In this 100th and final episode of the MPFI Neurotransmissions Podcast, hosts Joe Schumacher, Lesley Colgan, Jeremy Cheng, and Akash Pal sit down to reminisce on the journey of the podcast with podcast producer Kevin Albertini. To mark this incredible milestone, the podcast returns full circle and welcomes back our guest from our very first episode, CEO and Scientific Director David Fitzpatrick joined by the other two scientific directors of MPFI, Ryohei Yasuda and Lin Tian. The directors look b...
Dec 19, 2024•55 min
In this episode of the MPFI Neurotransmissions Podcast, we sit down with the lead engineer behind the widely used Neuropixels Probe, Dr. Tim Harris from Janelia Research Campus. We also talk shop about Dr. Harris' 18 years working for Bell Labs. Don't miss a special announcement from Joe at the end of the episode (46:34). Episode Guest: Tim Harris Senior fellow at HHMI Janerlia Research Campus Research Professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University Harris Lab: https://www.janeli...
Nov 13, 2024•49 min
In this episode of the MPFI Neurotransmissions Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Mark Andermann (@AndermannLab), a renowned neuroscientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard University, to explore the intricate neural circuits that regulate feeding behavior. Dr. Andermann shares his groundbreaking research on how the brain processes hunger and satiety signals, and what happens when these systems go awry in cases of dysfunctional eating. Episode Guest: Mark Andermann - @AndermannLa...
Oct 16, 2024•33 min
In this episode, Prof. Dr. Bill Hansson joins hosts Lesley and Joe to discuss his leadership as former Vice President of the Max Planck Society, his work on locust olfaction, and his recent identification of an odorant that can protect swarming locusts from cannibalism. Interested in learning more about how the sense of smell is critical for behavior? Read Dr. Hannson's book full of stories of the amazing world of smell. Smelling to Survive: https://www.amazon.com/Smelling-Survive-Amazing-World-...
Sep 11, 2024•41 min
In this episode, Dr. Tim Ryan joins hosts Lesley and Joe to discuss how neurons rely on a constant source of energy to function. They discuss how the brain's energy supply is maintained and regulated and what happens when this energy supply is disrupted. Episode Guest: Timothy Ryan Ryan Lab: https://biochem.weill.cornell.edu/directory/primary-faculty/timothy-ryan-phd Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan - @Lesley Colgan Joe Schumacher - @JWScience Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Alberti...
Aug 14, 2024•33 min
In this episode, Dr. Tony Movshon returns to the podcast to chat with hosts Jeremy and Akash about his work in understanding visual pathways and the differences between 'constructionist' and 'reductionist' approaches in neuroscience. Dr. Movshon is a university professor researching vision and visual development at NYU School of Medicine. He has made contributions to the understanding of the brain mechanisms that represent the form and motion of objects, and the way these mechanisms contribute t...
Jul 17, 2024•32 min
In this episode of Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast, we meet new cohost Dr. Akash Pal, who joins Jeremy in a discussion with Associate Professor of Biology at Boston University, Dr. Jerry Chen. They discuss how the brain can make sense of our complex sensory world through the processes of perception and abstraction and how Dr. Chen's research team uses in vivo imaging of genetically encoded indicators and spatial transcriptomics to understand these processes. Episode Guest: Jerry ...
Jun 12, 2024•35 min
In this episode of MPFI's Neurotransmissions Lesley and Jeremy speak with Dr. Kuan Hong Wang, Professor at the University of Rochester and Co-Director of the New Brain Aging Center, about Emotional Well-Being, the power and challenges of big science approaches, and his scientific philosophy to exploring increasingly complex neuroscience questions. Whether you're curious about the power of your own brain or fascinated by the world of scientific exploration, this episode of Neurotransmissions has ...
May 15, 2024•36 min
This episode of MPFI's Neurotransmissions Podcast dives into the fascinating world of neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to change and adapt. We're joined by Dr. Anant Jain. Anant joined Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications (CHINTA) in Kolkata, India in November 2023. His lab focuses on understanding the molecular signaling underlying homeostatic plasticity that gets activated to compensate for the behaviorally relevant synaptic changes. Moreover, his lab seeks to...
