Breaking the Mold, Ep. 2: Thy Pham

Season 3 features stories of breaking the mold. In our second episode, we’ll meet Thy Pham, a fifth-year graduate student in the Bartel lab. After moving to the U.S. from Vietnam at age 20, she learned English while delving into biophysics and computer science courses, opening a door to a career that she hadn’t realized was available to her. At Whitehead Institute, she’s applying artificial intelligence to predict how cells fine tune gene expression using short sequences of RNA called microRNAs. 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 “Brek PKL” — Blue Dot Sessions “Dowdy” — Blue Dot Sessions “Eggs and Powder” — Blue Dot Sessions “Net and Cradle” — Blue Dot Sessions “Lissa” — Blue Dot Sessions “Dance of Felt” — Blue Dot Sessions “Lakeside Path” — Blue Dot Sessions “New Crescente” — Blue Dot Sessions