Blue Streak Science Podcast

Announcements Absences Our two esteemed hosts, Kellie Vinal and Sophie McManus are not with us for this week's podcast. Kellie is currently in the beautiful Black Rock Desert of Nevada attending the annual Burning Man festival. We are looking forward to her return and a report of this year's happenings on the playa. Sophie is pulling up roots and moving from sunny Sydney, Australia to the green lawns and hallowed halls of the University of Cambridge. We expect to hear back from Sophie in early October. New Co-host! Ivy Shih We are proud to introduce our new co-host, Ivy Shih. Ivy is an HIV researcher based in Sydney, Australia, studying early events of HIV infection in immune cells and capturing those events with high-resolution microscopy. After completing her Honours Thesis, she is now completing a PhD at The Kirby Institute about HIV infection in skin. Ivy loves writing about science with articles in Riaus and Biodetectives. A self-confessed bibliophile and dinosaur enthusiast, in her spare time Ivy enjoys