Apr 10, 2024•38 min
In this episode, hosts Lesley and Jeremy speak with Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Senior Group Leader and Head of Janelia's 4D Cellular Physiology Group, about how technology has shaped her career and her vision for developing a molecular understanding of tissue physiology. Episode Notes: Please help us create content you want to hear by giving us feedback. https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast-survey/ Episode Guest: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz - @JLS_Lab Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan - @C...
Mar 18, 2024•31 min
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Mar 01, 2024•2 min
In this episode, hosts Lesley and Joe speak with Dr. Weijian Zong about the motivation, challenges, and advancements behind the development of the MINI2P, an open-source miniaturized two-photon microscope that allows neuroscientists to visualize brain activity in freely behaving animals. Episode Notes: Help support the science, training, and outreach programs of MPFI by visiting mpfi.org/donate Episode Guest: Weijian Zong - @WikiZong Mini2P - @TheMini2P Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan - @Colgan_Les...
Feb 23, 2024•34 min
In this episode, hosts Joe and Lesley chat with Dr. Debosmita Sardar about her research into the roles of astrocytes, epigenetics, and serotonylation during odor processing. Dr. Sardar is a K99 Postdoctoral Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine and a selected MPFI NeuroMEETS speaker. Episode Notes: Max Planck NeuroMEETS: https://www.mpfi.org/science/max-planck-neuromeets Episode Guest: Debosmita Sardar @debo_Astrocyte Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan - @Lesley Colgan Joe Schumacher - @JWscience Podca...
Dec 15, 2023•40 min
In this special 2023 Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Lesley discusses the experience of attending the SfN conference for the first time with postbaccalaureate at the National Eye Institute, Alexis Green; presenting a poster and developing connections at SfN with postdoctoral researcher at MPFI, Dr. Tim Holford; and further discuss new insights in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) research with Professor, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. C...
Nov 21, 2023•39 min
In this episode, hosts Joe and Lesley chat with Dr. Rodrigo Pena about computational neuroscience and the power of this field to advance our understanding of the nervous system. Dr. Pena is an Assistant Professor in the Biological Sciences department at Florida Atlantic University. He is also one of the organizers of LASCON IX (Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience) which is now accepting applications. Do you enjoy the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear m...
Sep 30, 2023•39 min
In this episode, hosts Joe and Lesley chat with Dr. Ewoud Schmidt about his work in studying neuronal circuit development, function, and behavior and how human-specific genes shape neuronal circuits in health and disease. Dr. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor and the Principle Investigator for the Schmidt Lab at the Medical University of South Carolina. Episode Guest: Ewoud Scmidt @ereschmidt Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan @colgan_lesley Joe Schumacher @JWscience Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmis...
Aug 16, 2023•32 min
In this episode, hosts Joe and Lesley sit down with Daniela Sammler, a researcher investigating neurocognitive functions related to language and music, and how they might complement each other. A number of fascinating areas are discussed including her work her working on methods for recording human brain activity during complex tasks such as playing piano while in an fMRI. Episode Guest: Daniela Sammler @DanielaSammler Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan @colgan_lesley Joe Schumacher @JWscience Podcast...
Jul 26, 2023•39 min
In this episode, hosts Joe and Lesley sit down with Nancy Padilla-Coreano, a Principal Investigator at the University of Florida, to discuss the expanding field of social behavior and her work into the brain mechanisms behind social dominance and social competence. Be sure to check the multimedia platform Stories of Women in Neuroscience co-founded by Dr. Padilla-Coreano: https://www.storiesofwin.org Episode Guest: Nancy Padilla-Coreano @DrNancyPadilla Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan @colgan_lesley...
