Max Planck Florida’s Neurotransmissions Podcast

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81. Pain and Plasticity With Sang Jeong Kim Jun 01, 2023

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In this episode, Lesley has a chat with Dr. Sang Jeong Kim about his research on the neural mechanisms of pain and plasticity. Dr. Kim is the Director for the Neuroscience Research Center and a professor at the Seoul National University, College of Medicine in South Korea. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpfneuro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPFNeuro Episode Host: Lesley Colgan @colgan_lesley Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini

80. Neuroscience of Locomotion with Ole Kiehn May 17, 2023

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Locomotion is a universal motor action expressed as the output of many integrated brain functions, with brainstem circuits acting as the gate between brain areas regulating innate, emotional, or motivational locomotion and executing spinal motor circuits. In this episode, Joe and Lesley have a chat with Dr. Ole Kiehn about his research on the relationships between locomotion in health and disease. Dr.Kiehn is a professor of Integrative Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: www.neuropodcast.org Social Media: @MPFneuro Episode Guest: Ole Kiehn @KiehnLab Episode Hosts: Lesley Colgan @colgan_lesley Joe Schumacher @JWscience Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini

79. Taste by Touch in Octopus with Nicholas Bellono May 01, 2023

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In this episode, hosts Lesley and Anant chat with Harvard University Assitant Professor, Dr. Nicholas Bellono about studying signal processing and how molecular and anatomical features in octopuses may have evolved to support their voracious foraging behavior within seafloor environments. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Website: neuropodcast.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuropodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neuropodcast

78. Could Sleep be Nature's Time-out? | Giorgio F. Gilestro Apr 12, 2023

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Sleep is a highly conserved behavior among the animal kingdom, appearing as distant as jellyfish and elephants. It is generally believed that sleep serves a crucially important yet mysterious “core function” that is shared among all animals and that drives its evolution, but the evidence behind this hypothesis is lacking. In this episode, Lesley has a fun chat with Dr. Giorgio F. Gilestro, an Associate Professor from Imperial College in London, England who for the past 15 years has been researching sleep and its link to biology and behavior. Episode Guest: Giorgio F. Gilestro @giorgiogilestro Gilestro Lab: https://lab.gilest.ro/the-lab Do you enjoy watching the podcast? Like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpfneuro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPFNeuro Podcast Hosts: Lesley @colgan_lesley Joe @JWScience Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini

77. Sunposium 2023 with Denise Cai, Ugur Dag, and Sergiu Pasca Mar 15, 2023

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In this episode, hosts Joe, Lesley, and Jeremy bring you scientific highlights from the recent Sunposium23 conference. They sit down with three of the invited speakers to chat about their latest research. They discuss how the brain encodes memories in both a stable and flexible manner with Dr. Denise Cai, the complexity of brain-wide serotonin function with Dr. Ugur Dag, and how organoids and assembloids can help us understand human neurodevelopment with Dr. Sergiu Pasca. Episode Guests Denise Cai @denisejcai Ugur Dag @SadumanAga Sergiu Pasca @Sergiu_P_Pasca Sunposium is a biennial neuroscience conference hosted by MPFI that brings together neuroscientists to discuss the latest insights and challenges of understanding neural circuit function. To learn more about Sunposium and to be notified about the next Sunposium conference, visit mpfi.org/sunposium Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Website: www.neuropodcast.org Social Media: @MPFneuro Hosts: Lesley @colgan_lesley Joe @JWScience Jeremy @jtchang Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini

76. Gene Transcription and Its Regulation with Patrick Cramer Feb 15, 2023

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In this episode, hosts Lesley and Joe chat with the Max Planck Society President-elect, Dr. Patrick Cramer. Dr. Cramer is a chemist and molecular biologist currently serving as Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen, Germany. In June 2023, he will become the next president of the 75-year-old Max Planck Society, the number one biomedical nonprofit worldwide. Watch Patrick Cramer's full-length talk at Science Meets Music: https://youtu.be/AuFI_z_K1eo Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpfneuro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPFNeuro

75. Neural Computation in Flies with Lukas Groschner Jan 17, 2023

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In this episode, host Joe chats with Dr. Lukas Groschner, a Max Planck NeuroMEETS invited speaker, about his curiosity-driven research into the molecules and mechanisms that mediate information processing in flies. Don't miss Dr. Groschner's story of being inspired after listening to a past episode of the podcast. For more information about the NeuroMEETS seminar series, visit https://www.mpfi.org/science/max-planck-neuromeets Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Website: neuropodcast.org Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini

74. The Power of Democratizing Neurotechnologies with Ed Boyden Dec 02, 2022

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In this episode, hosts Joe and Jeremy catch up with Dr. Ed Boyden on the many applications of his neurotechnologies such as optogenetics and expansion microscopy, the power of combining these technologies to establish a computational model of a small organism, and Dr. Boyden's latest technology- signaling reporter islands. Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpfneuro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPFNeuro

73. The Role of a Dopamine System in Decision Making with Erin Calipari Nov 11, 2022

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In this episode, hosts Joe Schumacher and Anant Jain chat with award-winning research scientist, educator, and advocate Erin Calipari about a new role for dopamine in the brain, drug addiction, and steps we can take to increase diversity and equity in academia. Podcast episode produced and edited by Kevin Guy Albertini - @KGAlbertini Do you enjoy listening to the podcast? Feel free to like this episode and follow us to hear more. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpfneuro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPFNeuro

72. New Techniques for 3D Optogenetics with Valentina Emiliani Sep 26, 2022

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In this episode, hosts Jeremy and Ingo chat with Dr. Valentina Emiliani. Dr. Emiliani's lab has pioneered the use of wave-front shaping for neuroscience. In particular, they demonstrated a number of new techniques based on computer-generated holography to gain 3D optogenetic control of neural populations. Max Planck Florida's Neurotransmissions Podcast Website: https://www.mpfi.org/news-media/podcast Social Media: @MPFneuro Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPFNeuro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpfneuro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPFNeuro

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