Brain Wiring at Molecular Scale and The Connectomics Revolution | Dr. Sven Truckenbrodt
How can we map the brain’s wiring at molecular resolution, and what are the realistic promises and limits of connectomics? In this episode of Neuroscience and Beyond, we speak with Dr. Sven Truckenbro...
23 Helmi 1h
Structural Barriers in Research | Challenges in Academia with | Prof. Markus Sauer
Why is it becoming harder to build a stable career in science? Prof. Sauer reflects on structural pressures in academia: competitive #ResearchFunding, short-term contracts, and increasing administrati...
16 Helmi 13min
How Super-Resolution Microscopy Changed Brain & Cancer Research | Prof. Markus Sauer
How do you see structures inside cells that are smaller than the wavelength of light? Why was the diffraction limit considered an unbreakable barrier for decades, and how did super-resolution microsco...
26 Tammi 1h 1min
How a Nobel Prize Discovery Changed Cell Biology | Vesicles, Insulin & Parkinson’s | Randy Schekman
How do cells move cargo with such precision? What controls vesicle trafficking, and why does this process shape everything from cellular communication to disease? And what can extracellular vesicles r...
29 Joulu 20251h 13min
Neuroinflammation & Alzheimer’s Disease | Prof. Michael Heneka on Immune Signaling and Neurodegeneration
Why is Alzheimer’s disease so difficult to treat and how is the brain’s immune system involved? Professor Michael Heneka, Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, joins us to discuss...
24 Marras 202542min
The Neuroscience of Revenge & Forgiveness | James Kimmel Jr. on Addiction, Justice, and Healing
What happens in our brain when we crave revenge - and how can forgiveness set us free? In this powerful conversation, we speak with James Kimmel Jr., a former lawyer, and currently an assistant clini...
27 Loka 20251h 32min
The Biggest Problem in Science: For-Profit Corporations Controlling Knowledge | Prof. Niko Kukushkin
Prof. Kukushkin emphasises that the hardest part for scientists is figuring out what motivates them. He explains that the current system rewards high-profile publications controlled by a few for-profi...
20 Loka 202519min
How Noise Impacts our Brain, Health and Nature | Chris Berdik
Noise is more than just an irritation; it’s a global health and environmental issue. In this episode, we welcome Chris Berdik, science journalist and author of Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World an...
22 Syys 20251h 19min
