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Alex Dainis

Science thoughts from a Genetics PhD!

3, D printer dispenses layers of orange substance next to smaller orange masses. Title card reads, " 3,D Printed Food."
5 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Alex Dainis is seated in front of her book shelf. On screen text, Bite Sci-zed. Caption: I like chocolate a lot.
3 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman opens her mouth mid-speech and holds out her hands with palms up. Title card reads, "Collaboration in Science: Tea Break with Amor Sciendi."
11 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman laughs and faces another woman in front of a skyline with white buildings. Title card reads, "Diving Off a Cliff Using Science! Lysanne Richard, Canada."
7 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Large rounded blue and white instrument with round opening at the front. Man faces it in foreground. Title card reads, "A flying telescope in a 747?!"
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A researcher displays G F P in a graduated tube. Caption: This is G F P or green fluorescent protein.
1 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman with shoulder-length brown hair parts her lips mid-speech in front of white bookshelves. Title card reads, "How Big Are Tree Genomes?"
6 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A house plant. Caption: I decided to focus on plants for my new distressing techniques.
4 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a gray brain with areas highlighted in green. Title card reads, "How Does Your Brain Learn? Changes in active brain regions could be an indicator of 'training related performance gains.'"
5 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman with shoulder-length brown hair and lips parted mid-speech. Title card reads, "How Wildfires Become Wildflowers."
9 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Alex Dainis stands in the aisle of her lab with her arms wide open. Caption: Here's the lab.
3 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Three glasses are filled with leaves. To the second glass, isopropyl alcohol is added. Caption: Next, cover the leaves in isopropyl alcohol.
4 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Alex Dainis is seated in front of her book shelf. Animation of a cell structure. Caption: And this volume includes all of its organelles.
4 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Alex Dainis holds a parafilm in the hand. Caption: This is parafilm.
5 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration depicts glycerol in zig zag fatty acid chains.Caption: of three fatty acid chains stuck onto a glycerol molecule.
2 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Alex Dainis holds a lighted match stick in the hand. Caption: So why does it happen.
2 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Alex Dainis is seated in her lab with a laboratory note book in hand. Caption: So I often think of my lab notebook as a lab scrapbook.
4 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Woman with brown hair wearing a red plaid shirt is in front of a computer and a bookshelf. She claps her hands together in front of her while talking.
11 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12