Night in the life of a Marine Biologist | PhD life!

Curious to see a day in the life of a marine biologist? For many of us, work in the field looks something like this, where days quickly turn into nights, and nights into days.
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[@kayp4273]

them at 4o'clock in the morning: WORKING their butts off, discovering plankton, and watching dolphins me at 4o'clock in the morning: DREAMING about working my butt off, discovering plankton and watching dolphins

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Trust me, I do a lot of dreaming too: Mars here I come!... or not.

[@mrmu3448]

I don't care how much I've to work I'm ready to be a marine biologists

[@emersyn3783]

Same

[@zaidhassani9176]

Same

[@bubbl3s338]

same! ^_^

[@Th-xe8hd]

Saaame

[@dianalopes9897]

OMG! I loved every single minute of this video, please never stop! I'm manifesting my life as a marine biologist by watching videos like this and I'm truly loving every single one of them. Congrats on being able to stay awake, do your job and still have a good time with your partners. That's really cute and inspiring. Anyway, congrats! The video is amazing!

[@26snoopy82]

I would love to do all that research. I have always wanted to be a marine biologist since I was a kid. But I had a stroke when I was a kid. It gave me earning disability so my family will not let me go to college. I volunteer at my state science museum. One day I want to get a degree in marine biology.

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Learning disabilities shouldn't keep you away from this kind of work. There are many ways to get there, and volunteering at a museum is definitely a great way to get started! I kept away from science for years because I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it. I struggled during my undergraduate degree as well. Ultimately, what really saved me was perseverance, motivation, and networking!

[@26snoopy82]

Marine's Science Café I love your channel! I do not want my family or my disability to stop my dream of marine biology. I hope one day I will get there. I read a lot of science book. At my state there is a sea turtle hospital I have helped the owner at environmental education about sea turtles by making an education cart about sea turtles. She wants me to make her a cart too. I try to put the ocean in my volunteering.

[@saidali7377]

@@marinessciencecafe5098 i want to get more information about marine science

[@walterjimenez6565]

I would do anything to spend a day with you guys and learn so much from all of you

[@thegeoffreyable]

A perfect window into marine research. Very compelling!

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Merci :)

[@blackheartgaming6121]

Didn't even have to watch already subscribed I love animals and the ocean I'm gonna try for marine biology in college soon

[@alexanderc2696]

I commented on one of your videos maybe a year back saying how i'd love to do this....today i accepted university program for Marine biology and oceanography to start in September next year! 🙂 Hopefully in a couple of years i'll be able to say i dodged storms too :P

[@jacquelinegoyette9190]

Marine! Loved your video. Very well done. I learned and laughed all at the same time. Phew! Thank goodness you guys had coffee on the ship!

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Well... I kind of cheated on that one, I don't actually drink coffee, haha!

[@kayejasmine963]

i want to be a marine biologist but thus scares me....cuz i got confused with those tech stuff i know im gonna learn in uni i just got nervous or something😂👉👈

[@danycracks4490]

I know what you mean 😅 I'm afraid I'll get confused and people will become annoyed at me. Are you studying in uni now?

[@kayejasmine963]

@@danycracks4490 ou im now in college although ive wanted to be a marine biologist i changed my course :')

[@Leo-hy8ct]

Great video

[@GiulianoAKAcinghio]

Loved the video. Awesome job!!

[@marvin4163]

Excellent Video!!!! Great Job Marine! :)

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Merci Marvin!! 58 vues en moins de deux heures, ouah, je bats mes records!!

[@chouklatibrahim2616]

@@marinessciencecafe5098 are you frensh

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

@@chouklatibrahim2616 Haha, yes!

[@chouklatibrahim2616]

@@marinessciencecafe5098 cool👍👍

[@Longlivw]

Im 17 and thinking about what to study next, marine biology is something im interested in would you say it's a fun/enjoyable job??

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

I would say I have the best job in the world :) It takes a few things to be a researcher in general: To be very curious, to love to learn and study (that comes with the curiosity aspect), and to not be afraid of incredibly difficult challenges :)

[@Jxminim]

It’s truly a dream, thank you for sharing!

[@erikamiklasevics1719]

super cool!!!

[@emersyn3783]

Love this video!

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Thanks, and I just finished editing part 2 !! Coming up soon :D

[@aliyaorazalina7913]

Thank you for sharing. Sooo intresting. Good luck in your researches :)

[@abdikariinali1399]

Wow amazing work

[@chrisbrodie8189]

Would be interesting if anyone knows what that dolphin noise means!

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Yep, never heard that before! It definitely sounded like if it was obstructed!

