Neuroscientists Talk Shop

On 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 implicatin…

On 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 duri…

On 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 behavio…

August 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…

Wednesday, 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 Jo…

Monday, 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 Physiolog…

Thursday, 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 c…

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 a…

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…

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 Distin…

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.

M…

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 Parki…

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 phyl…

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 p…

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 …

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 fi…

On  December 2, 2021 we met with Srdjan Antic, to discuss the current state of voltage sensitive imaging in single neurons and in populations, its application to the study of dendritic electrical sig…

On November 11, 2021, we welcomed Jason Stein to discuss genetics, causality, brain organoid models, and large scale studies of the genetics of brain structure and disease.

Dr. Stein is Associate Pro…

On October 28, 2021 we met with Asohn Amarsingham.  We discussed pitfalls in the discovery of neural codes, the practice of statistics in neuroscience, the quest to minimize our assumptions, and the …

On 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 …