A Day in the Life of a PLANT SCIENTIST - Ep. 354

Botanic gardens are beautiful to walk through and ogle at, but often the real plant research is happening behind-the-scenes and not in public-facing showcases. I venture to ‪@nybg‬ to learn about the on-site research that they are doing in their lab, which gives us an overview of what it's like to shadow a plant scientist for a day.
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[@HolidayGlow]

Ohhh this is SO cool! Thank you to Summer and all of the staff at the NYBG who participated in showing us their day! I love seeing the botanic research and methods, theories and what is being looked at, even if these folks have forgotten more than I'll ever understand on the intricacies!

[@cefcat5733]

Great tour. Never heard the term 'hydrophobic plants.' Lots of amazing vehicles for flight, land, or water conveyance are modeled after things you find in Nature. It sets the imagination rolling, wondering what vehicles could float on hair-like structures. What a riot! It's not so very often that a future career education just comes at the right moment, in time and at the right location, to meet and greet you. Wonderful. I am in awe, about this facility and it's work.

[@gjsoriano1]

Great video to start the year! Looking forward to more of your stuning videos this years. Happy new year!

[@summerrayneoakes]

Happiest New Year to you as well.

[@domnicsantiago]

"Thank you for sharing this video; I wish I had encountered such inspiring content during my own upbringing. However, I am hopeful that your message will ignite a passion for plants and life in many more children. Perhaps, this could serve as a stepping stone for the aspiring scientists of our future!"

[@lorirober2536]

❤ Wow! Exciting video, love learning about botanic research. Thanks for your excellent videos. I would have loved to do this as a career path. Maybe my next life. So in this life i content myself with growing and observing tropical plants and cacti. ❤😊 This main speaker was very knowledgeable and well educated.

[@summerrayneoakes]

Yes, I was most impressed with LeAnn and all the young women at the helm across all of New York Botanical Garden in general. I even mentioned that to them!

[@whitejade1000]

Such an interesting field trip! Thank you!! 🌿💚😊

[@angelalove321]

Thank you for the lab presentation Leanne and staff. And Summer you have a really great cook book.

[@imberrysandy]

Great video! I am going back to school since graduating with an art degree in 2018. My major in my new community college is plant science! challeging and rewarding 😊

[@anastasiawak894]

Yessss I love the science videos!

[@astyag8627]

Thank you for sharing these videos.

[@user-hc1ez7zt7g]

so so cool! Thank you for providing these awesome insights into the plant science and conservation world.

[@igorjee]

I love the information-packed format. I learnt some as a biologist.

[@SillyMe43]

I love this video ❤ you’re always coming out with something new and unexpected about plants.

[@gray_f]

Great video!!!🥰 I always wonder what goes into making a plant hybrid, changing the leaf or flower color, etc. I can only imagine! I picture a scientist dividing cells😄🤩

[@nishthasadiwala]

I also want to persue a career in this field so thank you so much for sharing this it will definitely help ☺️💚

[@Alwaysherethere]

That was interesting!

[@user-nq1hh7ie8e]

Wow, fascinating video! I wish I had continued on with my biology degree.

[@onlyplants]

she is so cool I wanna take her out for coffee and stare at her talk about plant biology ❤️

[@rubyhornik2]

Dream job! So cool

[@fernlibra9737]

Amazing video again ❤

[@jlacasse3750]

Loved loved loved this type of content. I was a biochemist in a previous life. Now I want to experiment with plant and mushroom preservation in 70% EtOH lol!

[@chuxmix65]

Nice!

[@user-jw6dw9jf8w]

I live in Italy and I thought this work was incredible

[@sakshisahu9351]

Hey summer i'm your big fan Love from india ❤

[@reksner]

One of my dream job. ❤

[@steveyoung6439]

Excellent. I have been going to the NYBG herbarium for many years but had no ideas this lab existed!

[@aaaaa44455]

Love it

[@Fabdanc]

We love features of women in STEM!

[@JP-it3jg]

The lab manager is so cool lol

[@daniellittman5807]

I just had the most lucid dream ever, a long drawn out dream. I came to New York to see you. I asked you to marry me and you said of course I will. Alot more to it than that but I just toured NYC on a bike. That was very cool.

[@nekane6168]

"We are plant scientists, not gardeners" 😂 I bet you have used this sentence a lot with friends and family

[@gasperkanoni8838]

Love it love it live it❤❤❤

[@sanctuaryculture2197]

I love her job...

[@timgarner1957]

Oh man, geek alert! I love it ..I follow her around all day. What a cool place! " Did that sound creepy? Sorry I would hate To end up in one of those pickle jars! Lol Great content. Thanks

[@CMZneu]

Very interesting stuff, the fern life cycle reminds me of fungi. Honestly not being a gardener is not an excuse, as a plant scientist you should be able to grow decent plants because you should know exactly what plants need.

[@protographium5938]

amazing what goes on behind the scenes...so well spoken, is she a botanical avatar?

[@BankeEhuwa]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nisnber5760]

I happen to grow Adiantum peruvianum that I've started from spores at the beginning of 2023, and I'm wondering what the aquatic stage that she was referring to would be? Is it at the gametophyte stage that requires water for sperm transport?

[@sdqsdq6274]

maybe , just like moss need a flood to mate

[@moradmoradi8518]

Tekne preceds Gnosis, true or false?

[@emmanuelquiros3952]

This is like Disney land for me 😮

[@chatryna]

I never cease to be amazed that people shape their nails like claws.

[@HolidayGlow]

That's what you took away from this video and her work? There is so much more fascinating stuff.

[@chatryna]

@@HolidayGlow Isn't that terrible? All that good content and it's missed because of flashy pointy nails. smh.

[@ItzNim]

Nails are claws

[@chatryna]

@@ItzNim Not my nails. Could harm a soul with mine not to mention scare anyone.

[@ItzNim]

@chatryna oh if I grow mine out a little I can easily hurt myself or others... 😬

[@dannyrod1980]

Should do post credits. Names of people involved (and even links they want to promote).