Jun 28, 2023•45 min
In this special two-episode conference podcast, Joe brings you scientific highlights from the 2022 Society for Neuroscience Meeting. In Part 2 Joe discusses new technologies for comparative connectomics and transcriptomics with Dr. Justus Kebschull, cognitive decline in aging C. elegans with Dr. Rachel Arey and thalamic-cortical circuits and our responsibility for science advocacy with Dr. Ubadah Sabbagh. Episode Guests: Justus Kebschull @JustusKebschull https://www.kebschull-lab.org/ Rachel Are...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 14 min
In this special two-episode conference podcast, Joe brings you scientific highlights from the 2022 Society for Neuroscience Meeting. In Part 1 Joe catches up with some old friends to chat about their latest science and career journeys. He discusses network development with Dr. Gordon Smith, double spines with Dr. Won Chan Oh, and evolutionary adaptations of cavefish with Dr. Bethany Stanhope. They also discuss the excitement and challenges of starting an independent lab and advice for first-time...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min
In this episode, Lesley has a chat with Dr. Sang Jeong Kim about his research on the neural mechanisms of pain and plasticity. Dr. Kim is the Director for the Neuroscience Research Center and a professor at the Seoul National University, College of Medicine in South Korea. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter...
Jun 01, 2023•30 min
Locomotion is a universal motor action expressed as the output of many integrated brain functions, with brainstem circuits acting as the gate between brain areas regulating innate, emotional, or motivational locomotion and executing spinal motor circuits. In this episode, Joe and Lesley have a chat with Dr. Ole Kiehn about his research on the relationships between locomotion in health and disease. Dr.Kiehn is a professor of Integrative Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience, University o...
May 17, 2023•39 min
In this episode, hosts Lesley and Anant chat with Harvard University Assitant Professor, Dr. Nicholas Bellono about studying signal processing and how molecular and anatomical features in octopuses may have evolved to support their voracious foraging behavior within seafloor environments. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Website: neuropodcast.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuropodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neuropodc...
May 01, 2023•38 min
Sleep is a highly conserved behavior among the animal kingdom, appearing as distant as jellyfish and elephants. It is generally believed that sleep serves a crucially important yet mysterious “core function” that is shared among all animals and that drives its evolution, but the evidence behind this hypothesis is lacking. In this episode, Lesley has a fun chat with Dr. Giorgio F. Gilestro, an Associate Professor from Imperial College in London, England who for the past 15 years has been research...
Apr 12, 2023•41 min
In this episode, hosts Joe, Lesley, and Jeremy bring you scientific highlights from the recent Sunposium23 conference. They sit down with three of the invited speakers to chat about their latest research. They discuss how the brain encodes memories in both a stable and flexible manner with Dr. Denise Cai, the complexity of brain-wide serotonin function with Dr. Ugur Dag, and how organoids and assembloids can help us understand human neurodevelopment with Dr. Sergiu Pasca. Episode Guests Denise C...
Mar 15, 2023•58 min
In this episode, hosts Lesley and Joe chat with the Max Planck Society President-elect, Dr. Patrick Cramer. Dr. Cramer is a chemist and molecular biologist currently serving as Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany. In June 2023, he will become the next president of the 75-year-old Max Planck Society, the number one biomedical nonprofit worldwide. Watch Patrick Cramer's full-length talk at Science Meets Music: https://youtu.be/AuFI_z_K...
Feb 15, 2023•47 min
In this episode, host Joe chats with Dr. Lukas Groschner, a Max Planck NeuroMEETS invited speaker, about his curiosity-driven research into the molecules and mechanisms that mediate information processing in flies. Don't miss Dr. Groschner's story of being inspired after listening to a past episode of the podcast. For more information about the NeuroMEETS seminar series, visit https://www.mpfi.org/science/max-planck-neuromeets Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode...
Jan 17, 2023•31 min
In this episode, hosts Joe and Jeremy catch up with Dr. Ed Boyden on the many applications of his neurotechnologies such as optogenetics and expansion microscopy, the power of combining these technologies to establish a computational model of a small organism, and Dr. Boyden's latest technology- signaling reporter islands. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini Max...
Dec 02, 2022•39 min
In this episode, hosts Joe Schumacher and Anant Jain chat with award-winning research scientist, educator, and advocate Erin Calipari about a new role for dopamine in the brain, drug addiction, and steps we can take to increase diversity and equity in academia. Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://w...
Nov 11, 2022•58 min
In this episode, hosts Jeremy and Ingo chat with Dr. Valentina Emiliani. Dr. Emiliani's lab has pioneered the use of wave-front shaping for neuroscience. In particular, they demonstrated a number of new techniques based on computer-generated holography to gain 3D optogenetic control of neural populations. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.c...
Sep 26, 2022•44 min
