Neuroscientists Talk Shop

On November 19, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Tad Blair for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop.  Charles J. Wilson, Francesco Savelli, Todd Troyer and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about mapping brain states on behavior.

Dr. Blair is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology & a member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA

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Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://marlin.life.utsa.edu

Todd Troyer PhD is Associate Professor of Biology at UTSA. https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/...

Salma Quraishi PhD is Assistant Professor Research at UTSA & Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.

On October 29, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with UCSF Neurosurgeon Philip Starr for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop.  Charles J. Wilson, Matt Higgs and Salma Quraishi chatted with Dr. Starr about state-of-the-art closed loop brain stimulation therapies in humans and pathological oscillations in the basal ganglia network.

Philip Starr MD PhD is Professor of Neurosurgery; Dolores Cakebread Chair in Neurological Surgery; Surgical Director, Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education And Care Center (PADRECC), San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center

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Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.

Matt Higgs PhD is Assistant Professor of Research in Biology at UTSA

Salma Quraishi PhD is Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute & Assistant Professor of Research at UTSA

On October 22, 2020 the UTSA gang sat down with Nicola Grissom (UMN) for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Matt Wanat, Lindsey Macpherson & Salma Quraishi chatted with her about the impact of sex on executive function & how genetic factors interact with sex in autism.

Nicola Grissom PhD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and part of the NeuroPRSMH (NeuroPlasticity Research in Support of Mental Health) Center for Computational Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

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Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://marlin.life.utsa.edu

Matthew Wanat PhD is Associate Professor of Biology at UTSA. https://www.wanatlab.org/

Lindsey Macpherson PhD is Assistant Professor of Biology at UTSA.

Salma Quraishi PhD is Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute & Assistant Professor of Research at UTSA.

On October 15, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Eliza Bliss-Moreau (UC Davis) for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop.  Charles J. Wilson, Melanie Carless, Todd Troyer and Salma Quraishi chatted with her about frameworks for affective neuroscience and how she is using multi species approaches to decompose affect into tractable biological features, i.e., valence and arousal.

Eliza Bliss-Moreau PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and a Core Scientist at the California National Primate Research Center at University of California at Davis.

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Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. 

Melanie Carless PhD is Associate Professor of Biology at UTSA. https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/...

Todd Troyer PhD is Associate Professor of Biology at UTSA.

Salma Quraishi PhD is Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute & Assistant Professor of Research at UTSA.

On October 8, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Michael Hasselmo for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop.  Charles J. Wilson, Isabel Muzzio, Francesco Savelli and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about how models have guided the search for neural correlates of episodic memory, from grid cells, to time representations to egocentric boundary cells.

Dr. Hasselmo is Warren Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences & Director of the Center for Systems Neuroscience at Boston University

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Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://marlin.life.utsa.edu

Isabel Muzzio PhD is Associate Professor of Biology at UTSA. 

Francesco Savelli PhD is Assistant Professor of Biology at UTSA. 

Salma Quraishi PhD is Assistant Professor Research at UTSA & Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://neuroscience.utsa.edu