NeuwriteWest: Recent Episodes
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Neurotalk, the interview series for Stanford University's week neuroscience seminar, and Brains & Bourbon, a casual cocktails and chat series featuring prominent members of our neuroscience community.
Join us for this special episode of Neurotalk, the second in a series about Scholarly Publishing. In this conversation with Katja Brose, Editor-in-Chief of Neuron (recorded February 2016), we discuss peer review, retractions, possible roles for technology in publishing, and more.
(Our first episode on scholarly publishing, an interview with John Sack of Highwire Press, can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/neuwritewest/john-sack)
Today our guest is Professor Dwight Bergles, a professor in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode we talk about glia and their role in neuronal circuits, following data wherever it takes you, and a dream of swimming with sperm whales.
Today, our guest is David Sulzer, Professor of Neuroscience in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. In this episode, we will talk about Professor Sulzer’s transition from plant biologist to neuroscientist, how hanging around musicians in New York shaped scientific interests, and how drugs like amphetamine affect synapses in your brain.
Our guest is Olaf Sporns, Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington and co-director of the Indiana University Network Science Institute . We speak with him about network theory, “rich clubs” in the brain, and jump-starting the “connectomics” movement.
In this episode, our guest is Margaret Livingstone, Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University . We speak with her about monoamines regulating complex lobster behavior, lessons on vision from artists, the joy of solving puzzles for a living.
Our guest is Indira Raman, Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology at Northwestern University . We speak with her about AMPAR kinetics in auditory neurons, sodium channels in cerebellar neurons, and how Shakespeare and Science maybe aren’t all that different
Today, our guest is Professor Ege Kavalali, the Effie Marie Cain Scholar in Medical Research in the Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. In this episode, we will talk about the complexity of the synapse, how basic science can lead to clinical understanding, and the importance of being intellectually well-rounded.
Today, our guest is Prof. Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, and principal Faculty Member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. In this episode, we will talk about the wonderful diversity of neurons in the cortex, reprogramming neurons to help treat disease, and the joys of living in both Boston and Italy.
In this episode, we will talk with Professor Adam Cohen of Harvard University about taking apart electronics from the street, building a scanning tunneling microscope in your bedroom, and exciting projects using proteins to sense membrane voltage and image neural activity.
Today, our guest is Kristin Branson, a Group Leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus. We’ll be speaking with her about searching for the right topic to study, tracking animal behavior using machine learning, and thinking about problems globally.
In this episode, we interview Professor Eric Nestler, Professor and Chair of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Director of the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai. In this episode, we’ll talk about the molecular basis of basis of addiction, improving animal models of depression, and being a true Yalie.
Today, our guest is Okihide Hikosaka, a Senior Researcher and Section Chief at the National Eye Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. We’ll be speaking with him about the role of speculation and intuition in science, the life histories and personalities of our monkey colleagues, and how short-term versus long-term memories inhabit different parts of the basal ganglia.
Today, our guest is Professor Bernardo Sabatini, the Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University. In this episode, we will talk about overcoming technological barriers, scientific bloodlines, and when the music industry meets science. All this and more, coming up.
Today, our guest is Rick Huganir, Professor and Director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University . We’ll be speaking with him about his lifelong interest in learning and memory, phosphorylation of ion channels and receptors, and his first ever experiments: color preference of mealworms.
Today, our guest is Tomomi Shimogori, Team Leader of the Lab for Molecular Mechanisms of Thalamus Development at RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan. We speak with her about cortical development, studying development in marmosets, and growing up around the globe.
Today, our guest is Prof. Robert Edwards, the Cahill Professor of Neurology and Physiology at UCSF. In this episode, we will talk about uptake of neurotransmitter into vesicles for release at the synapse, co-release of dopamine and glutamate, and how a young soul happily found his way to science.
Today, our guest is Dr. Tianyi Mao, Assistant Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vollum Institute. We’ll talk about dissecting thalamo-cortical circuits in a systematic way; using sCRACM to understand how circuits are wired; how this approach and these maps could help us understand cortico-striatal-thalamic loops; and, how Dr. Mao’s got to where she is today.
Our guest is in this episode is Takaki Komiyama, a professor at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Neurosciences and in the Neurobiology Section of the Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior.
The following episode was recorded in October, 2014, but never broadcast; we wanted to bring this back from our archives and present it to you now, because it’s a great interview!
