She enjoys STEM advocacy, she works on stem cells, she is: Dr. Kristi Stemler. While she works at MD Anderson, she isn’t a cancer researcher. Rather she looks at the role of stem cells and diet in making cancer sufferer’s lives more comfortable.

We talked to Kristi about being a first generation college graduate, a scicommer at taste of science Houston, an artist and thrower of sharp implements!

This episode also features a guest appearance from cancer scientist, Stanford postdoc, and our SF taste of science coordinator: Saumyaa.

We recorded this podcast while on our annual taste of science retreat in Houston. With our festival coming up soon, check out our website: tasteofscience.org to find an event near you!

A massive shout out to Pedro Sampaio for letting us crash his living room for this recording. Also huge thanks to Danielle Reich for this beautiful version of “Mad World”. You can find more of her work on her website: daniellereich.com.

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