VLOG: My Life in the Laboratory- Virus & Vaccine Research

[@98nii]

finally - a science vlog that shows and talks about actual science, and not what they had for breakfast/lunch/dinner.

[@thenightcorereaper]

ikr

[@richymt20]

most often the research shouldn’t be disclosed to the public, and some labs have a no filming policy so that’s probably why

[@random5156]

I love your videos! They help me get to know what it could look like being a virologist, since its something in my interest. I was wondering if you could possibly do a video of how you got to where you are now or like a draw my life or something along those lines. It would be really cool to see that and how school was and all that. This is just a suggestion, so its all good if you don't want to do it. Thank you for spending your time making these wonderful videos!!

[@madhavkumarsingh1496]

Shall we connect as I'm from the same field?

[@chemicalnamesargon]

This is the loveliest, most pleasant and informative vlog I have ever seen! I really like that you give insights into the work you're doing in a compact and understandable way, whilst being extremely intriguing! Please keep making such videos :D

[@brandonmolina9061]

This is awesome, please post more videos!!! There aren’t many Ph.D. students in this area so we could see what entails being a virologist so thank you!!!!!!

[@ramennoodles7596]

Now that I graduated from highschool and I'm entering into college next fall I'm all over the place with what I want to do. Biology is so easy to understand for me and I'm decently good at math. Thanks to your video I know what I want to do now. thanks!!

[@adityanarayanpaul778]

THANK YOU QUEEN FOR INSPIRING ME TO BECOME A MICROBIOLOGIST!😊😊😊😊

[@sirgio365]

How's microbiology going?

[@Nostalgix2021]

​@@sirgio365 ahaha I'm a microbiology grad student currently in second year

[@fionasusanto3222]

Love these video! Inspired me to study harder when I have doubts why I am studying what I am studying!

[@arosebski]

This was super cool! I work in a lab that can best be described as a cross between a neuroscience lab and a vaccine lab in the United States and it was fun to see the similarities and differences between what I do and what you do! I’ve never seen some of the techniques I use daily on KZbin before I stumbled across your videos! Biggest difference I noticed was one of your coworkers appeared to shorts in the background. I can confidently say I would be told to go home immediately if I wore that in the lab haha but I’m sure it depends on what is being used in each particular lab

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Thank you! Haha yes us Aussies are pretty lax- I’ve never been in a lab where long pants were required! You are an outlier here if you wear long pants because it’s so darn hot 🥵

[@bluesidecollection]

I was thinking the same thing. I'm from the United States, too, and wearing shorts is like committing a crime. However I also noticed that the international students were more likely to try and wear shorts or even open toed shoes.

[@spectator59]

I'm working with PC-2 flaviviruses, too (Dengue and Zika). Nice that you have a workspace where viruses aren't allowed. Our PC-2 is designed for viruses, bacteria (for recombinant proteins) and mammalian or insect cells in the same room--although bacteria aren't allowed in the incubators for mammalian and viruses, nor in the BSC.

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Hello fellow flavivirologist 😉 yeah have you ever had issues with your cells getting contaminated? We’ve had problems with some viruses getting into other virus preps, so I can imagine it would be a worry.

[@bangtanworld7729]

I am going into microbiology field and after watching your this video I am highly inspired now and can't wait to see the lab and work in it😊

[@caitlinweiss8801]

This looks awesome! You get to work with your hands, work alone (mostly) and do something you are really interested in! I'm currently a biology major but I might which to molecular biology or Natural Science and go from there

[@louisadeetz67]

I love your videos!! I’m studying microbiology & immunology and it’s nice to see where I could end up :’)

[@john.ellmaker]

Very cool video to stumble onto, I wish people in the media that enflame unfounded fears about virology would actually visit a lab

[@emiliomurkmere]

this kind of stuff interests me so much, one thing that strays me away is the fact that im decently weak at math (it can be so difficult for me that im taking the bare minimum i have to right now because im in high school and then taking as many science classes as i want)

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

you don't have to be good at maths to become a scientist in the microbiology field. Academia uses these myths to be exclusionary, enabling nepotism to perpeturate the heirarchical culture (what we know as the 'ivory tower'). I flunked maths in high school haha. You might have to do some catch up maths courses in College/ university, but you'll forget it anyway eventually. Most of the maths I do, is simple x=? Like concentration, dilutions, molarity, volume and mass calculations. Theres lots of online tools and calculators that you can use to do this anyway, if you forget the maths.

[@SirTibzy]

Question - does the work excite you or do you feel bored by it? Is it just a job or is it a passion? And also I'm wondering if you could help me understand how risky it is to work in this career - so for example, how common or rare is it for virus leaks to happen and how often do researchers accidentally contract viruses in their job? And finally, I know I'm asking a lot of questions here lol (sorry), but do you ever feel lonely working in a room on your own with minimal interaction with colleagues and how do you deal with that and how do companies seek to support you with regard to that?

[@amintazi5904]

Cool, I'm a med student and in my country I can do lab science and that's exactly what I'm interested in but first I got to pass a very selective and hard exam in 2 months from now, so I'm here your videos affect giving me much motivation and determination, keep slaying dear friend ❤❤❤

[@jeba992001]

Thanks for sharing such great experiences from Virology Lab.

[@faefae0619]

I just discovered your channel, I ejoyed your video so much that I was ready to go watch all your videos but unfortunately I only found two! I wish I could see more about this world as a fellow biotech graduate I'm really interested in virology. I hope you doing well and thank you for sharing this much

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

I share more short form content on my instagram @MorganFreney

[@ellielala4719]

thank you for giving us insights about your work! And thank you for your hard work 💜♥️

[@nephos100]

Yes, the UQ grounds are very nice. I use to work there. Lovely environment. I see some parallels between your culturing and the culturing I did with yeast cells, but mine was for purely amateur reasons: beer yeast cells. Although I did it as scientifically as possible, using the proper hygeine procedures and glass flasks with a magnetic stir plate. Produced billions of cells. Not that I counted them. Rough calculations. The image of the virus on your electron microscope screen shows rough circles. I take it these are the virus at 50,000 x magnification. I always imagined viruses as more tube like, unless there are ones like that too.

[@medicophilickritika7777]

This is so soooo inspirational So excited to start my journey of biotechnology 😊❤in upcoming days

[@Jubair194]

Hey, just discovered your channel, great stuff, good to see other PhD youtubers.

[@chickennoodle6620]

Thanks for the insightful video. I’m currently studying Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne and am looking to apply for Honours or a Masters program in virology at the end of the year since I really loved the virology related components of my microbiology subjects so far. Did you complete Honours before entering the PhD and do you have any tips for approaching labs? Also, what drew you to flavivirus research? Was it flaviviruses themselves or a great supervisor/ team at UQ? The current honours students I’ve spoken to say that , whilst it’s important to be interested in the topic, it was also important to have a good supervisor that you can work with over the year.

[@kingqueen5450]

I'll love your videos. Everytime i am waiting for your videos. It provides me information how is it to be a virologist. I am a 11 grade student. But still i want to be a great virologist like you

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

I share daily on my Instagram stories @virus.vs.labcoat

[@kingqueen5450]

@@virus.vs.labcoat Thankyou now i am following you on Instagram and i will daily see your stories 😀

[@IanStockwell-c6p]

Decked out headphones is all I need with my edited songs

[@ghadybea7107]

omg such a queen thank you for the inspiration

[@Karachicricketboard]

What are you doing please make a detail video cause I want to do bs in bio technology but idk the pros and cons

[@iaraaraujo3869]

Do you have to work with anything that has a strong chemical scent? Such as ammonia?

[@misssagacious5007]

Thank you very much for the video❤️ You really inspired us❤️

[@seva00793]

What is the salary/ hourly wage and how high did you see it can go? What the highest you saw people earn? Thank you

[@Channel60291]

Hey thanks for the great video. I just had a quick question if you don’t mind. I know many labs have to abide by the IACUC, and was just wondering, is animal testing prevalent in virology? Is that something that is now computer simulated, or can you just take a sample from an animal and use that instead? Forgive me if I sound ignorant, thanks again!

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Animal studies make up a large component of virology. From understanding how the virus causes disease to determining if a vaccine or antiviral can protect against disease, all of this requires suitable animal models. Usually mice, but also rats, ferrets, guinea pigs and less often non-human primates. I’m not too sure what you mean by computer simulated, none of the animal work that we do can be predicted by computer algorithms. But we do design the genetic sequences that encode the viruses and vaccines etc computationally. There’s no need to isolate the virus from animals anymore, we can generate virus by synthesising the genetic code in the lab.