In this interview, we talk about the anatomy of the sense of smell, baseball, and neural ensembles in motor cortex during learning. Please enjoy!
Today, our guest is Nils Brose, Professor and Director of the Dept. of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen, Germany. We speak with him about the mechanisms of neurotransmitter release, how synapses might be built, and the role of the luck in the career of a scientist.
Feb 4, 2016: Highlighting this recent interview with MTL, who has recently been named next president of Stanford University! https://news.stanford.edu/features/2016/president-named/
Today we'll be speaking with Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Carson Family Professor and at Rockefeller University. We'll be speaking with him about fundamental discoveries of new axon guidance molecules; his career path including many roles in both basic and translational science; and exciting unsolved mysteries in the field of axon guidance.
Today, our guest is Mark George, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where he is director of the Brain Stimulation Laboratory. We’ll be speaking with him about using TMS to probe causality in the human brain, how vagal nerve stimulation could be working to treat depression, and a little bit of entemology /beekeeping. All this and more, coming up.
Today, our guest is Daniel Dombeck, an Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at Northwestern University. We’ll be speaking with him about microscopy in the brain; mouse virtual reality and the original "mouse on a ball"; and how to get your mouse to groom.
Today, our guest is Anne Churchland, Associate Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. We’ll be speaking with her about finding science by teaching kids math, the neural basis of multisensory decision making, and the benefits of lab blogging.
Today, our guest is Jie Shen, a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. We’ll be speaking with her about her education in China, figuring out your true love for science (even if you're not yet sure!), and the role of presenilins in Alzheimer’s disease.
In this episode, our guest is Tom Maniatis, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Physics at Columbia University. We speak with him about the diversity of protocadherins, the ethics of CRISPR/Cas9, and his many scientific friendships. All this and more, coming up.
We speak with Jernej Ule, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at University College London about an RNA-binding protein called Nova, switching from one good project to another great one, and linking a love of art to science,
Our guest is Nirao Shah, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Anatomy at UCSF. We speak with him about neural crest stem cells, circuits underlying sexual dimorphism, and his first exposure to research in India.
Today, our guest is Carl Hart, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University and author of the 2013 book, High Price: A neuroscientist’s Journey of Self Discovery That Challenges Everything you Know about drugs and society. We’ll be speaking with him about surprising discoveries about psychoactive drug use, and how neuroscience can better inform policy.
Today, our guest is Rui Costa,an HHMI investigator at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Portugal. Well be speaking with him about using transgenics to study complex disease, the neural mechanisms underlying habit learning (like piano playing), and keeping cows as pets.
Today, our guest is Virginia Lee, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at UPENN's School of Medicine. We’ll be speaking with her about identifying some of the most famous in neurodegenerative disease, and even all of neuroscience, figuring out what to do with your life, and collaborating with a life-partner.
Today, our guest is Elly Nedivi, Professor of Neurobiology at MIT. In this episode, we talk about structural plasticity of inhibition, screening for plasticity genes, and running buddies at Stanford.
Today, our guest is Prof. Lorenz Studer, Professor of Developmental Biology at the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City. In this episode, we will talk about transplantation therapies specifically for Parkinson’s and growing your very own dopaminergic neurons.
Carla Shatz is the Sapp Family Provostial Professor of Neurobiology, David Starr Jordan Director, and Bio-X Director at Stanford University. Today, she covers various aspects of her background, her career in research, and women in science, all over Campari cocktails.
Today, our guest is Nicholas Schiff, the Jerold B. Katz Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he serves as Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Public Health. He also co-directs CASBI, the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury at Cornell. We’ll be speaking with him about the anterior forebrain mesocircuit in impaired cognitive function following brain injury.
Today, our guest is Matthew Dalva, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, at Thomas Jefferson University. In this episode we will talk about, laser-scanning photostimulation and cortical development, Ephs, ephrins, and synapse formation, and what to love in both Philly and the Bay Area.
Today, our guest is Dr. Loren Frank, Professor of Physiology at UCSF. Today, we’ll talk about the hippocampus and memories, delayed gratification, and physics vs. neuroscience.
Today, our guest is Andrew Huberman, Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at University of California, San Diego. In this episode, we will talk about visual system development, really following your gut interests, and theory of mind in cuttlefish.
