Gentry Patrick was born in South Central Los Angeles to a 16-year-old single mother. Through grit, serendipity, mentorship, and wits, he went on to study science at some of the most reputable institutions and ultimately earned his doctoral degree and landed a job as a professor of biology at UC San Diego. There he studies how proteins in the brain get recycled while also paving the way for underserved students to follow in his footsteps.

Gentry’s Convocation Speech [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeboCHowDFM]

PATHways to STEM homepage [https://paths.ucsd.edu/]

Message from Gentry as Director of Mentorship and Diversity for Biological Sciences [https://biology.ucsd.edu/diversity/directors-message.html]

Episode Music:

Rad Scientist Theme Motif - Grant Fisher

Jazz Chords Piano Loop 120 bpm - Orange Free Sounds

Buzzy Minuet - Chad Crouch

Hip Hop Bass Instrumental - Titibles

Greylock - Blue Dot Sessions

Near and Within - Zifhang

Air Hockey Saloon - Chris Zabriskie

Lamprey - Blue Dot Sessions

Platformer - Chad Crouch

Parallel Universe - Andrew KN

Mr Mole and Son - Blue Dot Sessions

Sunday Morning Sun - Ryan Andersen