NeuwriteWest

Today, our guest is Virginia Lee, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at UPENN's School of Medicine. We’ll be speaking with her about identifying some of the most famous in neurodegenerative disease, and even all of neuroscience, figuring out what to do with your life, and collaborating with a life-partner.

Today, our guest is Elly Nedivi, Professor of Neurobiology at MIT. In this episode, we talk about structural plasticity of inhibition, screening for plasticity genes, and running buddies at Stanford.

Today, our guest is Prof. Lorenz Studer, Professor of Developmental Biology at the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City. In this episode, we will talk about transplantation therapies specifically for Parkinson’s and growing your very own dopaminergic neurons.

Carla Shatz is the Sapp Family Provostial Professor of Neurobiology, David Starr Jordan Director, and Bio-X Director at Stanford University. Today, she covers various aspects of her background, her career in research, and women in science, all over Campari cocktails.

Today, our guest is Nicholas Schiff, the Jerold B. Katz Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College, where he serves as Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Public Health. He also co-directs CASBI, the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury at Cornell. We’ll be speaking with him about the anterior forebrain mesocircuit in impaired cognitive function following brain injury.

Today, our guest is Matthew Dalva, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, at Thomas Jefferson University. In this episode we will talk about, laser-scanning photostimulation and cortical development, Ephs, ephrins, and synapse formation, and what to love in both Philly and the Bay Area.

Today, our guest is Dr. Loren Frank, Professor of Physiology at UCSF. Today, we’ll talk about the hippocampus and memories, delayed gratification, and physics vs. neuroscience.

Today, our guest is Andrew Huberman, Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at University of California, San Diego. In this episode, we will talk about visual system development, really following your gut interests, and theory of mind in cuttlefish.

Today, our guest is Lisa Monteggia, professor of Neuroscience at UT Southwestern. In this episode, we will talk about a mouse model of autism, investigating depression by studying a clinically effective antidepressant, and how working in industry informs life in academia.

Today, our guest is Prof. György Buzsaki, the Biggs Professor of Neuroscience in the Dept. of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU. In this episode, we will talk about the crucial importance of brain rhythms, the hippocampus and how memories are stored, and Professor Buzsaki’s favorite philosopher.