Today, our guest is Lisa Monteggia, professor of Neuroscience at UT Southwestern. In this episode, we will talk about a mouse model of autism, investigating depression by studying a clinically effective antidepressant, and how working in industry informs life in academia.
Today, our guest is Prof. György Buzsaki, the Biggs Professor of Neuroscience in the Dept. of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU. In this episode, we will talk about the crucial importance of brain rhythms, the hippocampus and how memories are stored, and Professor Buzsaki’s favorite philosopher.
Today, our guest is Shernaz Bamji, Associate Professor in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences at the University of British Columbia. In this episode, we will talk about neurtrophins, cadherins and adhesion at the synapse, and scientific heroes.
Today, our guest is Dr. Antonello Bonci, Scientific Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, as well as a Senior Investigator within NIDA and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode, we will talk about cocaine and Ritalin, new clinical trials using TMS to treat addiction, and ringing in the New Year.
Welcome to another episode of NeuroTalk, the interview series for Stanford University’s weekly neuroscience seminar, brought to you by NeuWrite West. Our guest is Peter Jonas, a professor Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. In this episode, we will talk about his research on GABAergic interneurons, linking molecular properties of neuronal subtypes to their greater circuit function, and the challenges of building an institute from scratch.
Update: We've re-highlighted this track on December 15th, 2015 in anticipation of Dr. Kastner's upcoming talk at Stanford University. Please enjoy!
This week, our guest is Sabine Kastner, a professor of psychology at the Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior at Princeton University. In this episode, we will talk about Dr. Kastner’s transition from philosopher to experimental scientist, studying attention in visual processing networks, the Beatles, and the importance of engaging in scientific outreach.
This week on Neurotalk, Kimberly Huber joins us to discuss protein synthesis in synaptic plasticity, translating basic research into clinically relevant therapeutics, and upcoming Halloween plans. All this, and more!
Dr. Huber is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Elena Gracheva about working with bats, snakes and squirrels (oh my!), and also how thermoregulation studies might help us with organ transplants. All this and more!
Elena Gracheva is an assistant professor of molecular and cellular physiology at the Yale University School of Medicine
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Randy Bucker about the unsurprising surprising role of the prefrontal cortex in memory, the rapid expansion of association cortex in humans, and what to do with a quarter in an MRI machine.
Dr. Buckner is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Harvard University.
Join us for this episode as we highlight unforgettable moments from NeuroTalk Seasons 1 and 2. Through short, memorable clips, we will explore the gripping stories of how our guests were inspired to become scientists, adventures studying different animal models, and gossip about different professors. We will also share the greatest moment in all of NeuroTalk (so far!). Take a listen!
Brains & Bourbon: Shots! is a short form version of our show Brains & Bourbon, where we sit down with a neuroscientist to discuss their work and share their favorite cocktail.
In this first episode of Shots!, we chat with graduate student Matt Figley about using yeast to model complex neurological disorders, plus more!
Today, our guest is Michael Shadlen, professor of neuroscience at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University. We will discuss his take on consciousness, perception, and his research studying sensory decision-making. We will also let him give us a teaser about his upcoming talk at Stanford.
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with James Surmeier about dopamine in the basal ganglia, the molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease, and why we shouldn't cling too tightly to our ideas.
Dr. Surmeier is a professor and the Chair of the department of physiology at Northwestern University.
In this episode of Brains & Bourbon, Viola Caretti explains how a small group of scientists and a dedicated community of affected families have come together in their search for a cure for a deadly form of childhood brain cancer.
Viola is a postdoctoral research fellow in Michelle Monje's lab here at Stanford.
Join us for our latest edition of NeuroTalk as we examine the future of scholarly publishing. Nick Weiler interviews John Sack, founding director of High Wire Press, the groundbreaking e-publishing platform created in 1996 and now serving nearly 2,000 journals, ranging from Science to eLife. We go in-depth and discuss Sack's ideas about the future of scholarly journals, including the evolution of the "open access" movement, improvements to the peer review process, and the need for interactive online discussions around published science. Sack, a self-proclaimed futurist, muses about ongoing trends in publishing and whether we would even recognize the journals of the future. This is one episode you don't want to miss!
Producers: Mark Padolina and Nick Weiler
In this exciting new episode of Brains & Bourbon, Zoya Farzampour talks to us about the role of non-neuronal brain cells in epilepsy, why electrophysiology is so dang cool, and much more!
