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Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 303 - Yin Shen, PhDOn February 13, 2025 we met with Yin Shen to discuss the contribution of cis-regulatory non-coding DNA sequences in controlling gene expression, and how variation of these regions in microglia may be risk factors in idiopathic brain diseases.Guest:Yin Shen, Professor in the Department of Neurology and the Institute for Human Genetics in the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California San Francisco School of MedicineParticipating:Melanie Carless, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSAHost:Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience...2025-02-1429 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 302 - Katya Likhtic, PhDOn January 30, 2025 we spoke with Ekaterina (Katya) Likhtic about the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and the circuits responsible for fear conditioning and extinction. She informed us about the special contribution of the amygdala to emotion and emotional learning, and we discussed the special place of fear conditioning as a model for learning generally.
Guest:
Katya Likhtic, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Hunter City University of New York.
Participating:
Tony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA.
Itamar Lerner, Department of Psychology, UTSA
Host:2025-01-3145 minNeuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 301 - Basal Ganglia Circuit SymposiumOn December 13, 2024 we spoke with the speakers at our annual UTSA Neuroscience Symposium, on the Basal Ganglia Circuitry. Topics of discussion included the heterogeneity of cells and connections, the usefulness of the idea of cell types (or lack thereof), and the relationship between neuromodulators and fast synaptic transmission.
Sorry about the sound quality on this one.
Guests:
Charles Gerfen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health
Joshua Goldberg, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Neurobiology, The Hebrew University
Zayd Khaliq, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Diseases...2024-12-1350 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 300 - Jason Chen, PhDOn December 5, 2024 we spoke with Jason Chen about G-protein signaling in the mammalian photoreceptors, and the G-protein regulator proteins that govern the speed of transduction and the temporal resolution of vision.
Guest:
Jason Chen, Professor in the Departments of Molecular Medicine and Ophthalmology, and Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Chair in Retinal Signaling at UT Health San Antonio.
Participating:
Erika Tatiana Camacho, Departments of Mathematics and Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks...2024-12-0634 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 299 - Jonathan Fadok, PhDOn November 21, 2024 we spoke with Jonathan Fadok on the brain circuits that choose whether an animal will freeze or try to escape in the presence of a dangerous stimulus.
Guest:
Jonathan Fadok, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Brain Institute at Tulane University.
Participating:
Tony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2024-11-2241 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 298 - Claudo Punzo, PhDOn November 14, 2024 we spoke with Claudio Punzo on the metabolic interdependence of the retinal pigment epithelium and the photoreceptors of the retina, and its implications for the degenerative process in macular degeneration
Guest:
Claudio Punzo, Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
Participating:
Erika Tatiana Camacho, Departments of Mathematics and Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA2024-11-1540 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 297 - Carlos BassettoOn November 7, 2024 we spoke with Carlos Bassetto about the relationship between molecular structure and functional states of the ion channels that underlie all electrical signals in the nervous system.
Guest:
Carlos Bassetto, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UTSA
Participating:
Fidel Santamaria, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music2024-11-0841 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 296 - Raju Metherate, PhDNeuroscientists Talk Shop: Raju Metherate on nicotine and auditory processing
On October 31, 2024 we spoke with Raju Metherate, on the sites of action of nicotine in the auditory pathway and the mechanism by which it enhances cortical responses to sound.
Guest:
Raju Metherate, Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine
Participating:
Alfonso Apicella, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original...2024-10-3137 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 295 - Eric Fortune, PhDOn October 17, 2024 we talked with Eric Fortune about the electric field sensory system in weakly electric fish and its function in social communication, predation and spatial localization. Eric explained how his collaboration with engineers and application of control systems opened a window on the function of the animal's movement in this sensory system.
Guest:
Eric Fortune, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Participating:
Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Todd Troyer, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology...2024-10-1845 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 294 - Ranmal Samarasinghe, MD, PhDOn October 10, 2024 we met with Ranmal Samarsinghe to talk about the use of cortical assembloids, three-dimensional cultures containing both excitatory and inhibitory neurons. to explore the development and function of the cerebral cortex.
Guest:
Ranmal Samarasinghe, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Participating:
Sara Mirsadegi, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2024-10-1134 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 293 - Jones Parker, PhDOn September 26, 2024 we spoke with Jones Parker about dopamine receptors, the changes in neuronal activity produced by various antipsychotic drugs, and their relationship to antipsychotic efficacy in humans.
Guest:
Jones Parker, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Participating:
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music2024-09-2735 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 292 - Andy Groves, PhDOn September 23, 2024 we met with Andy Groves to discuss the inner ear and hearing loss, why we can't regenerate our auditory receptors, and how we might someday be able to rebuild our auditory epithelium using gene therapy.
Guest:
Andy Groves, Professor and Vivian L Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Departments of Neuroscience and Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine.
Participating:
Marina Silveira, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to...2024-09-2439 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 291 - Brian Lundstrom, MD, PhDOn September 12, 2024 we got to talk with Brian Lundstrom about the origin of epilepsy, the use of electrical recordings in its diagnosis, and brain stimulation as a treatment. Brian explained the difficulties of inferring cortical network function from EEG signals, and the problem of studying a disease whose symptoms manifest rarely and intermittently.
Guest:
Brian Lundstrom, Associate Professor in Neurology and Biophysics in the division of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, in Mayo Clinic
Participating:
Fidel Santamaria, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson...2024-09-1344 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 290 - Marina Silveira, PhDOn September 9, 2024 we got to talk to Marina Silveira about the inferior colliculus, its place in the auditory pathway, and the effort to understand its cellular makeup, internal structure, and auditory functions.
