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.

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. 

Metchnikoff and the starfish: how simple creatures revealed the secrets of the immune system

Have you thought about your immune system recently? Did it let you down over the holidays and leave you sniffling? Are you thinking of ways that you could boost your immunity? Are you drinking probiotic yoghurt drinks to support your friendly bacteria?

We take the idea of the immune system for granted today, so it may surprise you to learn that less than 200 years ago, most people didn’t realise the body had any natural defences against disease.

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

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. 

Life at Stanford: A Foreign Perspective

Life at Stanford: A Foreign Perspective

Roughly half a year ago I started my postdoctoral research position at Stanford. Before I arrived here, I had imagined many things about life at Stanford that appeared very true: a pretty campus, amazing weather, friendly people, and a research environment that is both diligent and laid-back. Now, when starting to ponder the less obvious things I have learned and experienced at Stanford, more and more starts to look different from what I was used to at my university back in the Netherlands. Differences that I believe both sides can use to their advantage.

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"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.

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.

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. 

 

Ask a Neuroscientist: What's it like to have Broca's or Wernicke's Aphasia?

Ask a Neuroscientist: What's it like to have Broca's or Wernicke's Aphasia?

Julia Turan answers a question about the language deficits experienced by patients with Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia. Read on to learn whether Wernicke's aphasiacs have difficulty writing, and to see amazing videos of stroke patients with Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia. 

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