[@LesmanaSwasnika]

Hi Morgan, my name is Rama and I am a first year medical student from indonesia, I'm very excited to talk about virus and their effect of the human body, but the class of that material is just an overview so I'm not understand comprehensively, it might be sounds stupid but i wanna ask : can we make virusofaga for eliminating the viruses even their not the living things? which is the same as the bakteriofage, such as breaking the envelope or membrane and then broke their RNA/DNA thank youuuu

[@GODLYVERSEGAMING]

THANK U MAAM BECAUSE OF U I AM INSPIRED TO BECOME A MICROBIOLOGIST

[@NicholasEllis-pe2lk]

So it’s obviously not like Outbreak the movie and has a much more pleasant overtone working around SARS or COWplague you’re brave

[@МарияДимитрова-ь4л]

Hello, did you finish medical school, then you chose to do virology or? Can a medical student choose virology as a residency?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

That would be a different type of Virologist. I’m still doing my PhD. A medical student would also have to pursue a PhD to become a molecular Virologist. A physician can specialise in Infectious diseases but that’s different to strict Virology like what I do.

[@МарияДимитрова-ь4л]

@@virus.vs.labcoat Thank you for your answer and time!

[@kizkizaru2158]

Woooooooow!!!! This is so cooool😭😭😭

[@Gts2pro]

How come you didn’t decontaminate, the epindorf. Tube rack before placing in the fume cabinet ?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

You realise the video is cut and edited right? You’re not going to get the gotcha moment you think you are 😂

[@Bamsey09]

How do you have electronic microscope 🤨 its too expensive

[@nesrinech3967]

What qualifications do I need to get where you are? ( undergrad and grad degrees)

[@benignowl]

Really good video, thank you!

[@0seunggf]

Can you listen to music with airpod while working or no?

[@traiandanciu8139]

Can long hair be contaminated easy with viruses by electrostatic charges ? How can avoid that?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

No, you don’t work with aerosolised viruses in biosafety level 2. The virus is in the biosafety cabinet and should always be separated from personnel via laminar flow. It would never come have a chance to come in contact with skin or hair.

[@newseantv3549]

YAY! I love your videos

[@TristanLouisino949g]

Interessing stuff but how is expensive all of this exactly?

[@abrahamlincoln1600]

So fascinating. I’ve always wanted to get into research work like this. How often are new discoveries in this field found?

[@taheramazumder5334]

Hey Abraham Lincoln! 😅 Share me Ur experience with ur wish to become so. Which grade are u reading in? I m a 10th grader ( from India) It's been my passion to be a medical scientist. But I get no guidance. None to cheer me up because my family always wanted me to be a doc.

[@MasterMicrobiologybyDrAdetitun]

Wao. This is so interesting

[@ohayoalaska3346]

i love the content , Thank you for sharing this .

[@shashikantdubey517]

i have a doubt that what would we need to study for becoming a microbiologist pls tell me

[@kingqueen5450]

Thankyou for suggesting me to follow you on instagram . Now i see your stories every day which is very helpful for me. And i want to ask some questions to you so PLEASE tell me where should i ask you a question

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

You are welcome to send me DMs through Instagram, I check those as regularly as I can.

[@christine-tb8pk]

Do you always work alone?

[@satyendraprakash875]

Thank you for the vlog :)

[@rishmoney]

thank you.

[@Universe2040]

Can you sometimes assigned in level 4 lab?

[@alphawise999]

Why dont you use multi layer chamber for large scale culture Good vid. thanks

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

We could use that, but I believe it’s a question of price as the multilayer option is not as economical.

[@ritamsarkar9548]

Wonderful video!

[@physics.ishan5566]

She actually could not give her introduction correctly so don't misunderstand. She is a virological scientist.

[@herlynmartinez99]

Protecting our eyes should never be taken lightly. Softgle provide the necessary shield for any risky task.

[@shreyarshmaurya1563]

Your videos are really educative.

[@raghavmanchanda3345]

Mam can you tell me please can a molecular biologist research on viruses or not ?

[@Deiderr]

did you delete your instagram account ? I can’t seem to find it

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

It’s being hidden by Instagram because my username has the word ‘virus’ in it. You can search for the account and then click ‘see more’

[@mortezamovahedi4248]

i really like your videos .pls make more

[@christopher729]

Hi what degree did you do to get to where you are and how do I get into vaccine development and drug development

[@Idontgothatway]

How cool 🤩

[@mikedavis979]

Nice EM micrographs!

[@richardshipe4576]

What is the background music?

[@viveksharma-zy7rn]

I am a bmlt student so work to virus research yas ya no please answer me

[@RosMyster]

Great job you must be very smart i guess. Congratulations.

