Episode 325 - Dayu Lin, PhD.
On February 19, 2026 we were visited by Dr. Dayu Lin to hear about her work on some of the cell groups that make up the hypothalamus and their function in activating innate social behaviors in mice, i...
23 Feb 42min
Episode 324 - Jonathan Bohmann, PhD
On February 5, 2026 we met with Dr.Jonathan Bohmann to learn about the structure and function of acetylcholinesterase, the extracellular enzyme that controls the strength and time course of neurotrans...
5 Feb 39min
Episode 323 - Fidel Santamaria, PhD
On January 30, 2026, Fidel Santamaria returned to the podcast (after 18 years) to talk about the thermodynamics of ion channel activation and deactivation, and the changes in neuronal activity that oc...
2 Feb 35min
Episode 322 - Matthew Goodwin, PhD
On December 8, 2025 we spoke with Dr. Matthew Goodwin about the use of wearable biosensor technology and machine learning to improve behavioral evaluation of autism, to provide real time alerts for ca...
13 Dec 202540min
Episode 321 - Mike Beckstead, PhD
On December 4, 2025 we talked with Dr. Mike Beckstead about his work on changes in dopaminergic neuron excitability in the ventral tegmental area in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. Mike explai...
4 Dec 202541min
Episode 320 - Cristian Lasagna-Reeves, PhD
On November 20, 2025 we met with Dr. Cristian Lasagna-Reeves to talk about tau protein, its normal function, and what is known about how it aggregates to form the tangles seen in a variety of neurodeg...
20 Nov 202543min
Episode 319 - Maria Diehl, PhD
On November 13, 2025, we met with Dr. Maria Diehl, to learn about her experiments on avoidance learning in rats. The conversation focused on learning in a social context, in which one animal benefits ...
13 Nov 202541min
Episode 318 - Jason O'Connor, PhD
On November 6, 2025, I spoke with Dr. Jason O'Connor about the behavioral and psychological effects of inflammation, and their similarity to depression. Jason explained how inflammation can produce th...
6 Nov 202542min