[@chrisbrodie8189]

@@marinessciencecafe5098 Mad nearly 5k views

[@jorgerangel2390]

Thanks for sharing

[@rastrosajane]

Great video, Marine! What did you want to know from DNA? Who is instructing each person of the team about their responsibilities and duties? Or each of them is doing their own research? Thank you!

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Sorry for the lack of background in this video! I was trying to make it as simple as possible, perhaps a bit too simple... In this case, Elisa was responsible for the sampling during the night shift, so she was the one who decided when we did what. As part of the night shift team (only 3 of us), I had to help with all sampling activities. The DNA part is so cryptic, I should have described it more! Perhaps in part 2 ... :) In a nutshell, I was testing a new portable and quick species identification method on fish. In about 2 hours of prep work (DNA extractions and PCR library preparation), and 2 hours for the machine to run, I can then identify the species of up to 48 samples, right there, on the boat. Pretty cool!

[@rastrosajane]

Thank you for answering! ) actually for a person who has never been on a research vessel (for me) your video was very interesting and informative. And I don't know how much you can tell about this scientific work but for sure it would be great if you could add some information about research organization in your next video (what Institute or Uni is doing the research, what data you are collecting, what you anticipate to find and where the results will be published). And thank you for making this vlog! Very helpful for those who are just on their way to become marine biologists)

[@jonathanjollimore7156]

Nice to see someone making good use of there education a lot people who are not need to ask for refunds

[@nesiansides7133]

were you in New Zealand in this clip? "chips not fries" got me thinking.

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Haha! No we were in the UK! I still make that mistake all the time, just can't wrap my brain around it!

[@toddgaak422]

The sea was angry that day my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

[@joshuaseguro4519]

My dream🙏... Nice video im going to suscribe😁

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Awe thanks! I really need to work on Part2... Maybe I'll get started on the editing this week :D

[@user-sr7ey6mb6c]

I'm planning to shift so BS Biology major in Animals and now I'm convinced to pursue marine biologist. I guess I have to study hard and smart

[@nataliagackowska6129]

Great move with music licence. What is the ship's id?

[@namodirukshani6581]

My dream

[@Macndav2u]

This is a odd question. Could I find Sea Moss on California coastline and eat it?

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

This is an odd answer: No idea!

[@itsjaida9909]

what classes do you have to take for marine bio? in middle school & high school

[@_hxxl__]

I have so many doubts

[@jamieleejulies147]

hii !!😊 Do you get to choose whether you want to take a night/day shift ?

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

In this case I did not get to choose no, I think it's an "unsaid" part of the job that you need to be ok with, if that makes sense.

[@matpikachu]

So u do ur work after u help ur colleague's project?? Wow, that's very late (early)!

[@marinessciencecafe5098]

Well yes... I wasn't actually suppose to work on my own project on that boat, so I ended up being really lucky to find the time to do that as well! :D

[@blackheartgaming6121]

Five thirty in the morning not a whale in sight lol

[@avahicks5062]

How long did you study for a PhD, also what do you do specifically.

[@aliyaorazalina7913]

Do you have any sea sickness? I heard a lot of sailors have it, but they manage it, is it true?

[@evaml11]

He likes you, you know that 😉

[@williamgreenough8350]

you look like a young gena davis, very cute

[@markvaudreuil2394]

what type of boat is that

[@gemmastocks2614]

What was your job before marine biology

[@Isurusdevil]

I want to be a marine biology so badly, but I am not clever enough

[@officialshaina444]

Do marine biologist teach you the basics?

[@uniant6503]

Can I become a marine biologist with marine science and technology/oceanography major?

[@sharks2571]

Hi. Maybe this is too late but I wanted to answer as this is something I've done. Yes! Personally I did my degree in Marine Science with Oceanography and Robotics at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (would highly reccomend studying there, I really loved it), but there are lots of marine science degrees out there. In the UK Bangor, Southampton and UHI (SAMS) are all well respected marine science courses. In the US, UCLA and Scripps have really good marine science departments (there are many more but these are the ones I'm most aware of). In Australia James Cook and Deakon universities are well known for their marine science programs, and university of tromso/UNIS (Norway) are the best if you want to do Arctic stuff (SAMS also does an Arctic degree). Also, yes, even if your degree technically isn't in marine bio you can definitely do a marine bio career. I've done a few marine bio internships and research experience mixing marine biology and Robotics, and am about to start a marine biology/technology PhD

[@toddlarue3975]

I’d just want to be on and under the water

[@bodgertime]

Epidemic Sound, how timely

[@Starspreadsss]

Damn, life can be so boring.

[@manuelcarlosluna4601]

You look like willem dafoe you preetty tho 😅