This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Carl Petersen and Alexei Verkhratsky, who joined us for a recent webinar to discuss astrocyte-mediated homeostatic control of the central nervous system, and how optical and 2-photon microscopy can be used for functional neuroimaging. Dr. Petersen is Director of the EPFL Brain Mind Institute, with the goal to promote quantitative multidisciplinary research into neural structure, function, computation and therapy through technological advances. Dr. Verkhratsky is a professor of Neurophysiology at University of Manchester, and is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of cellular neurophysiology.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Kenneth Dyar, Senior Scientist at the Helmholtz Diabetes Center in Munich, and Dr. Joanna Moore, Animal Welfare Scientist and Named Information Officer at GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Dyar And Dr. Moore recently joined us for a webinar to present applications of automated home cage activity monitoring and discuss how it can be used to improve animal welfare, optimize study design and drive animal behavior and physiology research.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Katsu Funai, associate professor for physical therapy and athletic training, and associate professor of molecular medicine at the university of Utah. Recently Dr. Funai joined us for a webinar to talk about how mitochondrial membrane lipids can affect metabolic efficiency and propensity for obesity-related diseases.

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In this episode of Expert Answers join Dr. Artur Fedorowski, from Lund University, as he explains the physiology of syncope and orthostatic intolerance, discusses the background behind the current diagnostic guidelines, and advises on the practical skills and best practices to perform a successful cardiovascular and autonomic workup.

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In this episode of Expert Answers join Dr. Javier Burgués, from the Institute for BioEngineering of Catalonia, as he answers questions about his work in signal processing to improve low cost chemical sensors and their ability to detect and track turbulent chemical plumes.  Chris Rand, from Aurora Scientific, joins in the conversation to share insights into some of the instrumentation used in Javier's lab.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Zhen Yan and Dr. Diego Bohorquez, professor of medicine at the University of Virginia and Assistant professor of medicine at Duke University respectively, who recently joined us for a webinar to present their research using automated home cage phenotyping for preclinical obesity research.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Chris Ward, Co-founder and scientific officer at myologica, Dr. Ramzi Khairallah, co-founder and president of myologica, and Dr. Sharon Hesterlee, EVP and chief research officer at the muscular dystrophy association. Dr. Ward, Dr. Khairallah and Dr. Hesterlee recently joined us for a webinar to talk about key considerations in the design of rigorous preclinical studies in rodent models of muscular dystrophy, including animal model selection, assays and endpoints, and how your results can inform translation to the clinic.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Camilla Scheele, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, and Dr. Christian Wolfrum, Professor in the Department of Health, Science and Technology at ETH Zürich. Dr. Scheele and Wolfrum recently joined us to discuss the physiology of brown adipose tissue and share late-breaking research on the role of brown fat in whole body metabolic regulation.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Ole Petersen, Director of the Cardiff University - Academia Europaea Knowledge Hub, Roop Mallik, Associate professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, and Nobel Laureate Erwin Neher, Director Emeritus of Membrane Biophysics at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry.

Drs. Petersen, Mallik and Neher joined us for a webinar in which they discussed how the COVID-19 virus uses receptor-mediated endocytosis to gain entry into host cells, how motor proteins guide endosomes and phagosomes from the cell surface to lysosomes, and how intracellular calcium buffering can be used to modulate cell signaling and calcium imaging.

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This episode of Expert Answers features Dr. Artem Shatillo, Head of MRI at Charles River Laboratories in Finland, and Zsolt Lenkei, Research Director at the Institute of psychiatry and neuroscience of paris. Drs Shatillo and Lenkei recently joined us in a webinar to talk about how functional ultrasound imaging in awake head-fixed mice can help advance basic neuroscience and neurovascular research, as well as preclinical drug discovery.

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