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  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 71:15:35
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Synopsis

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.

Episodes

  • Neurotalk S2E17 Nelson Spruston

    19/03/2014 Duration: 33min

    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.

  • Neurotalk S2E16 Chenghua Gu

    12/03/2014 Duration: 26min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E15 Thomas Schwarz

    03/03/2014 Duration: 40min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E14 Don Cleveland

    11/02/2014 Duration: 25min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E12 Kamil Ugurbil

    05/02/2014 Duration: 38min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E13 Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell

    04/02/2014 Duration: 30min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E11 Suzanne Paradis

    21/01/2014 Duration: 31min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E10 Peter Crino

    13/01/2014 Duration: 29min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E9 Kathleen Cullen

    09/12/2013 Duration: 29min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E8 Marc Freeman

    13/11/2013 Duration: 24min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E7 Cagla Eroglu

    04/11/2013 Duration: 27min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E6 Jeff Isaacson

    28/10/2013 Duration: 24min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E5 Graeme Davis

    21/10/2013 Duration: 21min

    NeuroTalk S2E5 Graeme Davis by NeuwriteWest

  • NeuroTalk S2E4 Gail Mandel

    13/10/2013 Duration: 23min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E3 Penguins&Pajamas

    10/10/2013 Duration: 15min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E2 DianaBautista

    01/10/2013 Duration: 18min

    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.

  • NeuroTalk S2E1 Yun Zhang

    23/09/2013 Duration: 15min

    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.

  • Brains & Bourbon Ep3 Neuroinflammation/Sazerac/EgleCekanaviciute FULL

    02/07/2013 Duration: 44min

    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

  • Brains&Bourbon Ep3 Neuroinflammation/Sazerac/EgleCekanaviciute SHORT

    02/07/2013 Duration: 27min

    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 & Bourbon Ep2 Plasticity:Chartreuse:GeorgeVidal FULL

    24/06/2013 Duration: 40min

    "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 m

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