Ales and Astrocytes

Just in time for the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting here in Chicago! In this conversation with Alie Caldwell, we talk about her dissertation research, her scicomm efforts, and just geek out about the brain in general. Suggested Reading: The roles of glia in CNS development: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6411/181/tab-pdf Astrocytes in development and disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27381164 What even are astrocytes? (Video): https://youtu.be/Utaeaz-tD5s Follow Alie Caldwell: @alie_astrocyte(Twitter), https://www.youtube.com/user/neurotransmissions (YouTube), www.alieastrocyte.com Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing