
Episode 29 -- Nick C. Spitzer, PhD
Thursday, March 5, 2009 Nick Spitzer (Professor & Co-director, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at UCSD) discusses stimulus-driven neurotransmitter specification in the dopamine system, and how c...
5 Mar 200941min

Episode 28 -- Stephen De Armond, MD PhD
Thursday, February 19, 2009 Stephen DeArmond, (Professor, UCSF School of Medicine) talks about his pioneering work on the pathogenesis of prion-related neurodegenerative disease. Duration: 42 minut...
19 Feb 200942min

Episode 27 - Frederic Dick, PhD
Thursday, February 12, 2009 Fred Dick, (Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Birkbeck College, University of London) talks about current approaches to studying speech and language, and discusses hi...
12 Feb 200956min

Episode 26 -- Jian-Young Wu, PhD
Thursday, January 29, 2009 Jian-Young Wu (Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center) discusses the use of voltage-sensitive dyes to visualize patterns of population electrical activity in the co...
29 Jan 200942min

Episode 25 -- Richard Palmiter, PhD
Thursday, January 22, 2009 Richard Palmiter (Professor, HHMI Investigator, University of Washington School of Medicine) discusses the biological basis of motivational behavior, and ends with a pers...
22 Jan 200950min

Episode 24 -- Michael J. Ryan, PhD
Thursday, January 15, 2009 Michael Ryan (Professor, University of Texas at Austin) discusses sexual selection and communication in tungara frogs. Duration: 32 minutes Discussants: (in alphabetical ord...
15 Jan 200945min

Episode 22 -- Elizabeth Torres, PhD
Thursday, October 30, 2008 Elizabeth Torres (Assistant Professor, Rutgers University New Brunswick) discusses internal models in sensory-motor integration. Duration: 32 minutes Discussants: (in alphab...
30 Okt 200831min

Episode 21 -- Gary Westbrook, MD
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Gary Westbrook (Co-director Vollum Institute, OHSU) talks about science publishing, and muses on organizing principles in the CNS. Duration: 38 minutes Discussants:(in alp...
23 Okt 200838min


















