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.

Murli Manohar's research in BTI's Klessig and Schroeder Labs focuses on chemical signaling that helps to protect crops by boosting their immunity. In this edition of BTI's Science Bomb, Manohar discusses how his agricultural background fostered his research interest, as well as his work in the development of a BTI startup company surrounding this science.

Four of our 2018 summer interns sit down to talk about their expectations for their 10-week internship and how they hope it prepares them for a future in science research. We also discuss what they hope to experience around greater Ithaca during their free-time.

BTI's Postgraduate Society is in its second year of a mentorship program that connects aspiring scientists, with BTI alumni working in academia and/or industry. In this episode of the Science Bomb, we talk with two founding members of the mentorship program, as well as a mentee and mentors from the program.

Working out of the BTI Fei lab, Pablo Mendieta dishes out insights into why bioinformatics is becoming a crucial party of life science research and what recent breakthroughs in well-known crops means to our food supply. He also sheds light on his love for busting rhymes.