Guest:
Marina Silveira, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to Jim Tepper for original music2024-09-1033 min
The Next Step: Career and Grad School Advice from SMD AlumniTop Neuroscientists Share Their Best Advice for TraineesWe’re excited to share a recent episode of NeURoscience Perspectives, the podcast produced by the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience. In this special edition, you'll see a curated, powerful mash-up of the best career and grad school advice from world-renowned neuroscientists who have visited the University of Rochester.
If you’re curious about how a career in science might look for you, or if you’re looking for inspiration and practical advice from leading experts, this episode is a must-listen.
Special thanks to Dr. John Foxe, director of the Institute, and the entire Neuroscience Perspectives team for letting us sha...2024-09-0527 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 289 - Melanie Carless, PhDOn August 29, 2024 we spoke with Melanie Carless about cellular models of Alzheimer's disease generated using direct programming of brain cells from fibroblasts derived from patients, which can be used to find epigenetic signatures of the disease.
Guest:
Melanie Carless, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Participating:
Uchit Bhaskar, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2024-08-3035 min
Attention to IntentionInsights on Anxiety & The Brain Revealed by the Top 3 NeuroscientistsI truly believe that someone can teach you in 15 minutes what it taught them 15 years to learn, if you seek it out.Or in our case, 20 minutes from 12 years of doctoral studies on the brain. How are you using this gift of the world wide web to grow & learn & expand the power of knowledge?In this #microepisode, I'm sharing with you the gift of Masterclass where I spent 30 minutes with the top 3 female neuroscientists & what they taught me about anxiety & the brain from 12 years of schooling & real life patient experience. 2024-07-0920 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 288 - Skirmantas Janusonis, PhDOn May 2, 2024 we spoke with Skirmantas Janusonis on the peculiar morphology and spatial distribution of the serotonin innervation of the brain, and his idea that it can be described using the mathematics of fractional Brownian motion. We consider the kind of developmental mechanisms that could be responsible.
Guest:
Skirmantas Janusonis, Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Participating:
Fidel Santamaria, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology...2024-05-0344 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 287 - Epigenetics and Neurodevelopment SymposiumOn April 25, 2024, we met with the 5 speakers for this year's Annual Neuroscience Symposium at UTSA to discuss epigenetics and nervous system development. We discussed the best known molecular mechanisms that control patterns of gene expression and current limitations faced in studies of those mechanisms. We also discussed the promise of epigenetics to explain the differentiation of nervous system cell types, mechanisms of developmental, neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.
Guests:
Melanie Carless, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Christine Ladd-Acosta, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...2024-04-2648 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 286 - Nancy Philp, PhDOn April 18, 2024 we spoke with Nancy Philp about the blood supply to the retina and the cells and membrane transporters that deliver glucose and lactate to photoreceptors and other cells for glycolytic and aerobic metabolism.
Guest:
Nancy Philp, Professor, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University
Participating:
Erica Tatiana Camacho, Departments of Mathematics and Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music2024-04-1931 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 285 - Kara Marshall, PhDOn April 4, 2024 we had a chance to talk to Kara Marshall about the membrane protein PIEZO2, which is responsible for sensory transduction of many of the mechanical senses, including light touch, vibration, and proprioception. We especially focused on its function in sensing internal pressure and movement, including bladder pressure and blood pressure.
Guest:
Kara Marshall, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine
Participating:
Lindsey Macpherson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental...2024-04-0534 min
'How To Be WiSE' Podcast by Queen's University WiSE ChapterS6 : EP 10 - What Do Neuroscientists Think About Social Media Consumption? ft. ThinkTwiceThe episode you've all been waiting for!! HTBW x ThinkTwice
We collaborated with Elena & Eve, two PhD neuroscientists at Queen's University from the ThinkTwice Podcast, to bring you an episode analyzing social media consumption from a neuroscience perspective. Learn about neuroscience as Fizza, Elena and Eve explore how social media impacts the brain's reward system, influences decision-making processes, and shapes our perceptions of self and others!!
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Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/15FqUC1wc2CiCj3aQPcwM5?si=090e1352055e4fc42024-03-2344 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 284 - Dennis Sparta, PhDOn March 21, 2024, we spoke with Dennis Sparta on the complexity of brain circuitry and strategies for dissecting out the contributions of different brain areas engaged in reward and in alcohol use.
Guest:
Dennis Sparta, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago.
Participating:
Marina Silveira, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to Jim Tepper for...2024-03-2133 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 283 - Lynn Dobrunz, PhDOn March 7, 2024, we were joined by Lynn Dobrunz to talk about brain circuits underlying anxiety and PTSD, and the role of neuropeptide Y modulation of glutamate transmission in the hippocampus and amygdala.
Guest:
Lynn Dobrunz, who is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis.
Participating:
Marina Silveira, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA2024-03-0834 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 282 - Dwight Bergles, PhDOn February 29, 2024 we got to talk to Dwight Bergles about the cellular mechanism that generates spontaneous activity in auditory receptors before the onset of hearing, and the function of that activity in development of appropriate circuitry throughout the auditory pathway.
Guest:
Dwight Bergles,Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Otolaryrngology-Head & Neck Surgery, and the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
Participating:
Marina Silveira, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and...2024-02-2943 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 281 - Janko Gospocic, PhDOn February 22, 2024 we talked with Janko Gospocic about changes in gene expression associated with changes in social status in a fascinating species of ants.
