Thursday, March 8, 2012

Zen Faulkes (Assoc Professor, University of Texas Pan-American) discusses his work on characterizing nociceptors in crustaceans, and some of the issues surrounding ethical treatment of invertebrates that his work touches on.  Visit Zen's blog Neurodojo.com for some fun content on neuroethology and beyond.

Duration: 39 minutes

Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

Sakshi Puri (Student, UT Pan Am)

Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

Denard Simmons (PhD student, UTSA)

Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)

Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)

acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.