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Gennifer Goode, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Interdisciplinary Science and Research (ISR) Program, steadies a transparent “lightboard” while 10-year-old Malakai Zundel creates his version of a germ during the second annual MEGAMicrobe event hosted Oct. 27 by the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation. ISR is a partnership between the Vanderbilt Center for Science Outreach and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools to support STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.