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)
Feb 07, 2017•1 hr 12 min
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.
Oct 05, 2016•43 min
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.
Aug 26, 2016•49 min
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.
May 04, 2016•38 min
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.
Apr 27, 2016•40 min
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
Apr 05, 2016•45 min
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.
Mar 30, 2016•36 min
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.
Mar 24, 2016•56 min
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.
Feb 23, 2016•37 min
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.
Feb 17, 2016•29 min
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.
Feb 16, 2016•53 min
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.
Feb 01, 2016•45 min
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.
Jan 26, 2016•31 min
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.
Jan 19, 2016•43 min
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.
Jan 10, 2016•31 min
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.
Jan 07, 2016•44 min
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.
Dec 24, 2015•52 min
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...
Dec 13, 2015•41 min
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.
Dec 04, 2015•49 min
**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 fi...
Nov 17, 2015•36 min
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.
Nov 02, 2015•42 min
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.
Oct 23, 2015•46 min
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Oct 15, 2015•47 min
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.
Oct 05, 2015•37 min
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.
Sep 24, 2015•40 min
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.
Jun 09, 2015•44 min
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,
Jun 01, 2015•52 min
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.
May 18, 2015•41 min
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.
Apr 27, 2015•35 min
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.
Apr 13, 2015•47 min
