Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Baillie Redfern from the U. of British Columbia explains her thesis of cloning DNA into yeast to produce an elusive perfume fixative compound called Ambergris. It involves whale barf. More videos at phdcomics.com/tv

Animation: Jorge Cham
Series Producer: Meg Rosenburg
Baillie's project is funded by PhytoMetaSyn, Genome BC/Alberta/Canada and NSERC.

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