In the pilot episode, the podcast team introduces themselves and their goals and aspirations for the podcast. The hosts share a bit about who they are and their research interests.

Moderna enters the Phase I of clinical trials for the mRNA HIV vaccine. Emily shares the typical timeline for FDA approval. She describes the differences in mRNA vaccine technology compared to previous traditional vaccines and why HIV is so difficult to target. As well as, the recent news of a woman reportedly being cured of HIV.

Time management is an important skill for any student, academic, and researcher. Odalis shares the David Seah’s Emergent Task Management sheet she uses to keep track of her activities.

Forward and reverse literature searching is a simple yet effective tool for researching at all levels of schooling. Emily shares what this tool is, where to find it, and how to use it.

Looking to the future, the podcast team shares the next four episode topics. For the next episode, the hosts will share their experiences when applying and entering graduate school. The following episode will be discussing the difficulties when dealing with imposter syndrome as new graduate students. Then Odalis will be leading a discussion about what academic life is like as an ethnic minority. Finally, the hosts will be discussing how to translate the complex world of research and academic life for our families.

For more information about today’s episode, the podcast, and asking questions, visit www.scientistsintraining.com

The hosts this week are Alex Knopps, Odalis Garcia, Emily Johnson, Rachel Delaney, and Emily Hackerson.

*Disclaimer: The Scientists in Training Podcast is not associated with North Dakota State University. Any opinions expressed by the podcast, hosts, and guests are not associated with the university.