Episode 80: How do scientists study the brain?
Monday Science19 Juli 2021

Episode 80: How do scientists study the brain?

In this episode... Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham asks the question "How do scientists study the brain?" with guest Professor Alysson Renato Muotri who is a professor at the Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego.

This episode is sponsored by The Black Dementia Company https://theblackdementiacompany.com/

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Additional Information:

  • Episode 25: Can lab grown brain cells, tissue or organs become conscious? - https://www.mondaysciencepodcast.com/listen/episode/199a8f00/episode-25-can-lab-grown-brain-cells-tissue-or-organs-become-conscious
  • Wired Article "It’s time for Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri to swear" - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/alexa-google-assistant-siri-swearing

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Guest Bio: He is also the Director of the Stem Cell Program and Archealization Center. Dr. Muotri earned a BSc in Biological Sciences from the State University of Campinas in 1995 and a Ph.D. in Genetics in 2001 from University of Sao Paulo, in Brazil. He moved to the Salk Institute as Pew Latin America Fellow in 2002 for a postdoctoral training in the fields of neuroscience and stem cell biology. His research focuses on brain evolution and modeling neurological diseases using human induced pluripotent stem cells and brain organoids. He has received several awards, including the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, NARSAD, Emerald Foundation Young Investigator Award, Surugadai Award, Rock Star of Innovation, NIH EUREKA Award, Telly Awards among several others. Find out more about Professor Muotri here http://muotri.ucsd.edu

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