Guest:
Janko Gospocic, Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry and Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences at UT Southwestern University
Participating:
Lacy Barton, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Alexey Soshnev, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for...2024-02-2332 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 280 - Yarimar Carrasquillo, PhDOn February 15, 2024 we talked with Yarimar Carrasquillo on acute and chronic pain, and the brain circuits responsible for self-maintaining pathological chronic pain.
Guest:
Yarimar Carrasquillo, Investigator, Section on Behavioral Neurocircuitry and Cellular Plasticity at the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Participating:
Lindsey Macpherson,Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music.2024-02-1635 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 279 -- Josh Neunuebel, PhDOn February 8, 2024, we met with Josh Neunuebel, to discuss his work on ultrasonic vocalization during mouse social behavior. We discussed his method for experimental compilation of the range of socially used vocalizations, and determining their behavioral meanings.
Guest:
Josh Neunuebel, Associate Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware.
Participating:
Alfonso Apicella, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Nicole Wicha, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
...2024-02-0938 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 278 - Lori Holt, PhDOn February 1, 2024, Lori Holt joined us to talk about categorical perception of speech (and some other) sounds, how they are learned and the brain mechanisms responsible for them.
Guest:
Lori Holt, Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
Participating:
Nicole Wicha, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Marina Silveira, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2024-02-0236 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 277 - Michael Long, PhDOn January 25, 2024 we spoke with Michael Long about vocalization, language and conversation from birds to humans. We discuss what can be learned from birdsong, warbling in parrots, singing mice, and human conversation.
Guest: Michael Long, Thomas Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology and Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the New York University School of Medicine.
Host: Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music.2024-01-2635 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 276 - Itamar Lerner, PhDOn January 19, 2024 we talked with Itamar Lerner on the complex relationship between sleep and learning, the phases of sleep, and kinds of learning.
Guest:
Itamar Lerner, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music.2024-01-1933 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 275 - Rebecca Shansky, PhDOn November 30, 2023 we spoke with Rebecca Shansky on the brain circuits responsible for fear learning, the errors we make as we simplify measurement to make behavioral experiments practical, and the future of behavioral science.
Guest:
Rebecca Shansky, Professor, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University
Participating:
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Morgan Johnston, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2023-12-0132 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 274 - Erica Korb, PhDOn November 27, 2023 we had the special opportunity to chat with Erica Korb about the nucleosome - the histone protein and DNA structure that controls the availability of genes for transcription. She explained about replication dependent and replication independent histone variants and the special demands on and features of the nucleosome of neurons.
Guest:
Erica Korb, Assistant Professor of Genetics and the Epigenetics Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Participating:
Alexey Soshnev, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience...2023-11-2832 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 273 - Anne West, MD, PhDOn November 9, 2023 we talked to Anne West about promoters, transcription factors and histones for controlling gene expression in neurons during development and adulthood.
Guest:
Anne West, Professor of Neurobiology and Cell Biology, Duke University
Participating,
Alexey Soshnev, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Developmental Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Developmental Biology, UTSA
Thanks to JM Tepper for original music
2023-11-1338 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 272 -- Allan Gulledge, PhDOn November 2, 2023 we spoke with Allan Gulledge on the function of neuromodulation and neuromodulators, especially acetylcholine, in the cerebral cortex. We asked him about their role is cortical signal processing and state changes in the circuit.
Guest: Allan Gulledge, Professor of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
Participating:
David Jaffe, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Thanks to James Tepper for original music.2023-11-0635 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 271 - Ben Clark, PhDOn October 26, 2023 we spike with Ben Clark about the construction and properties of a cognitive map in the brain. We considered the existing data on cellular responses that have been described in the cortex, thalamus and hippocampus, and how cells with those responses could be part of a system that is used to map space.
Guest:
Ben Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico,
Participating:
Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
2023-10-2741 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 270 -- MacKenzie Howard, PhDOn October 19, 2023 we spoke with MacKenzie Howard on the genetics and neurophysiology of Dravet syndrome, a severe genetic and developmental form of epilepsy. We learned how the a single genetic mutation can lead to a cascade of physiological defects during development.
Guest:
MacKenzie Howard, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience and the Center for Learning and Memory at the Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin.
Participating:
Jenny Hsieh, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson...2023-10-2038 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 269 -- Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera, PhDOn September 28, 2023 we spoke with Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera about measuring arousal and its role in motivated behavior.
Guest:
Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Cell Biology and Physiology, and Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Participating:
Tony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
thanks to JM Tepper for original music2023-09-2933 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 268 -- Tianyi Mao, PhD returnsOn September 21st, 2023, we spoke with Tianyi Mao about improved methods for studying the spatial organization of connections between brain regions.
This is Tianyi's second appearance on Neuroscientists Talk Shop. The previous one was Episode 35, from 14 years ago, in September 2009
Guest
Tianyi Mao, Scientist, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University
Participant
James Jones, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
thanks to JM Tepper for original music2023-09-2235 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 267 -- Carrie Cuttler, PhDOn September 14 we spoke with Carrie Cuttler on experimental studies of the cognitive effects of chronic cannabis use and acute cannabis intoxication. She explained some of the obstacles that exist in the study of the effects of cannabis on the nervous system and on behavior, and on the current status of our knowledge in this area.
Guest:
Carrie Cuttler, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Washington State University.
