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.
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neuroscientists-talk-shop
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 6 hours 19 minutes
episode 235: Episode 235 -- Dan Butts PhD
On February 10, 2022 we welcomed Dan Butts, to talk about studying sensory system function by statistical modeling of neuron populations in the awake state during natural or near-natural sensory stimulation. We discuss the use of machine learning tools for data analysis and the interaction between theories of natural perception and of deep neural networks
Dr. Butts is Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, University of Maryland College Park...
episode 236: Episode 236 -- Sara Burke PhD
Thursday, February 17, 2022
On February 17, 2022 we got a chance to talk to Sara Burke about the translational gap between studies of aging in humans and animal models, and the tools she uses to find behavioral tasks that can cross the divide and measure aging-related cognitive impairments in animals.
Dr. Burke is Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Associate Director of the Cognitive Aging and Memory Center at the University of Florida College of Medicine...
episode 237: Episode 237 -- Caitlin Orsini PhD
Thursday, February 24, 2022
On February 24, 2022 we welcomed Caitlin Orsini to chat with us about risky decisions and the brain circuits that help to make them, especially the lateral amygdala and nucleus accumbens shell.
Dr. Orsini is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Neurology and the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School...
episode 238: Episode 238 -- Bennett Novitch PhD
Thursday, March 3, 2022
On March 3, 2022, we chatted with Dr. Bennett Novitch, about the development of cortical circuits, the replication of cortical development using organoids formed from human pluripotent stem cells, and the changes in function seen in cortical organoids with mutations that produce an epileptic condition in humans.
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episode 239: Episode 239 -- Tom Finger PhD
Thursday, March 24, 2022
On March 24, 2022 we had the opportunity to chat with Tom Finger about taste receptors, ATP-mediated synaptic transmission, and the various chemosensory systems across phylogeny.
Dr. Finger is Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
https://medschool.cuanschutz...
episode 240: Episode 240 -- Aryn Gittis PhD
Thursday, March 31, 2022
We talked to Aryn Gittis about globus pallidus cell types and circuits, and the idea of selective stimulation to improve the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Gittis is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. https://labs.bio.cmu...
episode 241: Episode 241- Marco Pagani, PhD
Thursday, April 7, 2022
We talked with Marco Pagani about the search for the relationship between genetics, brain function, and behavioral phenotype in human autism and in animal models of autism.
Marco Pagani, PhD, is a Marie Curie Global Research Fellow at the Autism Center of the Child Mind Institute and at the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy.
https://childmind...
episode 242: Episode 242 -- Consuelo Walss-Bass PhD
Thursday, April 14, 2022
We spoke with Consuelo (Chello) Walass-Bass about genetics and epigenetics of psychiatric disorders.
Guest:
Consuelo Walss-Bass, Professor and John S. Dunn Foundation Distinguished Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School.
https://med.uth...
episode 243: Episode 243 -- Heidi Meyer, PhD
April 21, 2022
We welcomed Heidi Meyer, to discuss the development affective learning and the brain, particularly during adolescence.
Guest:
Heidi Meyer, Assistant Professor in the Psychological And Brain Sciences Department and the Center for Systems Neuroscience at Boston University.
https://www.meyerlabneuro...
episode 244: Episode 244 -- Eric Olson, PhD
Monday, April 25, 2022
We got the opportunity to chat with Eric Olson, on gene editing with CRISPR and its application to genetic disease. Eric explained the alternative forms of CRISPR and their applications, as well as his own experience designing a gene editing treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Guest: Eric Olson, Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas...