Work Alone - A 'Work From Home' Science Parody

You don’t have to work alone anymore - join us for the UCSD Neurosciences Graduate Program Social during SfN!

Monday, November 14, 2016
Parq - 615 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
7-9 PM: Private Neuro Grad Program Event (students, faculty, staff, & alumni)
9PM - 1:30AM: Open party for SfN attendees (badge required)
No-host bar

(For the lyrics, turn on CC!)

Hey Brainiacs! Thanks for watching this video. It’s a departure from our normal content, but we hope you enjoyed this totally-accurate-not-at-all-made-up glimpse into what it’s like to be a UCSD Neurosciences Graduate student. We’ll be back at it again with our normal videos in a couple of weeks.

Directed & produced by: Alie & Micah Caldwell
Written by: the UCSD Neurosciences Graduate Students
Filmed & edited by: Micah Caldwell
Choreography by: Ege Yalcinbas & Caroline Sferrazza

Vocalists:
Alie Caldwell
Ege Yalcinbas
Barbara Spencer
Caroline Sferrazza
Megan Kirchgessner
Melissa Galinato
Kelsey Ladt

Faculty Rap:
Dr. Tim Gentner
Dr. Gentry Patrick

Student Rap:
Sequoyah Reynoso
Katie Fife
Micah Caldwell

Music:
Ethan McBride - trumpet, melodica, baritone
Micah Caldwell - mixing & mastering
Dr. Ashley Juavinett - production assistance

Actors:
UCSD Neurosciences Graduate Program students and friends

Dancers:
Ege Yalcinbas
Caroline Sferrazza
Catie Profaci
Marvin Theilk
Sequoyah Reynoso
Wilmer Del Cid
Alie Caldwell
Ethan McBride
Melissa Galinato
Megan Kirchgessner
Kevin White
David Adamowicz

Special Thanks To:
The Daneman Lab (for letting us showcase their handprint wall)
The Bloodgood Lab (for providing many rigs for many shots)
The Torrey Pines Gliderport (for being picture-perfect, as usual)
Erin & Linh (for supporting our antics and planning the party)
Tim & Gentry (for playing along)
Dr. Brenda Bloodgood (for not being a mean PI, but playing one on TV)

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This video is a parody of the song "Work From Home" opb Fifth Harmony and falls under fair use for the following reasons:
1. The purpose of the video is for nonprofit educational purposes.
2. The song is a parody and is transformative in nature - both with lyrics and intent. Minimal source material was used to indicate that the song is a parody and all lyrics have been changed.
3 It adds new meaning to the song that was not intended or covered in the source material. This song details the trials and tribulations of a graduate student in the sciences, particularly neuroscience.
4. The parody does not infringe on or compete with the source material due to its nature, audience, and message. Any reasonable individual would not confuse this parody with the source material.

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[besmart]

This. Is. Awesome. Also, I never had anywhere near this much fun late at night in grad school. Only beat I ever heard playing was the sound of an unbalanced centrifuge or the rhythmic rock of the cell culture shaker

[trippedbreaker]

There's not a single aspect of this that doesn't show serious organized effort ... The writing, camera work, editing -- so well done!

[claudiabenavente]

Hilarius, but I couldn't help myself and notice all the safety violations incurred in the making of this video! :P

[buxeessingh]

"...Grad school's like a cult."

The art of understatement. :-)

[kseidenman]

You guys are just AWESOME-so glad someone has taken to doing such high quality musical parodies-great fun-well done!!

[dark-vigilant]

I know this was a parody, but I just gotta say: all of you look so beautiful! Great job on the video and song cover! It was actually funny how everyone was just being silly and dancing.

[VahidMasrour]

"Dont' need nobody,
Just antibody."
Awesome!

[LusuMwah]

COVID-19: You going to work from home oh
Us: Gotta work from home

[DrawCuriosity]

This is amazing! Fabulous job <3

((definitely summarises PhD Life in a nutshell. I wish Oxford had a beach nearby where I could dance on though! :p)

[TheCD]

The confidence of that shirtless PhD student! Salute! Hope he becomes a professor or PI hahahaha

[anthonymiu]

@2:41, hey I think that's my Bio professor! LOL this is awesome. Please make more videos like this

[chrisrepka]

2020 edition: "Work From Home" :(

[connor]

Neurotransmissions and ASAP Science are my favorite two music channels

[jaceallen]

3:21 is that guy on the right playing an egg?

[jadergiraldo]

Thanks for make me feel i am not alone, i don't cry alone :'(

[buxeessingh]

I use your videos as "truth in advertising" for those who want to pursue PhDs.

[gabehcuodsuoitneterp]

Coordinating vacation time and destination. Now that’s commitment.

[aybeejay]

This is fantastic. Great job, UCSD! I should try to get Columbia biology to do something similar.

[DexterousKid]

"Work from home" but 4 years ago

[OsservatorioPsichedelico]

You are such artists. I love you all :')