"Keep an open mind" Neurotalk S2E21 Hey-Kyoung Lee

This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Hey-Kyoung Lee about the first chemical LTD experiments, the role of phosphorylation in learning and memory, and how a happy accident increased our knowledge of mutimodal sensory plasticity!

Dr. Lee is an associate professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins Mind/Brain Institute.

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"Keep being really passionate": Neurotalk S2E20 Ryan Watts

This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Ryan Watts about axon guidance, developing new tools for treating Alzheimer's disease, and more!

Dr. Watts is the director of the department of neuroscience at Genentech.

Neurotalk S2E19 Tim Ryan

This week on Neurotalk, we speak with Tim Ryan about using voltage sensitive dyes to study synaptic transmission, how ATP is synthesized at the synapse, the value of teaching at Wood's Hole, and more!

Dr. Ryan is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medical College. 

"Be curious": Neurotalk S2E18 Rainer Friedrich

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!

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Dr. Friedrich is a Senior Group Leader and Professor at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research. 

"Just do it because you love it": Neurotalk S2E17 Nelson Spruston

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 Chengua Gu

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 S2E14 Don Cleveland

This 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.  

Neurotalk S2E13 Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell & elephant communication

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.

Neurotalk S2E12 Kamil Ugurbil: Connectomes & the birth of fMRI

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.