Remembering neuroscientist Allison Doupe

Each week SINTN (the Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neuroscience) invites a prominent scientist to come to campus and share their most recent work with the Stanford community. For professors, and a few students each week, this is also an opportunity to chat casually with these scientists one-on-one. Our goal with this program is to open that experience up to the broader neuroscience community. We hope the conversation gives you some insight into the speaker’s personality and provides a platform for the kind of stories of science which are of interest to us but are often are left out of more formal papers or presentations... how did the scientist really get interested in a subject ? what are some of the more unexpected challenges they had to overcome? In essence, it’s a conversation between neuroscientists, for neuroscientists. This week’s speaker is Alison Doupe, a professor of psychiatry and physiology at the W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience at UCSF.

This past Friday, the neuroscience community suffered a great loss with the passing of Allison Doupe, a professor of neuroscience at UCSF. Professor Doupe was our very first guest on the Neurotalk podcast, which I wanted to repost here as a small way of remembering and appreciating her life and contributions to science. You can also find a short write-up about Professor Doupe here: In Memoriam: Allison Doupe

 

 

Neurotalk S3E6 Elena Gracheva

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Elena Gracheva about working with bats, snakes and squirrels (oh my!), and also how thermoregulation studies might help us with organ transplants. All this and more! Elena Gracheva is an assistant professor of molecular and cellular physiology at the Yale University School of Medicine

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Elena Gracheva about working with bats, snakes and squirrels (oh my!), and also how thermoregulation studies might help us with organ transplants. All this and more!

Elena Gracheva is an assistant professor of molecular and cellular physiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. 

"Have more fun" : Neurotalk S3E5 Randy Buckner

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Randy Bucker about the unsurprising surprising role of the prefrontal cortex in memory, the rapid expansion of association cortex in humans, and what to do with a quarter in an MRI machine. Dr. Buckner is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Harvard University.

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Randy Buckner about the unsurprising surprising role of the prefrontal cortex in memory, the rapid expansion of association cortex in humans, and what to do with a quarter in an MRI machine, and more. 

Dr. Buckner is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Harvard University.

NeuroTalk S3E4 Highlight Reel

Join us for this episode as we highlight unforgettable moments from NeuroTalk Seasons 1 and 2. Through short, memorable clips, we will explore the gripping stories of how our guests were inspired to become scientists, adventures studying different animal models, and gossip about different professors. We will also share the greatest moment in all of NeuroTalk (so far!).  Take a listen!

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Neurotalk S3E3 Michael Shadlen

Today, our guest is Michael Shadlen, professor of neuroscience at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University. We will discuss his take on consciousness, perception, and his research studying sensory decision-making. We will also let him give us a teaser about his upcoming talk at Stanford.

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Michael Shadlen about consciousness, perception, decision-making, and more!

Dr. Shadlen is a professor of neuroscience at the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University, and is a former postdoc in Bill Newsome's lab here at Stanford. 

"We are all born scientists" Neurotalk S2E26 Daniel Colón-Ramos

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Daniel Colón-Ramos about how glia directs synapse formation, how synaptic positions are maintained as the body and brain grows, and how his science networking site Ciencia Puerto Rico has changed science education in Puerto Rico. Dr. Colón-Ramos is an associate professor of cell biology at Yale University, and is the founder of Ciencia Puerto Rico: http://www.cienciapr.org/

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Daniel Colón-Ramos about how glia directs synapse formation, how synaptic positions are maintained as the body and brain grows, and how his science networking site Ciencia Puerto Rico has changed science education in Puerto Rico.

Dr. Colón-Ramos is an associate professor of cell biology at Yale University.

This is the last Neurotalk of the academic year, and we will return at the end of September. Thanks for listening!

Neurotalk S2E25 Li-Huei Tsai

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Li-Huei Tsai about her transition from cancer research to neuroscience, chromatin remodeling, Alzheimer's disease, and more! Dr. Tsai is a professor of neuroscience and the director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. Note to listeners: we had a few technical difficulties with the audio quality, so some portions of the interview may be difficult to hear.

In this exciting new episode of Neurotalk, we chat with Li-Huei Tsai about her transition from cancer research to neuroscience, chromatin remodeling, Alzheimer's disease, and more!

Dr. Tsai is a professor of neuroscience and the director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.

Note to listeners: we had a few technical difficulties with the audio quality, so some portions of the interview may be difficult to hear.

"What are the questions that compel you?"

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Kelsey Martin about the road from literature to neuroscience, tagging synapses, and what to do with all these PhDs. Dr. Martin is the Chair and professor of Biological Chemistry and professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California Los Angeles.

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Kelsey Martin about the road from literature to neuroscience, tagging synapses, and what to do with all these PhDs.

Dr. Martin is the Chair and professor of Biological Chemistry and professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California Los Angeles.

"Take risks" Neurotalk S2E23 Karel Svoboda

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Karel Svoboda about how studying the brain inspires invention, the development of two-photon microscopy, visualizing synaptic turnover, and more! Dr. Svoboda is a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farms.

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Karel Svoboda about how studying the brain inspires invention, the development of two-photon microscopy, visualizing synaptic turnover, and more!

Dr. Svoboda is a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farms. 


"Blind luck is your best friend" Neurotalk S2E22 Loren Looger

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Loren Looger about the first calcium indicators, designer proteins, and how the self-described "worst talk in the history of the world" landed him his own lab. Dr. Looger is a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farms.

This week on Neurotalk, we chat with Loren Looger about the first calcium indicators, designer proteins, and how the self-described "worst talk in the history of the world" landed him his own lab. 

Dr. Looger is a group leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Janelia Farms.