[upbeat guitar music]

Different scientific bottles and containers on a shelf.

Voice of Gil Henkin: “Well I guess I came in not really knowing how science was done, the whole process of turning experiment into data. That was entirely new, so I’d say I’ve grown a lot.”

Another shelf of scientific ingredients and chemicals.

More scientific bottles and containers on a shelf.

A container of yellow-tinted liquid.

Test tubes on a shelf while a blurred figure works in the background.

Gloved hands reach into a plastic bag.

Gloved hands work with small plastic objects.

Gil Henkin, a male student, leans over and opens a container of test tubes, and takes one.

Voice of Gil Henkin: “My project has to do with active matter which is the activity of many particles moving in concert. Imagine like a swarm of bacteria, or anyone seen a school of fish? And what we’re doing is we’re developing a system for testing theories in this field.”

Gil Henkin dips a tool into a container of clear liquid.

Gil inserts liquid into a small plastic container.

Gloved hands pick something from a bowl of small clear solids.

Gloved hands take a small plastic container from a yellow holder.

Gloved hands inserts liquid into another small plastic container.

Gil works with different scientific tools in front of shelves of ingredients and containers.

Gil puts a box into a shelf and takes another one out.

Gil presses a button a blue machine called the Vortex Genie 2.

Voice of Gil Henkin: “I think especially in the lab that I’m in I’ve had a lot of reign to ask and answer my own questions.”

Gil puts something on a shelf.

A clear green circle turns on a machine.

Gil flips through a notebook.

A close-up of Gil’s scientific notes. 
Voice of Gil Henkin: “I have a paper coming out in the spring. I’m going to be one of the authors on it, which is pretty exciting.”

Gil makes notes in the notebook.

Gil walks out of frame.

 
[upbeat guitar music]

Different scientific bottles and containers on a shelf.

Voice of Gil Henkin: “Well I guess I came in not really knowing how science was done, the whole process of turning experiment into data. That was entirely new, so I’d say I’ve grown a lot.”

Another shelf of scientific ingredients and chemicals.

More scientific bottles and containers on a shelf.

A container of yellow-tinted liquid.

Test tubes on a shelf while a blurred figure works in the background.

Gloved hands reach into a plastic bag.

Gloved hands work with small plastic objects.

Gil Henkin, a male student, leans over and opens a container of test tubes, and takes one.

Voice of Gil Henkin: “My project has to do with active matter which is the activity of many particles moving in concert. Imagine like a swarm of bacteria, or anyone seen a school of fish? And what we’re doing is we’re developing a system for testing theories in this field.”

Gil Henkin dips a tool into a container of clear liquid.

Gil inserts liquid into a small plastic container.

Gloved hands pick something from a bowl of small clear solids.

Gloved hands take a small plastic container from a yellow holder.

Gloved hands inserts liquid into another small plastic container.

Gil works with different scientific tools in front of shelves of ingredients and containers.

Gil puts a box into a shelf and takes another one out.

Gil presses a button a blue machine called the Vortex Genie 2.

Voice of Gil Henkin: “I think especially in the lab that I’m in I’ve had a lot of reign to ask and answer my own questions.”

Gil puts something on a shelf.

A clear green circle turns on a machine.

Gil flips through a notebook.

A close-up of Gil’s scientific notes. 
Voice of Gil Henkin: “I have a paper coming out in the spring. I’m going to be one of the authors on it, which is pretty exciting.”

Gil makes notes in the notebook.

Gil walks out of frame.