There's a Fly in my Wine!

No flies were killed in the making of this video! Both flies woke up after about five minutes and flew away when later released. Typically, CO2 is used in the lab to temporarily anesthetize flies for things like sorting and observation, but at home, ice was a simpler and safer option. In fact, I used ice to temporarily slow down flies all the time during my undergraduate research, because we were interested in the flies' sensory responses, and things like CO2 and other chemical means of anesthetizing flies could mess with their sensory abilities!

A fruit fly landed in my glass of wine a few weeks ago, and I remembered a study I had heard about that said even a single fly could change the flavor of a glass of wine... It was time to make a video!

Citations and Further Reading:

Also, welcome to my new set! I'm still trying to get the lighting right (I'm more than a little washed out here...) but let me know what you think :)

Another giant thank you to my Patreon supporters, including my amazing ribosomes:
Marcel Ward
Dave Moore
Christopher Miles
Ben Krasnow
Mathieu Moog
Palle Helenius
Phiroze Dalal
Tim Rhodes
Peter Cook
Brad
Filip
Jerry
Edgar Romero
Diane & George Dainis
Thomas Davis
Alexandra Daly
Don Burlone
Tim McNally
Jose Cruz
Brandon C.
William Pilkington
Kevin Hardesty
Nick Ramos

Also a special shout out to Susanna, who double checked my fly biology!

Twitter: @AlexDainis
Instagram: Alex.Dainis

Skunk and Rose photos are public domain, from the National Park Service and Olympic National Park (woohoo national parks!).'

Music:
"Tango de la Noche" by Wayne Jones
"Great Hope" by Vibe Mountain

"fly01" by Kneedless
"Water Click" by Mafon2

Video produced by Helicase Media LLC (my new science production company!)

[Corporis]

“Because I’m a terrible party guest” - Idk about y’all, but a science and wine party sounds like the best kind of party

[SJ-gtvy]

Alex Dainis, PhD, love that Congrats!!

[dmkoslicki]

Your videos are quite underrated! You production quality has been improving quite significantly!

[lednerg]

Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.

[geekfreak]

I work with D. melanogaster in my undergrad lab and have had the pleasure of sexing them for our experiments( it really is fun, I love my lab much!) and this video made my day! Thank you for being awesome!

[MammothBehemoth]

Congrats on the PhD Alex! Fun new take you got there. Hey, I've been thinking of how to get more common people into the sciences. Maybe you'd like to try and get people involved in amateur scientific work? I'm not sure how, promote it? interview some? have an episode about the contributions of some amateur scientist? Just throwing ideas. Good luck with the channel, hope to see more science communicators!

[aner_bda]

Love the video. It's like watching one of your older videos!

[tjep]

Please tell me your going to start doing more videos like these again!!

[ericv]

"Come pollinate me" is one of my favorite messages.

[darbinorvar]

Great video Alex. So crazy about the difference in scent.

[gabrielmotta]

I was really surprised by the small number of chromossomes

[DSMWannabeLinguist]

Every vineyard in France & Spain is aggressively taking notes

[prathambhise]

Keep doing these amazing videos!! Thank you!

[hellapainyo]

I love when I see a fruit fly around and I just calmly say "Oh that's a boy" and my mom's like "??" it was also fun when I met my neighbor's cat, who is tortoiseshell like mine and said "Awe she's so sweet" and my dad said that it was rude to assume their gender, but little do they know about X inactivation.

[RoshnaOmer]

Amazing video! very interesting topic. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

[spencertucker]

"am awake now. late for work."

[qwmfgcpt]

Congrats on the PhD. I think you should get in touch with "tibees" another female YouTuber that was going for her PhD. She got burnt out and she withdrew this week. Maybe you two can collaborate bc you are in similar backgroundss

[jones]

Congrats. Last time I saw you, you were doing your post-grad work.

[kaustavmitra]

Mam.... would like to contact you....have got many a things to ask you... please mam....

[andreytimashov]

Can a fruit fly actually get drunk after being exposed to alcohol? I mean, how will its nervous system react?