Yama-san no Labo Keikaku
A podcast and YouTube show in which “Yama-san”, a biology PhD student, talks about what research actually looks like from the inside and what daily life as a doctoral student is really like. Research topics and experiments, the realities of academia such as writing papers, conferences and funding, and what it feels like to walk the PhD path — even the technical subjects are told in plain, down-to-earth language. Episodes are in Japanese.
The long-term dream is to build a large research institute in Japan one day. This show is a running record of the “lab plan” working toward that dream.
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Also on YouTube:@yamalab_radio2
Episodes
#013
In this episode, the developer of the behavior analysis tool YORU explains what the tool is and how it differs from existing tools.
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#009
#009 Hosting the 2nd Systems Ethology Meeting: Did a year of preparation pay off?
We successfully held the 2nd Systems Ethology Meeting.
#008
#008 What is the School of Science at Nagoya University like? A wonderfully free and open place!
What is the School of Science at Nagoya University really like?
#007
These days, the hottest topic has to be generative AI.
#006
#006 What is life like in a PhD program?
People often say that every PhD student's life is different, but I suspect it's actually quite different from what most people imagine.
#005
#005 About the 2nd Systems Behavioral Science Meeting
Held in July 2026 at Nagoya University — what the field is about and what makes it exciting
#004
#004 Making Sense of SPReAD1000, Japan’s “AI for Science” Initiative
A research support program to accelerate science with AI — its aims and challenges
#003
#003 Writing papers is hard… but it really matters!
What papers mean to a researcher — the struggle, and why we write them anyway
#002
#002 The fly is actually a world-class research subject
Why the tiny fruit fly holds the key to answering the biggest questions in life science
#001
#001 Nice to meet you—I’m Yama-san
Launching "Yama-san no Labo Keikaku" — A self-introduction and what I want to do with this show