Zoya is a 5th year graduate student in John Huguenard's lab here at Stanford.
This week we sat down with new MCP Assistant Professor Lucy O'Brien over her favorite chocolate recovery shake to talk about studying stem cells in the fly gut and the great adventure of science.
We sat down with Stanford Neuroscience graduate student Kelly Zalocusky over a Tom Collins to discuss the dopamine reward system, risk tolerance in rodents, and nut caching in squirrels, among other topics.
Here's the breakdown: Part 1 (26:23) Dopamine System (extended)
“Anyone who has ever gotten out of bed at 6 in the morning knows that you need motivation in order to initiate movement”
Part 2 (26:48) Dopamine and Risk-Seeking Behavior in Rats, Rat fMRI, and the Not My Field game show
“Have you been able to make the risk-seeking rats into humdrum rats?”
Part 3- (20:05) Squirrels
“It turns out that they bury walnuts at the distance you would bury walnuts if you were planting a walnut orchard.”
We sat down with Stanford Neuroscience graduate student Kelly Zalocusky over a Tom Collins to discuss the dopamine reward system, risk tolerance in rodents, and nut caching in squirrels, among other topics.
Here's the breakdown: Part 1 (26:23) Dopamine System (extended)
“Anyone who has ever gotten out of bed at 6 in the morning knows that you need motivation in order to initiate movement”
Part 2 (26:48) Dopamine and Risk-Seeking Behavior in Rats, Rat fMRI, and the Not My Field game show
“Have you been able to make the risk-seeking rats into humdrum rats?”
Part 3- (20:05) Squirrels
“It turns out that they bury walnuts at the distance you would bury walnuts if you were planting a walnut orchard.”
We sat down with Stanford Neuroscience graduate student Kelly Zalocusky over a Tom Collins to discuss the dopamine reward system, risk tolerance in rodents, and nut caching in squirrels, among other topics.
Here's the breakdown: Part 1 (26:23) Dopamine System (extended)
“Anyone who has ever gotten out of bed at 6 in the morning knows that you need motivation in order to initiate movement”
Part 2 (26:48) Dopamine and Risk-Seeking Behavior in Rats, Rat fMRI, and the Not My Field game show
“Have you been able to make the risk-seeking rats into humdrum rats?”
Part 3- (20:05) Squirrels
“It turns out that they bury walnuts at the distance you would bury walnuts if you were planting a walnut orchard.”
We sat down with Stanford Neuroscience graduate student Kelly Zalocusky over a Tom Collins to discuss the dopamine reward system, risk tolerance in rodents, and nut caching in squirrels, among other topics.
Listen to individual segments from this show here: https://soundcloud.com/neuwritewest/sets/brains-bourbon-episode-15-a-tom-collins-with-kelly-zalocusky
This week on Brains & Bourbon, we chat with Hank Greely about the ethics and laws of neuroscience. Topics include the legal and ethical concerns of personal genomics (such as 23 and Me), using fMRI as a complimentary tool for lie detection, establishing justice in cases of mental or psychiatric instability, bringing back extinct animals, and more!
Hank Greely is a Professor of Law at Stanford University, and serves as the chair of the California Advisory Committee on Human Stem Cell Research, director of the Stanford Law School’s Center for Law and the Biosciences as well as the new Stanford Program In Neuroscience and Society, or “SPINS.”
This week on Brains & Bourbon, we share a Manhattan with H. Craig Heller who talk us through the "how" and "why" of sleep and explains what hibernating astronauts have in common with ground squirrels. Plus much more!
Dr. Heller is a professor of biology and is the co-director of the Stanford Center for Down Syndrome Research.
This week on Brains and Bourbon, we share whiskey sours with Daniel Hawes, a post-doctoral fellow studying the interplay between personality and decision making in Sam McClure’s lab. We ask Daniel about his journey from agricultural engineering student in Germany to psychologist at Stanford, and how the different perspectives of engineering, economics, psychology and neuroscience interact to influence his approach to understanding how individuals make decisions.
Daniel tells us about how psychologists currently think about defining individual differences between people, and how his research is revealing differences in brain activity during decision making that are related to the "big five" dimensions of personality. In the end, we wax philosophical about the importance of understanding personality in developing self-awareness and whether it would be a good idea to tickle people in an fMRI machine.
