Neuroscientists Talk Shop Podcast
1) Episode 311 - Michael Roberts, PhD
On September 4, 2025 we talked with Michael Roberts about exploring complex brainstem circuitry of the auditory system, identifying its characteristic cell types, connections, synaptic features and ce...Show More
2) Episode 310 - Kevin Bieniek, PhD
On May 8, 2025 we met with Kevin Bieniek to talk about the nature of brain injury seen in chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes and others who experience repeated concussion. Kevin explained th...Show More
3) Episode 309 - Nicholas Priebe, PhD
On April 17, 2025 we met with Nicholas Priebe to describe developments in the study of neuronal representations of the visual world. We discussed the origin of variability the temporal patterns of res...Show More
4) Episode 308 - Punam Pokam, PhD
On April 10th (I said April 4th, but it was the 10th), 2025 we spoke with Punam Pokam about the molecular mechanisms that control osmotic balance of neurons and glia, and their changes after brain inj...Show More
5) Episode 307 - Lorena Saelices, PhD
On April 3, 2025 we met with Lorena Saelices to talk about what we know about the structure of amyloids, how they form by misfolding and aggregation of proteins, and how they damage cells and tissues ...Show More
6) Episode 306 - Nace Golding, PhD
On March 27, 2025, we spoke with Nace Golding about the auditory pathways in the brainstem and midbrain. We focused on the inferior colliculus, and on identifying the key cell types that make up that ...Show More
7) Episode 305 - Prefrontal Cortex Beyond Fear
On March 20, 2025 we spoke with the speakers at our annual UTSA Neuroscience Symposium for 2025, entitled "Prefrontal Cortical Functions Beyond Fear". The panel talked about the contribution of medial...Show More
8) Episode 304 - Xu Han, PhD
On February 27, 2025 we were joined by Xue Han about using genetically expressed fluorescent voltage sensors to measure transmembrane voltage simultaneously in multiple neurons in the brain of awake b...Show More
9) Episode 303 - Yin Shen, PhD
On February 13, 2025 we met with Yin Shen to discuss the contribution of cis-regulatory non-coding DNA sequences in controlling gene expression, and how variation of these regions in microglia may be ...Show More
10) Episode 302 - Katya Likhtic, PhD
On January 30, 2025 we spoke with Ekaterina (Katya) Likhtic about the amygdala, prefrontal cortex, and the circuits responsible for fear conditioning and extinction. She informed us about the special ...Show More