State of Minds Podcast

Dr. Rosskothen - Kuhl is a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical Center of the University of Freiburg.If anyone can claim to bridge gaps between explanatory levels, it is Dr. Rosskothen-Kuhl, her work on hearing development and loss spans molecular, cellular and physiological levels.

Her attention to detail and meticulous care in conducting comprehensive experiments has merited many stipends, grants and awards. Among them, Plester Preis awarded to mark her excellent dissertation on the synaptic plasticity and gene expression changes in the rat central auditory system after they received a cochlear implant.

Based on her extensive experience applying for grants, Dr. Rosskothen - Kuhl shares her best advice on how to draw the committee’s attention. Listen out for those tips!

Prof. op de Beeck discusses his views on the dialogue between Biology and Psychology, behavior and technology, European and American Academia.

Prof. Harriss discusses to what extent Mathematics can help us understand the brain, why he does not regret learning biology and why RNAseq is a paradigm shift.

Dr. Krupic is at the University of Cambridge. She has excelled in her research on grid cells with the Nobel Prize winner John O'Keefe and now she carries on in her own new lab.

Prof. Redish is at the Department on Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. His lab is interested in the mechanisms underlying decision-making and spatial navigation.