In the interview, we mentioned the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment. If you haven't heard of this, you should really see the videos of cute kids trying their best to avoid sweet, white, gooey temptation. Check out a re-creation of the original experiment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3S0xS2hdi4.
This week on Brains & Bourbon, we share a cocktail with Rob Malenka, who describes his journey from party animal to world renowned scientist, and gives a beautiful and in-depth history of one of the most important fields in neuroscience. Plus much more!
Dr. Malenka is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science here at Stanford.
This week on Brains and Bourbon, science journalist Greg Miller talks about the psychological cost of drone warfare, DIY brain stimulation, science journalism, and a lot more!
Greg Miller spent 11 years as a reporter for Science magazine and is now a senior writer at WIRED magazine.
This week on Brains and Bourbon, we talk with Maral Tajerian about brains and pain, secret experiments, and putting the "science" back in "scientifically accurate video games."
Dr. Tajerian is a postdoc in David Clark’s lab here at Stanford, and the co-founder of Thwacke! science media consulting.
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Daniel Colón-Ramos about how glia directs synapse formation, how synaptic positions are maintained as the body and brain grows, and how his science networking site Ciencia Puerto Rico has changed science education in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Colón-Ramos is an associate professor of cell biology at Yale University, and is the founder of Ciencia Puerto Rico: http://www.cienciapr.org/
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Li-Huei Tsai about her transition from cancer research to neuroscience, chromatin remodeling, Alzheimer's disease, and more!
Dr. Tsai is a professor of neuroscience and the director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.
Note to listeners: we had a few technical difficulties with the audio quality, so some portions of the interview may be difficult to hear.
This week on Brains and Bourbon, we chat with Boris Heifets about anesthesia and the brain, treating Parkinson's disease with electrical stimulation, and why taking ecstasy might be a good idea if you suffer from depression*.
Dr. Heifets is an anesthesiologist at Stanford Hospital, as well as a postdoctoral researcher in Rob Malenka's lab.
*And you do it in your doctor's office.
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Kelsey Martin about the road from literature to neuroscience, tagging synapses, and what to do with all these PhDs.
Dr. Martin is the Chair and professor of Biological Chemistry and professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California Los Angeles.
This week on Brains and Bourbon, we talk immunology with Mary Cavanagh, who explains how specialized cells recognizes self v. non-self to keep the body safe, and how loss of that recognition can lead to a whole host of problems.
Dr. Cavanagh is a postdoc in Jorg Goronzy’s lab here at Stanford.
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
You have a brain and you like to drink, so come sit down and have a drink with us.
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Karel Svoboda about how studying the brain inspires invention, the development of two-photon microscopy, visualizing synaptic turnover, and more!
Dr. Svoboda is a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farms.
This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Loren Looger about the first calcium indicators, designer proteins, and how the self-described "worst talk in the history of the world" landed him his own lab.
Dr. Looger is a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farms.
Theme song for the radio show "Brains and Bourbon." Written and recorded by Josh Talbot.
This week on "Brains and Bourbon," we share a glass of whiskey with Tony Ricci as we discuss hearing, rebuilding his lab after hurricane Katrina, and more!
Dr. Ricci is a professor of otolaryngology and molecular and cellular physiology here at Stanford, as well as the director of the Stanford neurosciences PhD program.
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
You have a brain and you like to drink, so come sit down and have a drink with us.
This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Hey-Kyoung Lee about the first chemical LTD experiments, the role of phosphorylation in learning and memory, and how a happy accident increased our knowledge of mutimodal sensory plasticity!
Dr. Lee is an associate professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins Mind/Brain Institute.
This week on Brains & Bourbon, we sit down with Mariko Bennett to discuss the magic and mystery of glia, the future of gene therapy, and why clamato juice is a thing.
Mariko is an MD/PhD student in Ben Barres's lab here at Stanford.
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
You have a brain and you like to drink, so come sit down and have a drink with us.
In our inaugural radio version of "Brains and Bourbon," Astra Bryant shares a whiskey sour with us as we discuss brain oscillations and epilepsy, studying attention in birds, and the agony and ecstasy of the optochicken.
Astra is a 5th year graduate student in Eric Knudsen and John Huguenard's labs here at Stanford.
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
You have a brain and you like to drink, so come sit down and have a drink with us.
This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Ryan Watts about axon guidance, developing new tools for treating Alzheimer's disease, and more!
Dr. Watts is the director of the department of neuroscience at Genentech.
