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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!
Read MoreThis week on the Neurotalk podcast, 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.
In this exciting new episode of 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 on the Neurotalk podcast, we speak with Kamil Ugurbil about his interesting path into neuroscience, his deep involvement with the development of fMRI, a functional human connectome, 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 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 episode can also be streamed or downloaded here: NeuroTalk S2E9 Kathleen Cullen
This week on NeuroTalk, 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.
Our conversation with professor Freeman can also be streamed or downloaded here: NeuroTalk S2E8 Marc Freeman
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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. Our conversation with professor Eroglu can also be streamed or downloaded here: NeuroTalk S2E7 Cagla Eroglu.
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