety

    Question: How often does the glass disposal bin get used? Or is that question too personally embarrassing? :-D

  • @rzgre7611
    @rzgre7611 Před 4 lety

    I am crazy about labs and this video 😻😻

  • @charlesdauphin3324
    @charlesdauphin3324 Před 8 lety

    Brings back memories... Nobody works on weekends at your place, or did you film this during an evacuation exercise?... :^p

  • @momsmushroomsjodyfoster5786

    I thought you’d mention a laminar flow hood? But, hey waaaaay cool lab!! I’m very jealous .

  • @heinzbeanzcool
    @heinzbeanzcool Před 6 lety

    Epiccccccccccccc

  • @mastershooter64
    @mastershooter64 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Most energetic grad student be like

  • @Calciferic
    @Calciferic Před 8 lety

    What is the thing with a transparent spherical cover on your bench and what is it for? (1:02 for reference. You seem to have two of them and one is open)

    • @thePirateQueenKt
      @thePirateQueenKt Před 8 lety +1

      +Calciferic Mini centrifuges for spinning down things in tiny tubes - the one in front looks like it's for pcr tubes (which are very tiny) - the one behind is probably for slightly larger standard sized 1.5ml tubes - liquid can get up in their caps or on the sides of the tube so you need to give them a quick spin to bring all the liquid down

  • @blackmetalwarrior3697
    @blackmetalwarrior3697 Před 6 lety

    Cool, great lab.
    You are so cute and cheerful.
    Thanks for your videos, I like it.

  • @Lucassymons
    @Lucassymons Před 8 lety

    you have a dedicated glass bin? Just how much glass dose one break in the average week? And be honest how much of it is because you dropped it and released some thing that may or may not be life threatening?

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 8 lety

      +Lucas symons I'd say we break about one glass thing a month. It doesn't get emptied frequently. I believe the last item added was my shattered glass tea tumbler :(

  • @georgeh5075
    @georgeh5075 Před 5 lety

    That music is my life

  • @OnwardToMail
    @OnwardToMail Před 8 lety +30

    Never would have thought a lab would be so messy and cluttered haha.

    • @Mrtrigrhappy
      @Mrtrigrhappy Před 3 lety +2

      I used to do chemical waste disposal so I was in and out of these labs all day and I've seen WAY worse. Most of the students are horribly un-organized and leave anything and everything laying out.

  • @kingofcobwebs
    @kingofcobwebs Před 8 lety

    Plastic shields are important! It probably saves someone in your lab a lot of headaches.

  • @stanlymanly2
    @stanlymanly2 Před 8 lety

    Its been 3 years since your last lipsync montage. Thinking of making a new one? :D up the ante a bit?

  • @altaroffire56
    @altaroffire56 Před 8 lety

    Awesome video! I'm glad the wall we didn't see actually has a window. Until now your lab seemed really claustrophobic.

    • @altaroffire56
      @altaroffire56 Před 8 lety

      I also love your printer talking to the world...

  • @thabangramokoena6229
    @thabangramokoena6229 Před 3 lety

    Was that a hemocytometer. Such compacted chemicals placement

  • @oscarramos2397
    @oscarramos2397 Před 2 lety

    For PhD students in other countries doing research, do you labs look similar? I'm curious to see what laboratories from other countries look like

  • @alisonroxx9
    @alisonroxx9 Před 8 lety

    I'm honestly pretty jealous that your desk is next to your bench. I'm so sick of running back and forth between the office and lab!

  • @denyesha2158
    @denyesha2158 Před 3 lety +1

    I hope I will have my own laboratory

  • @oliviaharlow3866
    @oliviaharlow3866 Před 8 lety +1

    What's her accent? I only notice it sometime but some words she says sounds Irish or something

  • @mjnyc8655
    @mjnyc8655 Před 8 lety

    I can't recall another video in which the viewers are prompted to do science without the hand gesture. (I'm amazed how Ms. Dainis gets cuter as she ages.)

  • @davidsweeney111
    @davidsweeney111 Před 8 lety

    Nice vid Alex! What kind of lab is that, a genetics lab?

    • @ChelseaJeanBentley
      @ChelseaJeanBentley Před 8 lety

      +Fox Mulder yes she says that in one of her earlier videos :)

  • @haymaroo3577
    @haymaroo3577 Před 3 lety

    how to differentiate bioharzard waste and general waste?

  • @rrozinak
    @rrozinak Před 8 lety

    What exactly are you working on?

  • @cynx56
    @cynx56 Před 8 lety

    kept waiting for a jump scare :)

  • @E-N-sy1mi
    @E-N-sy1mi Před 5 lety +1

    The room in my dreams...

  • @rzgre7611
    @rzgre7611 Před 4 lety +1

    I am a biology student in metu or I will be 😂 that's will be my first class and I am lucky to find you

  • @aileronster
    @aileronster Před 7 lety

    Literally right after you mention the most serious piece of equipment in the lab, you pass what looks like a crock pot at 2:02. What is that thing? Also, the place at 2:28 in the background on the left that I can only assume is where you clean your glassware beakers, containers. How's that done???

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 7 lety

      Hahaha, it's a pressure cooker, not a crock-pot! It's used in one of our slide staining protocols. And that's a drying rack after things have been washed!

  • @itsreeah2663
    @itsreeah2663 Před 3 lety

    I don’t know why I was searching this app. I am blind and my ambition is to become a scientist and then I’m going to get there Sunday

  • @onur2133
    @onur2133 Před 6 lety

    I NEED TO TIDY THAT PLACE UP OMG

  • @ivyzhang674
    @ivyzhang674 Před 5 lety

    Are the photos towards the back of you the dissected heart LOL?

  • @briancabactulan7391
    @briancabactulan7391 Před 3 lety

    Hi can you tour the entrance of your Lab?

  • @marctelfer6159
    @marctelfer6159 Před 8 lety

    TIL that real-life labs look a lot more untidy that Dexter's Lab, yet are somehow more ordered.
    On an unrelated note... I wonder if anyone's ever gotten the food microwave and non-food microwave mixed up.

  • @sirhenry4634
    @sirhenry4634 Před 4 lety

    What kind of autoclave for sterilization?

  • @XNaturalPhenomenonX
    @XNaturalPhenomenonX Před 8 lety

    dude. you are cool.

  • @JohnCashin
    @JohnCashin Před 5 lety +1

    I'm in my 50's now, when I was growing up as a school kid in the 1970's, I was always interested in science and even entertained the notion of being a scientist when I grew up but I used to get put off by the rather stuffy image I had of people who worked in labs, middleaged, geeky looking men and women with glasses kind of a thing, I didn't really want to end up like that lol, I have to say, this video of your completely breaks up that idea I had, you make it a look a lot cooler than it was in my time, I never did actually take up a career in science, I became a salesman instead lol, however, I have often wondered how it might have been had I done so, I guess I'll never know for sure, it's one of those time continuum, parallel universe type questions lol, thanks for the upload, it was very interesting.

  • @AhsanUllah-ie8ml
    @AhsanUllah-ie8ml Před rokem

    I want to do my Master and phD research in such a well furnished Lab...IA

  • @arrowzfly21
    @arrowzfly21 Před 8 lety +5

    What and how do you use a microwave in the lab if its not for.

    • @Humineral
      @Humineral Před 8 lety +6

      It's for soup.
      Is it a food?
      Is it a drink?
      I don't know, let's try and microwave it to find out.

    • @thePirateQueenKt
      @thePirateQueenKt Před 8 lety +13

      +arrowzfly21 That'll be explained in the promised video on gels I bet - short version - you microwave the stuff that makes the gel to dissolve it all before pouring it

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 8 lety +9

      +thePirateQueenKt This is correct!

    • @SgtMantis
      @SgtMantis Před 8 lety +1

      +arrowzfly21 It can be used to melt agar without a water bath. That I know.

  • @khylaloviesseperez7188

    In need to make an chemical laboratory and I was waiting for the 3rd and 4th row but thts all hahaha

  • @victorndolo2378
    @victorndolo2378 Před 5 lety

    amaizing would love to work at such a laboratory #soequiped #adventurelab

  • @veenibik336
    @veenibik336 Před 4 lety

    It looks messy, just like my life. I still dont know what job shall i get in the future

  • @Dr.Yousif-
    @Dr.Yousif- Před 6 lety

    Like that . Feed us more 😀

  • @zionbhat9296
    @zionbhat9296 Před 5 lety

    Where is this lab located.

  • @derriusbranch8620
    @derriusbranch8620 Před 3 lety

    Hello
    Hi
    Nice video. Great looks.
    Looks great. Nice review. Go Smart things.
    Mr. Branch

  • @hottamale180
    @hottamale180 Před 5 lety

    why dont u use eppendorf pipettes

  • @MSgCapuaHVthPRS
    @MSgCapuaHVthPRS Před 6 lety

    What is the name of that microscope

  • @toncheri7681
    @toncheri7681 Před 4 lety

    What is your profession? You're cool!!

  • @554466551
    @554466551 Před 8 lety +3

    This made me want to science soooo bad!

  • @gurkiratji23
    @gurkiratji23 Před 8 lety

    Do you work at a University lab?

  • @abdoboujarat9737
    @abdoboujarat9737 Před 3 lety +1

    😭😭 i dead now

  • @JimtheEvo
    @JimtheEvo Před 8 lety +7

    Where is everybody???

    • @AlexDainisPhD
      @AlexDainisPhD  Před 8 lety +13

      +JimTheEvo There's a handful of us that work on the weekends, but normally not full days. I shot this right after the research associate left and before the other grad student showed up...

  • @italianstallion1690
    @italianstallion1690 Před 8 lety

    😊

  • @crazyfilipinopilot3065

    You are a chemical engineer? or Biologist? sorry I'm new to your youtube channel.