Neuroscientists Talk Shop

Neuroscientists Talk Shop

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  • Symposium 2019: Brain Oscillations in Parkinson’s Disease
    Recorded as a panel discussion following the UTSA Neurosciences Institute’s 2019 research symposium on September 12, 2019. Hosted by Charles Wilson
    Duration: 44 minutes
    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
    Mark Bevan, Professor in Physiology, Northwestern University
    Robert Turner Professor, Pitt
    Jerrold Vitek, Mcknight Professor, University of Minnesota
    Judith Walters, Senior Investigator, NINDS
    Charles Wilson, Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA
    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
    43 min
  • Episode 201 -- Maya Henry PhD

    Thursday, April 18, 2019

    Maya Henry (UT Austin) talks to us about her imaging studies of patients suffering from primary progressive aphasias, what they tell us about speech and language networks, and how her rehabilitation studies are demonstrating speech gains for patients with an otherwise poor degenerative prognosis.

    Duration: 39 minutes

    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

    Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

    Nicole Wicha (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

    40 min
  • Maya Henry PhD
    Maya Henry (UT Austin) talks to us about her imaging studies of patients suffering from primary progressive aphasias, what they tell us about speech and language networks, and how her rehabilitation studies are demonstrating speech gains for patients with an otherwise poor degenerative prognosis.
    Duration: 39 minutes
    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
    Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
    Nicole Wicha (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)
    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
    40 min
  • Episode 200 -- Brian Kaspar PhD

    Wednesday, April 10, 2019

    Brian Kaspar (AveXis Inc) talks about the realities and promise of building a single-dose gene transfer therapy for treating the prime gene defect in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type I.  He discusses his company’s modified adeno-associated virus 9 approach to human gene therapy that is currently in highly promising clinical trials, for SMA, and in development for Rett syndrome and one variant of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

    Duration: 45 minutes

    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

    Jenny Hsieh (Semmes Foundation Chair, UTSA)

    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

    46 min
  • Brian Kaspar PhD
    Brian Kaspar (AveXis Inc) talks about the realities and promise of building a single dose gene transfer therapy for treating the prime gene defect in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type I. He discusses his company’s modified adeno-associated virus 9 approach to human gene therapy that is currently in highly promising clinical trials, for SMA, and in development for Rett syndrome and one variant of Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis.
    Duration: 45 minutes
    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
    Jenny Hsieh (Semmes Foundation Chair, UTSA)
    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)
    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
    46 min
  • Episode 199 -- Craig Blackstone MD PhD

    Thursday, April 4, 2019

    Craig Blackstone (UT Health San Antonio) tells us about new vantage points on endoplasmic reticulum structure, dynamics and function through advanced imaging technologies in the context of his work on hereditary spastic paraplegias.

    Duration: 46 minutes

    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

    Michael Hanna (Asst Professor of Practice, UTSA)

    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

    Fidel Santamaria (Assoc Prof, UTSA)

    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

    32 min
  • Craig Blackstone MD PhD
    Craig Blackstone (UT Health San Antonio) tells us about new vantage points on endoplasmic reticulum structure, dynamics and function through advanced imaging technologies in the context of his work on hereditary spastic paraplegias.
    Duration: 46 minutes
    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
    Michael Hanna (Asst Professor of Practice, UTSA)
    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
    Fidel Santamaria (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)
    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
    32 min
  • Sarah Hopp PhD
    Sarah Hopp (UT Health San Antonio) discusses tau seeding in the developing pathology of alzheimer’s disease, and the role that microglia may play in supporting it.
    Duration: 46 minutes
    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)
    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
    37 min
  • Episode 198 -- Sarah Hopp PhD

    Tuesday, March 21, 2019

    Sarah Hopp (UT Health San Antonio) discusses tau seeding in the developing pathology of Alzheimer's disease, and the role that microglia may play in supporting it.

    Duration: 46 minutes

    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

    37 min
  • Episode 197 -- Catharine Winstanley PhD

    Thursday, February 21, 2019

    Catharine Winstanley (UBC Vancouver) discusses mechanisms of impulsive and poor decision-making in gambling and its intersection with mechanisms of disparate drugs of abuse, addiction and relapse.  The group considers whether addiction is a single disease, and whether catecholamine systems are the final common pathway for various addiction trajectories.

    (apologies for some uneven sound, it’s worth roughing it out!)

    Duration: 46 minutes

    Discussants:(in alphabetical order)

    Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)

    Carlos Paladini (Professor, UTSA)

    Matt Wanat (Asst Prof, UTSA)

    Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)

    acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.

    47 min

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