This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Tim Ryan about using voltage sensitive dyes to study synaptic transmission, how ATP is synthesized at the synapse, the value of teaching at Wood's Hole, and more!
Dr. Ryan is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medical College.
This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Rainer Friedrich about information coding in the olfactory bulb, optogenetic stimulation of olfactory neurons in the zebrafish, and more!
Dr. Friedrich is a Senior Group Leader and Professor at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research.
This week on Neurotalk, Nelson Spruston describes some of the first patch clamp recordings ever, shares the most exciting moment of his scientific career, and explains how a student in his lab discovered a new form of neural integration.
Dr. Spruston is the Scientific Program Director, and a Laboratory Head at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Janelia Farm Research Campus.
This week in Neurotalk, we speak with Chengua Gu about the molecules linking axon guidance, cardiovascular development, and synapse formation.
Dr. Gu is an associate professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Thomas Schwarz about the diversity of potassium channels, the link between mitochondria and Parkinson's disease, what young scientists can learn from Julius Caesar, and more!
Dr. Schwarz is a professor of neurology and neurobiology at the Harvard Medical School.
In this week's episode of Neurotalk, Don Cleveland talks about the mechanisms underlying ALS and other motor neuron disorders, the shift in our basic understanding of how gene mutations lead to human disease, and more!
Dr. Cleveland is professor of cellular and molecular medicine at UC San Diego.
This week on the Neurotalk podcast, we speak with Kamil Ugurbil about his interesting path into neuroscience, his deep involvement with the development of fMRI, how he runs his large 100+ group, and more!
Dr. Ugurbil is the Director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, and McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair Professor in the Departments of Radiology, Neuroscience, and Medicine at the University of Minnesota.
This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Caitlin O'Connell Rodwell about working with elephants, elephant communication, women in science, and more!
Dr. O’Connell-Rodwell is an assistant professor in the department of otolaryngology at Stanford University.
This week, we talk to Suzanne Paradis about homeostatic plasticity, and the molecules that drive neuronal connectivity.
Dr. Paradis is an assistant professor of biology at Brandeis University.
This week, we speak with Peter Crino about the balance between medicine and research science, and how dysregulation of the mTOR signaling pathway can lead to both cancer and cognitive disorders.
Dr. Crino is a professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology at Temple University and Shriners Hospital Pediatric Research Center.
This week we speak with Kathleen Cullen about how our brains control our eyes and head, why astronauts get sick in space, and more!
Dr. Cullen is a professor of physiology, and the director of the Systems Neuroscience and Aerospace Medical Research Unit at McGill University.
This week, Marc Freeman talks to us about falling in love with biology, eating injured axons, and more!
Marc Freeman is an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
This week, we talk to Cagla Eroglu about the eureka moments in scientific discovery, the role of astrocytes in synapse formation, and more!
Dr. Eroglu is an assistant professor of cell biology at Duke University.
This week, we talk to Jeff Isaacson about his journey from rock shows to neuroscience, the importance of inhibition, the BRAIN Initiative, and more!
Dr. Isaacson is a professor of neuroscience at UC San Diego.
Gail Mandel talks about her long, and winding journey into neuroscience, what makes a neuron a neuron, how astrocytes contribute to neurological disorder, and more!
Dr. Mandel is a Senior Scientist at the Vollum Institute and a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Oregon Health and Science University, as well as an HHMI investigator.
This week we bring you a special report about a scientific sleepover hosted by the California Academy of Science called Penguins & Pajamas! Stanford postdocs from a variety of disciplines presented on their research, and we bring stories from the event, and speak with Mary Cavanagh and Antoine de Morree from the Stanford postdoc association.
This week, we talk to Diana Bautista about the difference between itch and pain, the curious organ of the star-nosed mole, and more!
Dr. Bautista is an assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Welcome to the new year of school, and a new year of NeuroTalk! In our first episode of our second season, we speak with Yun Zhang about growing up in science, and learning and behavior in the nematode C.elegans!
Yun Zhang is an associate professor of biology at Harvard University.
Note to listeners: we had some connectivity issues while conducting the interview, so the audio quality is not as good in some places.
Our guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice!
