Breaking the Mold, Ep. 1: Yamilex Acevedo-Sánchez BioGenesis

Season 3 features stories of breaking the mold. In our first episode, we’ll meet Yamilex Acevedo-Sánchez, a third-year graduate student in the Lamason lab. Her first exposure to science was through TV. But she’s since learned that the media often showcases a narrow swath of the faces behind the discoveries. Now a scientist herself, she’s seen firsthand the diversity of disciplines and brainpower that fuels the research community. Her own research project explores how deleterious pathogens sneak from one cell to the next, spurring infection.

Produced by Raleigh McElvery and Conor Gearin.
Music for this episode came from the Free Music Archive and Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue. In order of appearance:

“Something Elated” — Broke for Free
“Two Pound” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Louver” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Friction Model” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Mercurial Vision” — Blue Dot Sessions
“First Results” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Chafftop” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Crumbtown” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Lo Margin” — Blue Dot Sessions
“Plain Grey” — Blue Dot Sessions