Neuroscientists Talk Shop is the University of Texas at San Antonio's (UTSA) Neurobiology Podcast, showcasing the current research of internationally renowned guest Neuroscientists. Each episode features a moderated discussion with a cross section of UTSA Neurobiology faculty, highlighting the featured guest's research, and the state of the art in the field at hand.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 7 hours 7 minutes
episode 171: Episode 171 -- D. James Surmeier PhD
Monday, April 10, 2017
Jim Surmeier (Northwestern University) talks to us about integrating circuit, ion channel and bioenergetic vantage points to define quantitative, neuron-specific mechanisms of pathology in Parkinson’s disease. He guides the group through a discussion of how his hypothesis-driven approach is informing an exciting new clinical trial for slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease...
episode 172: Episode 172 -- Joanna Phillips MD PhD
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Joanna Phillips (UCSF) fields our questions about the cellular microenvironment: how cell signaling and interactions are mediated by glycocalyx proteoglycans and components of the extracellular matrix. The discussion touches on how these cell surface and microenvironment factors impact migration and cancer proliferation...
episode 173: Episode 173 -- Mark Shapiro PhD
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Mark Shapiro (UT Health, San Antonio) talks about visualizing how the anchoring protein AKAP79/150 orchestrates functional coupling of ion channel assemblies using super-resolution microscopy...
episode 174: Episode 174 -- Suzanne Haber PhD
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Suzanne Haber (U Rochester Med Ctr) talks about defining anatomy and structural connections in the context of function in the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic system...
episode 175: Episode 175 -- Neural Codes of Navigation Symposium
Recorded as a panel discussion following the UTSA Neurosciences Institute’s 2017 research symposium on September 14, 2017. Hosted by Salma Quraishi.
Duration: 38 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Andre Fenton, Professor of Neural Science, NYU
James Knierim, Professor of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins
Isabel Muzzio, Associate Professor, UTSA
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episode 176: Episode 176 -- Dean Buonomano PhD
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Dean Buonomano (UCLA) talks about strategies that neural networks might use to store information about time in the states of neural networks.
Duration: 38 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
Todd Troyer (Assoc Prof, UTSA)
Charles Wilson (Ewing Halsell Chair, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.
episode 177: Episode 177 -- Ann Graybiel PhD
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Ann Graybiel (MIT) discusses her work on cortical-basal ganglia loops and habit formation...
episode 178: Episode 178 -- Veronica Alvarez PhD
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Veronica Alvarez (NIAAA) discusses using drugs of abuse to probe D2 mechanisms in striatal circuitry and effects on behavior...
episode 179: Episode 179 -- Lori Knackstedt PhD
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Lori Knackstedt (UF Gainesville) discusses glutamate homeostasis mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens in mediating relapse to cocaine-seeking in rodent models of cue-induced extinction and abstinence...
episode 181: Episode 180 -- Aurelio Galli PhD
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Aurelio Galli (UAB) discusses the biophysics of the dopamine transporter, its relevance to disease, and how he is leveraging drosophila to study behavioral phenotypes of dopamine transporter mutations...