[@cristinabagia193]

How old are you?....And when you were at college did you work in a viruslogy lab?

[@prahaladvm3156]

how much do you get paid from this field? just curious to know cz im currently searching for subjects with high scope 😀😀

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

If you stay in academia after obtaining your PhD, very low. In Australia its around 90k as a post doc, will be closer to 100k entry point if you move to industry. Virology is definitely not lucrative and PhDs are severely underpaid for the time spent studying, unless you apply your skills in industry and work up from there.

[@universe969]

For this line of work, is there any preference between going for a PhD vs doing a MD/PhD Dual degree program?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

PhD/MD dual degree would be setting you up as an infectious disease physician, not a Virologist. So I would suggest just a PhD in a relevant area.

[@universe969]

@@virus.vs.labcoat okay thank you!

[@AbdelhakimTahtah]

Is this type or field available to foreigners who have obtained a Bac + 5 major in biological biology, especially bioengineering? And what is the way to join this wonderful job?

[@bchad566]

How long does it take to get a PhD in virology??

[@KelliePixieAshton]

Oooh just found you. I currently work with bacterial viruses, moving on to synthetic biology and genetics in a month or so though.

[@tajmkhaskheli6896]

Australia ?

[@dabrowmj]

Do Clinical Laboratory Scientists analyze vomit?

[@dxstopia]

it depends on the type of CLS you are

[@atgcu9440]

Please make more vlogs...

[@thegamemasta1]

how to become a virologist?

[@kuyarandytv6400]

I love it

[@gabidejesus9037]

Do you do any animal work

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Yes I do. Around a third of the work I do is with mice.

[@shaheenmuhammad1230]

Sending my support

[@giadialmare]

Watched this hoping to get passion back on what I do but instead it gave me PTS lmao

[@snowhitedoyoungisprettiert6031]

Hi may i ask you what's the requirements to become virus researcher? Thank you sm😊

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Minimum would be a bachelors in a relevant field, I did a bachelor of biotechnology with one year of undergraduate research experience. Then I worked for 2 years in a Virology lab before starting my PhD in Virology but with a bachelors you can get a job studying viruses.

[@IphoMobe]

Wow

[@algireaux1364]

What's the species name of the virus?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

I work with many different flavivirus and coronavirus

[@valeriiadanylchuk9792]

👌👌👌👌

[@徐智源-v5i]

👍

[@alexmendez6013]

Question is the job hard

[@viveksharma-zy7rn]

A am bmlt student

[@georgianbiologist3156]

I would love to work with you

[@Menaniii]

What's major? I wanna be like her

[@Luke-uv4ri]

Lol, nice one handling a phone inside a biosafety lab, hope you wiped it down afterward, and got permission from the university to film inside the lab.

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Thanks for mansplaining your most basic grasp of biosafety practices (I am BSL-3 certified!)

[@dxstopia]

@@virus.vs.labcoatlmao love you for this

[@salahchanceline2779]

I'm aspiring to become a virologist. I have BSc in medical laboratory science please ma'am can you guide me on how to go about it? The requirements and maximum score?

[@youdontknowme3935]

Very fucking cool

[@vsj9s]

احبج

[@liliroi9048]

Can i make a cure for the virus at home?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Obviously not

[@liliroi9048]

@@virus.vs.labcoat What is the reason?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

@@liliroi9048 you don’t have multi-million dollar GMP, GLP quality facilities in your house.

[@zeexe1707]

Microb

[@hasibjisan4772]

I am a microbiologist....pl give me a visa....l want to work in your country

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

That’s not how that works sorry

[@praisypaj]

Lol

[@rafirizqullahramadhan6257]

????

[@syukrinali]

so, inventing Omicron mate?

[@virus.vs.labcoat]

Got your tin foil hat on tight enough?

[@Hargun_cheema]

Is it risky or dangerous to work with viruses and other dangerous pathogen?🦠 I’m going to pursue this biotech course after you answer this, please answer us soon as possible. I’m really confused. I’m gonna go with BTech bio technology. And I am really interested in it, but I am scared of this thing. Please answer and correct me if I’m wrong

[@amantaank5439]

Nice work Are you working on any theseis. It would be nice if you continue with this type of stuff. 🦠Viruses are preety impressive in terms of their characteristics and evil 😈in terms of their disadvantage.

[@traiandanciu8139]

Can long hair be contaminated easy with viruses by electrostatic charges ? How can avoid that?