This is the FULL version of the episode, which includes the following sections:
Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38 Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45 Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-7:10 Life as an immigrant in the U.S.: 7:10-8:07 Making it work at Harvard: 8:07-10:56 Egle the polymath: 10:56-13:48 Studying shamans in the Amazon: 13:48-17:12 Culturally defined neuroscience?: 17:12-19:09 Shamans in the western cultures: 19:09-21:00 Teaching: 21:00-27:10 Not My Field: 27:10-30:44 Immune response in the brain: 30:44-36:21 Brain parasites and zombie mice: 36:21-41:57 "R" is for "radio": 41:57-43:07 Goodbye and end credits: 43:07-43:50
Our guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice!
This is the SHORT version of this episode, which includes the following sections:
Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38 Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45 Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-5:29 Egle the polymath:: 5:29-8:15 Studying shamans in the Amazon: 8:15-11:40 Teaching: 11:40-17:32 Not My Field: 17:32-21:06 Immune response in the brain: 21:06-26:43 Goodbye and end credits: 26:43-27:26
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
This week, our guest is George Vidal, a 4th year graduate student in Carla Shatz's lab here at Stanford, who talks to us about neuronal plasticity, and the intersection of science and religion, and shares with us his favorite cocktail, green Chartreuse.
This is the FULL version of the interview, which includes the following sections:
Introducing George Vidal 0:00-1:09 Making green Chartreuse 1:09-3:54 What is neuronal plasticity? 3:54-6:08 Structural plasticity and spine motility 6:08-13:30 Are learning, memory, and plasticity the same thing? 13:30-15:52 The role of PirB on plasticity 15:52-17:51 George describes his first experiment 17:51-20:22 Not My Field 20:22-28:25 Science and religion, and the future Father Vidal 28:25-39:30 Goodbye and end credits 39:30-40:10
You can listen to the short, 25 minute version of the show here: http://soundcloud.com/neuwritewest/brains-bourbon-ep2plasticity-short
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
This week, our guest is George Vidal, a 4th year graduate student in Carla Shatz's lab here at Stanford, who talks to us about neuronal plasticity, and the intersection of science and religion, and shares with us his favorite cocktail, green Chartreuse.
This is the SHORT version of the interview, which includes the following sections:
Introducing George Vidal 0:00-1:09 Making green Chartreuse 1:09-3:54 What is neuronal plasticity? 3:54-5:59 Structural plasticity and spine motility 5:59-10:54 The role of PirB on plasticity 10:54-12:53 Not My Field 12:53-16:53 Science and religion, and the future Father Vidal 16:53-23:22 Goodbye and end credits 23:22-24:28
You can listen to the full, 42 minute version of the show here: http://soundcloud.com/neuwritewest/brains-bourbon-ep2plasticity-full
"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.
Our first guest is Nick Steinmetz, a 6th year graduate student in Kwabena Boahen and Tirin Moore’s labs here at Stanford, who talks to us about attention and monkeys, and shows us how to make an Old Fashioned cocktail.
You have a brain and you like to drink, so come sit down and have a drink with us.
This week on Neurotalk, we talk to Mala Murthy about vengeful flies, courtship songs, and the BRAIN initiative.
Mala Murthy is an assistant professor of molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton University.
This week on Neurotalk, we talk to Cynthia Moss about her early experience working in a mental institute, the best way to catch a bat, and what bat place cells tell us about our own brains!
Cynthia Moss is a professor of psychology and systems neuroscience at the University of Maryland at College Park.
To view the bat videos mentioned in the interview, visit Professor Moss's webpage here: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/psyc/batlab/movies.html
This week's guest is Dr. Yishi Jin, who tells us how a happy laser accident led to a better understanding of the process of axon regeneration, and how the suppression of science during China's cultural revolution fueled her young scientific curiosity.
Dr. Yishi Jin is a professor of neurobiology, and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at UC San Diego.
This week, we talk to Yingxi Lin about inhibition, memory, and talking to mice.
Dr. Yingxi Lin is an assistant professor of neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
Note to listeners: We had some technical difficulties during our interview with Yingxi Lin, so the audio quality is not as good as it should be, and some of her answers are a little difficult to understand in a few places.
Ron Yu explains the tunotopy of the olfactory system, how mice can determine gender by smelling pheromones in urine, and more!
Dr. Ron Yu is an Associate Investigator at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research.
This week, we talk with Jonathan Wallis about how the brain encodes abstract rules, and translates those rules into behavioral decision making.
Dr. Wallis is a professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.