Plants, and more specifically, plant genes, are up for discussion with the next "Risk-Takers and Game-Changers" guest on the Symbiotic Podcast — Sally Mackenzie, the Huck chair of functional genomics, a professor of biology and of plant science, and director of the Penn State Plant Institute.

Mackenzie is one of the world’s foremost experts on epigenetics, the study of how changes to behavior and environment affect the way genes are expressed. She will talk about her work with plants, the epigenetic techniques she’s patented, the biotech company founded to commercialize her research, and the potential role that epigenetics could come to play in understanding and improving human health.

Watch the livestream on the Huck Institutes website at noon on June 30.