Episode 3: Daniel Shaykevich

“I think the other lesson I learned was that science needs good storytelling as part of it.”

Daniel Shaykevich is a third year graduate student in the biology department at Stanford University and a talented filmmaker who incorporates science into his art and art into his science. Daniel tells us about how he has gotten from his early stages of experimenting with plants in his bathtub to where he is now, studying the neurobiology of spatial navigation in cane toads as a PhD candidate at Stanford. He has had lots of fun along the way, including an internship at a Hollywood production company and lots of close encounters with all sorts of wildlife in the tropical rainforests of Ecuador and French Guiana. This conversation with Daniel reminds us all to take advantage of the tools and resources right around us to accomplish our goals, whether those goals are conducting experiments, making films, or anything else.

Mentioned in the episode:

• Science Sketches

Follow Daniel:

• Twitter @dshakey18
• Instagram @dshakey96
• LOBSU YouTube Channel

Contact us:

• rootstostempodcast@gmail.com

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• Twitter @stephaniecaty
• Instagram @sciencestephanie

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