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BTI's Education and Outreach Coordinator Delanie Sickler joins us to discuss the exciting experience of our internship program.

BTI President, David Stern, joins the Science Bomb to discuss BTI research highlights from 2018 and how he thinks the research environment could change in the coming years. We talk postgraduate training, funding, and a new path for future scientists.

Founding Director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State and former BTI President Charles Arntzen discusses risk-taking in science research and his role in human vaccines.

Our 2018 summer interns return to the Science Bomb to reflect on their 10 weeks of research at BTI. Special guest host and first BTI summer science communications intern, Serena Stern, leads the discussion.

Penelope Lindsay is a USDA/NIFA pre-doctoral fellow working in BTI's Harrison lab. She spends her days investigating plant root/fungi symbiosis, a 400 million year relationship that could help agriculture ween itself off chemical fertilizers. Penelope joined the Science Bomb to talk about her research, science advocacy, and her moonlight gig as a radio DJ.

Annie Kruse discusses her disdain for citrus greening disease, an epidemic that continues to devastate the American citrus industry. You'll hear how Annie and her colleagues in BTI's Heck lab are taking the fight to the psyllid in hopes of understanding how the brutal disease is transmitted. We also touch upon Annie's passion for motivating underrepresented youth to pursue STEM degrees/careers.