Participating:
Tony Allevato, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Morgan Johnston, Department of Neuroscience...2023-09-1528 min
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Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 266 -- Lindsey Macpherson, PhDOn August 31, 2023 we got a chance to talk to Lindsey Macpherson on the functional organization of the taste buds, taste cells, and the primary afferent neurons of taste in the geniculate and petrosal ganglia. Lindsey has joined our discussion several times in the past, but this time we discuss her own experimental work on the taste system.
Guest:
Lindsey Macpherson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Participating:
Bryan Fowler, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and...2023-09-0134 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 265 -- Michael Mauk, PhDOn August 24, we met with Mike Mauk to talk about the importance of timing in learned movements, and the granularity of the representation of time in the cerebellar cortex. This was Mike's second time on the podcast. We talked to him previously in September, 2008. To listen to that podcast, go to episode 16 of the audio-only podcasts, on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/neuroscientists-talk-shop/id279181187), or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0Aq8iLa3MWb1utTzcdI5vp).
Guest:
Michael Mauk, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin.
2023-08-2538 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 264 -- Birdsong Time Capsule: Allison Doupe, MD, PhDOn February 5, 2009, we were joined by Allison Doupe, who was Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Physiology at the University of California San Francisco. Allison talked with us about the value of learned birdsong as a model for sensory and motor learning, the brain circuitry responsible for learning, remembering and controlling the song, and the importance of variability in adapting the song to changes in animal state or the environment.
Somehow, that conversation was never posted. I encountered it while searching through old files looking for something else, and just recently heard it for the first...2023-06-0748 min
Recovery in the Middle Ages - Two Middle-Aged Suburban Dads Talk About Recovering From Addiction to Drugs & Alcohol.Is Addiction a Conscious Choice? & What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction.RMA-Episode 112: Is Addiction a Conscious Choice?
Do we choose to use? In this week’s episode of RMA, Mike and Nat delve into the complex and often contentious debate surrounding addiction: Is it a choice? A disease? Something else? They'll explore the arguments on both sides, drawing on scientific studies, insights from addiction research, and a close read of Maia Szalavitz’s latest New York Time Op-Ed, This is What Neuroscientists and Philosophers Know About Addiction.
Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite platform to get the latest episode delivered right to...2023-05-021h 37
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 263 -- Kara Federmeier, PhDOn April 27, we met with Kara Federmeier to talk about brain mechanisms of human semantic processing. We discussed the role of meaning in human language comprehension and production, in comparison to that of large language models like ChatGPT, which presumably do not know what they are saying.
Guest:
Kara Federmeier, Professor, Department of Psychology, Program in Neuroscience and The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois.
Participating:
Nicole Wicha, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Antonio Allevato, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental...2023-04-2834 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 262 -- Steve Chang, PhDOn April 13, 2023 we met with Steve Chang to learn about brain mechanisms for social decision making - deciding to share or not to share, acting on another's behalf, and learning by watching what others do.
Guest: Steve Chang, Associate Professor of the Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience at Yale University.
Participating: Tony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA.
Host: Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA.
2023-04-1435 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 261 -- Jayeeta Basu, PhDOn March 29, 2023 we spoke with Jayeeta Basu about the level of autonomy exercised by neuronal dendrites in synaptic integration, the factors that control coupling between dendrites and the soma, and the possible role of dendritic processing in generating the responses of neurons.
Guest: Jayeeta Basu, Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Institute, the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, and the Department of Psychiatry at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
Participating: Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA.
Host: Charles Wilson, Department...2023-03-3040 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 260 -- Lauren Dobbs, PhDOn March 9, 2023 we spoke with Lauren Dobbs about the relationship between dopamine receptors and opiate peptide co-transmitters in the striatum, and implications for the mechanisms of action of cocaine and opiate drugs.
Guest: Lauren Dobbs, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Texas at Austin.
Participating: Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host: Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA.2023-03-1030 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 259 -- Carmen Canavier, PhDOn March 2nd, 2023 we got a chance to talk to Carmen Canavier, from LSU Health in New Orleans. This is Carmen's second time on the podcast. Her previous visit was in 2015 (Episode 127), and she talked to us about the dynamics of dopamine neurons. This time she shared her insights on theta and gamma oscillations and spike timing in the entorhinal cortex.
Guest:
Carmen Canavier, Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine.
Participating:
Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA.
Host:
...2023-03-0335 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 258 -- Zoé McElligott, PhDOn February 23, 2023 we spoke with Zoé McElligott about alcohol, the difficulties encountered trying to understand its effects on the brain and the origins of alcohol use disorder.
Guest:
Zoé McElligott, Bowles Center of Alcohol Studies Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, UNC Chapel Hill
Participating:
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2023-02-2430 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 257 -- Rakez Kayed, MDOn February 16, 2023 we got a chance to chat with Rakez Kayed on the tau protein, the key constituent in neurofibrillary tangles that are seen in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, and present in many other kinds of neurodegeneration. He answered our questions about what tau protein is, how it is changed in neurodegenerative diseases, and what might be done about it.
Guest:
Rakez Kayed, Professor in the Department of Neurology and the George and Cynthia Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Texas.
Participating:
George Perry, Department of...2023-02-1736 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 256 -- Shannon Macauley, PhDOn December 1, 2022, we got the opportunity to talk to Shannon Macauley about the multiplicity of causes and effects in the etiology of Alzheimers Disease, and her experimental work on the contributions of sleep patterns, age, blood and brain glucose and lactate, and insulin.
Guest:
Shannon Macauley, Associate Professor in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, and the Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention, at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Participating:
Melanie Carless, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Uchit Bhaskar, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental a...2022-12-0235 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 255 -- Susan Sangha, PhDOn November 17, 2022 we talked with Susan Sangha about brain mechanisms of learned fear and safety, and the neural circuits in the amygdala, cerebral cortex and hippocampus that evaluate threat and mediate our responses to it.
Guest:
Susan Sangha, Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Stark Neuroscience Research Institute.
Participating:
Anthony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
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Neuroscientists think so.https://www.biotechniques.com/neuroscience/can-a-high-cure-the-lows-neuroscientists-think-so/ Neuroscientists demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of psychoactive drugs, cannabis and psilocybin, for mood and anxiety disorders.
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Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 254 -- Harold Zakon, PhDOn November 3rd, 2022 we talked with Harold Zakon about the cells that enable weakly electric fish to generate electric fields around themselves and to use them as a sensory and social communication system. Harold described the remarkable independent evolution of this capability twice, in the African and in the South American electric fish, and the host of coordinated genetic changes that were required to create this entirely new sensory modality.
Guest
Harold Zakon, Departments of Neuroscience, and Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Participating
Todd Troyer, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental a...2022-11-0434 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 253 -- Michael Scofield, PhDOn October 27, 2022 we got the opportunity to talk to Michael Scofield about methods used to study the structure and synaptic function of astrocytes, and some of the advances that have resulted from their use, especially for glutamatergic synapses in the cerebral cortex.
Guest:
Michael Scofield, Departments of Neuroscience and Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina.
Participating:
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2022-10-2731 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 252 -- Symposium 2022: 3D Models of Human Cortex and DevelopmentOn Thursday, October 20, we held our 13th annual Neuroscience Symposium. The topic was organoid models of cortical development. Brain organoids are 3-dimensional tissues grown from pluripotent stem cells. For studying cortical development, the stem cells are cultured under conditions that promote differentiation into cerebral cortex neurons. The participants in the symposium spoke on the use of organoids as a model to study human cortical development and disorders of development.
After the symposium, the speakers met for a panel discussion, which was recorded.
Participating:
Jenny Hsieh, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2022-10-2043 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 251 -- Mel B Feany, MD, PhDOn October 13, 2022 we sat down to chat with Mel B. Feany about the molecular processes underlying the neuropathology of alpha-synuclein and Parkinson's disease. We focused on her findings implicating the actin cytoskeleton as an intermediary in mitochondrial dysfunction and other cellular mechanisms that contribute to pathology and cell death.
Guest:
Mel B Feany, Department of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
Participating:
Chris Gamblin, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Hyoung-gon Lee, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
2022-10-1333 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 250 -- Nicolas Tritsch, PhDOn Thursday, October 6, 2022 we got the opportunity to talk to Nicolas Tritsch about his studies of oscillatory fluctuations in dopamine and acetylcholine measured simultaneously in the striatum during behavior. We started from the technical side of this new experimental technology, but the conversation ranged into the implications of these oscillations for striatal function and learning, and for Parkinson's disease.
Guest: Nicolas Tritsch, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience & Physiology and the Neuroscience Institute at the New York University School of Medicine.
Participating:
James Jones, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA2022-10-0636 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 249 -- Genaro Coria Avila, PhDOn Thursday, September 8, 2022 we were joined by Genaro Coria-Avila, to talk about sexually dimorphic nuclei in the brain, other forms of brain sexual dimorphism, and their relation to sexual behavior.
Guest:
Dr. Genaro Coria-Avila, Genaro is a research scientist at the Brain Research Institute at the Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico.
Participating:
Fidel Santamaria, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology UTSA
Daniela Monje, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology UTSA
2022-09-0832 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 248 - Andrew Maurer, PhDAugust 25, 2022
Andrew Maurer joined us to talk about the language used by hippocampal neurons to communicate with each other and with other cells in the brain. The conversation started by referring to last month’s retrospective of the John Lisman podcast from long ago, but ranged over a number of other topics, including the future prospects for understanding brain dynamics from electrophysiological recordings.
Guest: Andrew Maurer, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Florida.
Participating:
Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
James Jones, Department of Ne...2022-08-2536 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 247 -- John Lisman RetrospectiveWednesday, July 27, 2022
On Thursday March 6, 2008 we recorded episode 9 of Neuroscientists talk Shop. Our guess was John Lisman, from Brandeis University. We enjoyed a 50 minute discussion with John that touched on a range of topics. This retrospective summary of that conversation has been heavily edited for linearity, and the topics have been thinned out somewhat. John's unique perspective is evident throughout, and although this was 14 years ago, most of the topics still seem current and John's insights into the process of discovery are still valuable for us today.
Guest: John Lisman, Zalman Abraham Kekst Chair in Neurosci...2022-07-2825 min
The Happy Pear PodcastAlzheimer & Dementia, How to heal your brain with Neuroscientists Dr’s SherzaiAlzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, by 70%, and is the number one most costly disease - “It’s not because its happening more often it’s because of bad lifestyle and medications that prolong life but don’t get rid of pathological processes that cause dementia so you have a whole lot of people living with this devastating disease.”This week we speak to THE ultimate brain-powered couple! Neuroscientists Dr Dean and Ayesha Sherzai are a phenomenal pair, aside from the impressive list of credentials after both of their names, they have dedicated their lives...2022-06-141h 10
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 246 -- William Ross RetrospectiveMonday, June 13, 2022
On Thursday November 15, 2007 we recorded episode 3 of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Our guest was William Ross, who was, and still is, Professor in the Department of Physiology at New York Medical College, Valhalla. We talked to Bill about imaging techniques for neurophysiology, especially calcium imaging, which he helped to found and develop It is wonderful, from today’s perspective, to see how he was able to envision the developments that have happened in the meantime and it is a joy to take this retrospective look at one of our earliest podcasts.
Guest: William Ross, Professor of N...2022-06-1423 min
Lobes and RobesEpisode 5: Stress, Drugs and Food: A Conversation between an Economist and Two NeuroscientistsThis episode presents a dialogue involving economist Dr. Erdal Tekin, a member of AU’s Department of Public Administration and Policy, along with neuroscientists Terry Davidson and Tony Riley, and law professor Susan Carle discussing research and policy approaches to drug abuse, obesity and other potentially harmful brain-based behaviors. Dr. Erdal explains how economists think about addiction and other types of self-destructive behavior as a problem of “time inconsistency”—in other words, individuals sometimes don’t calculate the value of their future preferences sufficiently in deciding on their current actions. Davidson, Riley and Carle then discus bringing economics and neuroscien...2022-05-1754 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 245 -- Hojoon Lee, PhDThursday, April 28, 2022
On April 28, 2020 we met with Hojoon Lee to discuss taste receptors, their constant turnover, and the need for the taste system to constantly recreate the specificity of connections between taste receptors and the brain.
This is our last episode for the Spring. We’ll be back in August.
Guest: Hojoon Lee, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University. https://www.hojoonlee.org/
Participating:
Lindsey Macpherson Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology UTSA2022-04-2932 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 244 -- Eric Olson, PhDMonday, 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. He also directs the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine and the Wellstone Center for Muscular Dystrophy Research. He holds the Annie and Willie Nelson Professorship in Stem Cell research, and the Robert A...2022-04-2629 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 243 -- Heidi Meyer, PhDApril 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.com/heidithmeyer
Participating:
Tony Burgos-Robles, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA2022-04-2233 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 242 -- Consuelo Walss-Bass PhDThursday, 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.edu/psychiatry/faculty/consuelo-walss-bass-phd/
Participating:
Melanie Carliss, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA2022-04-1529 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 241- Marco Pagani, PhDThursday, 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.org/bio/marco-pagani-phd/
Participating:
Alice Bertero, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Nicole Wicha, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
...2022-04-0834 min
Podcast#79.5: Randy Gallistel on Upsetting Neuroscientists (The Story)This is Cognitive Revolution, my show about the personal side of the intellectual journey. Each week, I interview an eminent scientist, writer, or academic about the experiences that shaped their ideas. The show is available wherever you listen to podcasts.This is the second part of my conversation with Randy Gallistel. In the first part, we talk about his ideas around why the neuroscience of memory is completely inadequate to the task of understanding… memory. In this episode, we get into the backstory on those ideas, as well as Randy’s major influences. We talk about the infl...2022-01-2741 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 231 -- Douglas A. Nitz PhDOn September 23, 2021, UTSA neuroscientists had the opportunity to chat with Douglas Nitz, Professor and Chair of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego about neural representation of space and movement in the hippocampus, and on the origin of concepts in the brain.
Dr. Nitz is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego
https://dnitz.bookmark.com/
Joining us:
Isabel Muzzio, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Francesco Savelli, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Charles Wilson...2021-09-2358 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 230 -- Max Fletcher PhDOn September 16, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Max Fletcher (UT Memphis HSC) for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Lindsey Macpherson, and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about gustatory cortex, taste representations and decision making.
Dr. Fletcher is Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.
https://www.uthsc.edu/neuroscience-in...
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.
Lindsey Macpherson PhD is Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Developmental & Regenerative B...2021-09-1644 min
The Adversity Advantage with Doug BopstMastering Your Response to Stress and Anxiety: A Convo With 3 Top NeuroscientistsToday I have three of the top neuroscientists on the planet to help you better understand and manage your stress, anxiety and brain health. You will hear parts of 3 previously released episodes with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Dr. Jud Brewer, and Dr. Andrew Huberman. The first part will feature a section from my previous chat with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D. She stands among the top 1% most cited scientists globally for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. Her TED talk on emotions has been viewed over 6 million times. In this section, she explains the science a...2021-08-091h 47
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 228 -- Sergio Ferreira PhDOn April 30, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Sergio Ferreira (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) to discuss Alzheimer's Disease as a pathology of proteostasis. Hyoung-gon Lee, Chris Gamblin and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about how he is targeting protein synthesis to rescue defective synaptic plasticity and restore memory performance in a specific amyloid model of Alzheimer's.
Dr. Ferreira is Professor of Biochemistry & Neuroscience in the Center for Health Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
https://www.ferreiralab.org/
Hyoung gon Lee PhD is Associate Professor o...2021-04-3047 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 227 -- Kamran Diba PhDOn April 15, 2021 we were joined by Kamran Diba, to talk about hippocampal sharp wave ripples, theta oscillations, sleep, behavior, memory and memory replay.
Dr. Diba is Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology in the University of Michigan Medical School.
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/diba-lab/
Charles J. Wilson, Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.
Francesco Savelli, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Host:
Salma Quraishi PhD, Assistant Professor Research at UTSA & Associate Director...2021-04-1546 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 226 -- Alfredo Fontanini PhDOn April 8, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Alfredo Fontanini (Stony Brook University) to talk about gustatory insular cortex. Charles J. Wilson, Fidel Santamaria, Lindsey Macpherson and Salma Quraishi chatted with him on the role of gustatory cortex in taste, expectation and decision making.
Alfredo Fontanini MD PhD is Professor & Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University.
https://www.fontaninilab.org/
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. h...2021-04-0849 min
B-ScientistsMagnificent Neuroscientists with Dr. Theanne Griffith and Janay VacharasinDr. Theanne Griffith, neuroscientist, author of The Magnificent Makers, and Assistant Professor at the University of California Davis, and B-SCI Secretary Janay Vacharasin, stop by B-Scientists to educate Jana and Jordan on neuroscience! Dr. Griffith also talks about her book series The Magnificent Makers and how she encourages everyone to B-Scientists!
B-Scientists Citation Archive: https://www.b-sci.org/b-scientists-citation-archive/magnificent-neuroscientists-with-dr.-theanne-griffith-and-janay-vacharasin
2021-04-0743 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 225 -- Jill R. Crittenden PhDOn April 1, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Jill Crittenden to talk about the striosomal and matrix compartments of the striatum, differences in their connections, and differences in their behavioral function.
Dr. Crittenden is Scientific Advisor to the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.
participating in the discussion:
Charles J. Wilson, Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.
James Jones, PhD, basal ganglia investigator and PhD student in the Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology at UTSA.
Hosting:2021-04-0141 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 224 -- Kay Tye PhDOn March 25, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Dr. Kay Tye of the Salk Institute for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Tony Burgos-Robles, Charles Wilson, Matt Wanat, and Salma Quraishi chatted with her about studying social interaction and the effects of social isolation from a neural circuit vantage point.
Dr. Tye is Wylie Vale Chair and Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and in the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, both at UC San Diego. https://www.salk.edu/scientist/kay-tye/
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell...2021-03-2546 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 223 -- Sachin Deshmukh PhDOn March 18, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Sachin Deshmukh to talk space, environmental complexity and information flow in the entorhinal-hippocampal network. Charles J. Wilson, Francesco Savelli and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about how spatial representations arising in lateral entorhinal cortex with increasing environmental complexity are propagated through the hippocampal circuit.
Dr. Deshmukh is Wellcome Trust DBT Intermediate Fellow in the Centre for Neuroscience at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. http://www.cns.iisc.ac.in/home/people...
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA &D...2021-03-1859 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 222 -- Lara S. Hwa PhDOn February 25, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Dr. Lara Hwa for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Matt Wanat, and Salma Quraishi chatted with her about the intersection of stress and alcohol consumption in rodent models of voluntary alcohol binging.
Dr. Hwa is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Baylor University in Waco.
https://www.baylor.edu/psychologyneur...
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.
Matt Wanat PhD is Associate P...2021-02-2542 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 235 -- Dan Butts PhDOn 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.
https://neurotheory.umd.edu/PeoplePages/dbutts.html
Joining in:
Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA
Todd Troyer, Depar...2021-02-1141 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 221 -- Zane Lybrand PhDOn February 4 , 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Zane Lybrand for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Jenny Hsieh, Chris Navara, and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about new work describing aberrant migration of adult born granule cells following pilocarpine insult, and its contribution to generation of spontaneous seizure.
Zane Lybrand PhD is Assistant Professor of Biology at Texas Womens University.
https://apps.twu.edu/my1cv/profile.as...
Jenny Hsieh PhD is Semmes Foundation Chair in Cell Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Brain Health Consortium. https://hsiehlab.org...2021-02-0429 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 220 -- Francesco Savelli PhDOn January 28, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with our own Francesco Savelli for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Isabel Muzzio, and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about spatial reference frames and computation in the hippocampal network.
Dr. Savelli is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology and member of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.
https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/...
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://marlin.life.utsa.edu
I...2021-01-2850 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 219 -- Brian Wiltgen PhDOn December 3, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Brian Wiltgen for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Isabel Muzzio, Anthony Burgos-Robles and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about mapping mechanisms of memory consolidation and retrieval in hippocampus and cortex.
Dr. Wiltgen is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology & a member of the Center for Neuroscience at UC Davis. https://wiltgenlab.sf.ucdavis.edu
Anthony Burgos-Robles PhD is Assistant Professor of Biology at UTSA. https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/...
Isabel Muzzio PhD is Associate P...2020-12-0351 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 218 -- H. Tad Blair PhDOn November 19, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Tad Blair for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Francesco Savelli, Todd Troyer and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about mapping brain states on behavior.
Dr. Blair is Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology & a member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA
https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty/pa...
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://marlin.life.utsa.edu
Francesco S...2020-11-1957 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 217 -- Philip Starr MD PhDOn October 29, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with UCSF Neurosurgeon Philip Starr for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Matt Higgs and Salma Quraishi chatted with Dr. Starr about state-of-the-art closed loop brain stimulation therapies in humans and pathological oscillations in the basal ganglia network.
Philip Starr MD PhD is Professor of Neurosurgery; Dolores Cakebread Chair in Neurological Surgery; Surgical Director, Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education And Care Center (PADRECC), San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/...
https://pdcenter.ucsf.edu/philip-star...
2020-10-2942 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 216 -- Nicola Grissom PhDOn October 22, 2020 the UTSA gang sat down with Nicola Grissom (UMN) for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Matt Wanat, Lindsey Macpherson & Salma Quraishi chatted with her about the impact of sex on executive function & how genetic factors interact with sex in autism.
Nicola Grissom PhD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and part of the NeuroPRSMH (NeuroPlasticity Research in Support of Mental Health) Center for Computational Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/peopl...
https://www.nicolagrissomlab.com/
Charles...2020-10-2253 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 215 -- Eliza Bliss-Moreau PhDOn October 15, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Eliza Bliss-Moreau (UC Davis) for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Melanie Carless, Todd Troyer and Salma Quraishi chatted with her about frameworks for affective neuroscience and how she is using multi species approaches to decompose affect into tractable biological features, i.e., valence and arousal.
Eliza Bliss-Moreau PhD is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and a Core Scientist at the California National Primate Research Center at University of California at Davis.
https://www.elizablissmoreau.com
https://psy...2020-10-1543 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 214 -- Michael Hasselmo PhDOn October 8, 2020, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Michael Hasselmo for an episode of Neuroscientists Talk Shop. Charles J. Wilson, Isabel Muzzio, Francesco Savelli and Salma Quraishi chatted with him about how models have guided the search for neural correlates of episodic memory, from grid cells, to time representations to egocentric boundary cells.
Dr. Hasselmo is Warren Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences & Director of the Center for Systems Neuroscience at Boston University
http://www.bu.edu/psych/profile/micha...
Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at U...2020-10-0848 min
The Science of SuccessThe 2016 Recap - Lessons from FBI Hostage Negotiators, Game Theory Experts, Neuroscientists, Expert Poker Players, Entrepreneurs, And MoreIn this episode we sit down and discuss everything we’ve learned in the last year of doing The Science of Success, review some of our favorite lessons and episodes, and talk about all the incredible insights we’ve discovered and share some of the biggest common themes that have emerged from a year of interviews with amazing guests ranging from FBI Hostage Negotiators, Game Theory Experts, Neuroscientists, World Class Poker Players, Amazing Entrepreneurs and much more!
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Inquiring Minds105 Brad Voytek - We Neuroscientists Don't Really Know What Your Brain Is DoingThe website for neuroscientist Brad Voytek’s lab begins like this: “Do not buy into the false belief that neuroscientists actually know what the brain is doing.” On the show this week we talked to Voytek to find out what he actually means by that.Brad Voytek is an Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science and Neuroscience at UC San Diego.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
2015-10-0959 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 83 -- Neural Dynamics Symposium 2012Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The UTSA Neurosciences institute hosted an all-star panel of computational neuroscientists for a symposium on "Neural Dynamics & Coding." This discussion, recorded after the day's talks, has Todd Troyer leading the group in covering a wide range of topics, including how to talk about coding as you move toward behavior, the distinction between coding and computation, and how much of neural computation is centralized vs. offloaded to peripheral systems.
Participants:
Uri Eden (Boston University)
Adrienne Fairhall (UW, Seattle)
Eugene Izhikevich (BrainCorp)
Eric Shea-Brown (UW, Seattle)
...2012-03-2042 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 80 -- Ulrich Mayr, PhDThursday, February 23, 2012
Ulrich Mayr (Professor, University of Oregon) discusses cognitive inhibition during task switching, the common language of processing time between cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists, and his neuroeconomics work on risk behavior and altruism.
Duration: 45 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Angelique Blackburn (PhD student, UTSA)
Brian Derrick (Prof, UTSA)
Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)
Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.2012-02-2345 min
UCL Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011Should the brain be left to neuroscientists? (15 March 2011)UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Should the brain be left to neuroscientists?
Dr Daniel Glaser (UCL Psychology)
Since the 'decade of the brain' in the 1990s an increasing range of previously taboo subjects have been examined by neuroscientists. These include autobiographical memory, aesthetics, love and of course consciousness itself. The rise of imaging techniques which provide engaging pictures of brain activity have added to the appeal. Of course plenty of other disciplines within the arts as well as science put the brain at the heart of their project. But how effectively has neuroscience integrated these other approaches into its work? And...2011-05-1140 min
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - AudioShould the brain be left to neuroscientists? - AudioSince the 'decade of the brain' in the 1990s an increasing range of previously taboo subjects have been examined by neuroscientists. These include autobiographical memory, aesthetics, love and of course consciousness itself. The rise of imaging techniques which provide engaging pictures of brain activity have added to the appeal. Of course plenty of other discplines within the arts as well as science put the brain at the heart of their project. But how effectively has neuroscience integrated these other approaches into its work? And should the direction of brain research be left to scientists anyway?
This lecture marks Brain Awareness...2011-03-1800 minLunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - VideoShould the brain be left to neuroscientists? - VideoSince the 'decade of the brain' in the 1990s an increasing range of previously taboo subjects have been examined by neuroscientists. These include autobiographical memory, aesthetics, love and of course consciousness itself. The rise of imaging techniques which provide engaging pictures of brain activity have added to the appeal. Of course plenty of other discplines within the arts as well as science put the brain at the heart of their project. But how effectively has neuroscience integrated these other approaches into its work? And should the direction of brain research be left to scientists anyway?
This lecture marks Brain Awareness...2011-03-1800 min
Neuroscientists Talk ShopEpisode 50 -- David Poeppel, PhDThursday, March 11, 2010
David Poeppel (Professor, NYU) discusses the fundamental mismatch in the "conceptual inventory" of psycholinguists and neuroscientists in the study of language representation. How does one link the computational description of language to the neurobiological constraints of the brain?
Find his blog Talking Brains here
Duration: 50 minutes
Discussants:(in alphabetical order)
Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA)
Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA)
Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA)
acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original music.2010-03-1150 min