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This week, we talk to Cagla Eroglu about the eureka moments in scientific discovery, the role of astrocytes in synapse formation, and more!

Dr. Eroglu is an assistant professor of cell biology at Duke University.

This week, we talk to Jeff Isaacson about his journey from rock shows to neuroscience, the importance of inhibition, the BRAIN Initiative, and more!

Dr. Isaacson is a professor of neuroscience at UC San Diego.

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Gail Mandel talks about her long, and winding journey into neuroscience, what makes a neuron a neuron, how astrocytes contribute to neurological disorder, and more!

Dr. Mandel is a Senior Scientist at the Vollum Institute and a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Oregon Health and Science University, as well as an HHMI investigator.

This week we bring you a special report about a scientific sleepover hosted by the California Academy of Science called Penguins & Pajamas! Stanford postdocs from a variety of disciplines presented on their research, and we bring stories from the event, and speak with Mary Cavanagh and Antoine de Morree from the Stanford postdoc association.

This week, we talk to Diana Bautista about the difference between itch and pain, the curious organ of the star-nosed mole, and more!

Dr. Bautista is an assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology at the University of California at Berkeley.

Welcome to the new year of school, and a new year of NeuroTalk! In our first episode of our second season, we speak with Yun Zhang about growing up in science, and learning and behavior in the nematode C.elegans!

Yun Zhang is an associate professor of biology at Harvard University.

Note to listeners: we had some connectivity issues while conducting the interview, so the audio quality is not as good in some places.

Our guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice!

This is the FULL version of the episode, which includes the following sections:

Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38

Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45

Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-7:10

Life as an immigrant in the U.S.: 7:10-8:07

Making it work at Harvard: 8:07-10:56

Egle the polymath: 10:56-13:48

Studying shamans in the Amazon: 13:48-17:12

Culturally defined neuroscience?: 17:12-19:09

Shamans in the western cultures: 19:09-21:00

Teaching: 21:00-27:10

Not My Field: 27:10-30:44

Immune response in the brain: 30:44-36:21

Brain parasites and zombie mice: 36:21-41:57

"R" is for "radio": 41:57-43:07

Goodbye and end credits: 43:07-43:50

Our guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice!

This is the SHORT version of this episode, which includes the following sections:

Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38

Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45

Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-5:29

Egle the polymath:: 5:29-8:15

Studying shamans in the Amazon: 8:15-11:40

Teaching: 11:40-17:32

Not My Field: 17:32-21:06

Immune response in the brain: 21:06-26:43

Goodbye and end credits: 26:43-27:26

"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.

This week, our guest is George Vidal, a 4th year graduate student in Carla Shatz's lab here at Stanford, who talks to us about neuronal plasticity, and the intersection of science and religion, and shares with us his favorite cocktail, green Chartreuse.

This is the FULL version of the interview, which includes the following sections:

Introducing George Vidal 0:00-1:09

Making green Chartreuse 1:09-3:54

What is neuronal plasticity? 3:54-6:08

Structural plasticity and spine motility 6:08-13:30

Are learning, memory, and plasticity the same thing? 13:30-15:52

The role of PirB on plasticity 15:52-17:51

George describes his first experiment 17:51-20:22

Not My Field 20:22-28:25

Science and religion, and the future Father Vidal 28:25-39:30

Goodbye and end credits 39:30-40:10

You can listen to the short, 25 minute version of the show here: http://soundcloud.com/neuwritewest/brains-bourbon-ep2plasticity-short