The Pathogems Podcast
by Pathogems
Pathogems is an infectious disease podcast created by Aryn Wright, Caroline Clark, and Avery Kaye, first-year PhD students at Virginia Tech. We invite professors, graduate students, and others here at VT to chat about their research experiences, while also trying to make science more fun. Our goal is to make scientific communication more approachable and to build community within CeZAP and beyond!
Episodes
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Let's Talk Rotations!
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The Pathogems sat down to discuss rotations, which start off your first year as a PhD student in CeZAP's ID-IGEP program. We hope this is helpful to incoming grad students and please feel free...
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Skeeter Syndrome Awareness with CeZAP Director, Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! This month, we interviewed Dr. Kylene Kehn-Hall, Professor and Director of the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens. Tune in for a discussion of her role and...
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Women in Science
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Stay tuned until the end of this video for an important question that we ask Dr. Duggal. Happy Women's History Month!
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We Interview Each Other!
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode the girls interview each other! We talk about all things graduate school and life outside of school. Tune in to learn more about the girls!
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Microbial Inception: Microbes within Microbes + Dr. Morgan Carter
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, the Pathogems sat down with Dr. Morgan Carter from UNC Charlotte while she was visiting VT on 9/22/26 to participate in CeZAP's SPARK Seminar Series! Dr. Carter researches the...
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Confessions of a Pathogen Hunter with Dr. Laura Strawn
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Laura Strawn, professor and extension specialist in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Virginia Tech! 🦠🍎 Dr. Strawn shares her journey…
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The Interview Weekend Rundown with Sarah Gouger
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The girls gab about all things interview weekend.
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Making Blacksburg Feel Like Home
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! What is it really like moving across the world for graduate school? In this episode, Aryn and Caroline sit down with international students at Virginia Tech to share their experiences…
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Planning our Next Cruise with Dr. Luis Escobar
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode of Pathogems, we sit down with Dr. Luis Escobar to discuss hantavirus, including what it is, how it spreads, and some of the most common misconceptions surrounding the virus.…
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Aryn and Caroline Chirp with Dr. Dana Hawley
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode of Pathogems, we sit down with Dr. Dana Hawley, Professor of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech, to talk about her path into science and the research questions that have…
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Dr. Amy Hagen on Tap
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, the Pathogems sit down with Amy Hagen, a longtime organizer of Virginia Tech’s Science on Tap and lead author of a recent paper examining the program. We talk about the story...
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An Ode to Salmonella I4,[5],12,i:- with Dr. Rachel Cheng
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Happy National Food Safety Education Month!!!!!!! In this week's episode, the Pathogems talk with Dr. Rachel Cheng about her research in food microbiology and Salmonella. We discuss how she…
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Meet Your Potential New PI (Interviewing Accepting CEZAP-Affiliated Faculty at VT)
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! This episode the girls sit down with CEZAP-affiliated faculty at Virginia Tech that are accepting rotation students. If are interested in reaching out to any of the faculty featured in this...
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What Color is Science? w/ Dr. James Weger-Lucarelli
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In this episode, the girls sit down with Dr. James Weger-Lucarelli to discuss what motivates professors, how to form a committee, and, of course, the color of science.
About this show
Pathogems is an infectious disease podcast created by Aryn Wright, Caroline Clark, and Avery Kaye, first-year PhD students at Virginia Tech.
We invite professors, graduate students, and others here at VT to chat about their research experiences, while also trying to make science more fun. Our goal is to make scientific communication more approachable and to build community within CeZAP and beyond!
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