Neurotalk S5E13: Kristin Branson

Today, our guest is Kristin Branson, a Group Leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus. We’ll be speaking with her about searching for the right topic to study, tracking animal behavior using machine learning, and thinking about problems globally.

Neurotalk S5E12: Eric Nestler

Today, our guest is Prof. Eric Nestler, Professor and Chair of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Director of the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai.  In this episode, we’ll talk about the molecular basis of basis of addiction, improving animal models of depression, and being a true Yalie.

Neurotalk S5E11: Okihide Hikosaka

Today, our guest is Okihide Hikosaka, a Senior Researcher and Section Chief at the National Eye Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. We’ll be speaking with him about the role of speculation and intuition in science, the life histories and personalities of our monkey colleagues, and how short-term versus long-term memories inhabit different parts of the basal ganglia.

Neurotalk S5E10: Bernardo Sabatini

Today, our guest is Professor Bernardo Sabatini, the Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University. In this episode, we will talk about overcoming technological barriers, scientific bloodlines, and when the music industry meets science.

(P.S. The music video to which Prof. Sabatini refers: http://mssngpeces.com/projects/interactive/chairlift-met-before/)

Neurotalk S5E9: Richard Huganir

Today, our guest is Rick Huganir, Professor and Director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University . We’ll be speaking with him about his lifelong interest in learning and memory, phosphorylation of ion channels and receptors, and his first ever experiments: color preference of mealworms.