Neuroscientists Talk Shop

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Neuroscientists Talk Shop is the University of Texas at San Antonio's (UTSA) Neurobiology Podcast, showcasing the current research of internationally renowned guest Neuroscientists. Each episode features a moderated discussion with a cross section of UTSA Neurobiology faculty, highlighting the featured guest's research, and the state of the art in the field at hand.

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Episode 32 -- Christof Koch, PhD 05.05.2009 44:17

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Christof  Koch, (Lois & Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive &  Behavioral Biology, Caltech) talks about the neural correlates of  consciousness in a discussion hosted by Fidel Santamaria. Duration: 44 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA) Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wils...

Episode 33 -- Ion Channels and Firing Patterns of Dopaminergic Neurons 21.04.2009 47:53

Wednesday, April 21, 2009 Jim Surmeier (Northwestern University), Jochen Roeper (Goethe University,  Frankfurt), Bruce Bean (Harvard Medical School), Carlos Paladini  (UTSA), and John Williams (Oregon Health & Science University). On April 21st, the UTSA Neurosciences Institute hosted an all-star panel of physiologists for a symposium on "Ion Channels and Firing Patterns of Dopamine...

Episode 31 -- David Weiss, PhD 15.04.2009 44:04

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 David  Weiss, (Professor & Chair Dept of Physiology, University of Texas  Health Sciences Center - San Antonio) talks about modeling GABA receptor structure and function via fluorescence spectroscopy. Duration: 44 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, U...

Episode 30 -- Sridhar Raghavachari, PhD 09.04.2009 38:37

Thursday, April 9, 2009 Sridhar  Raghavachari, (Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Duke University  Medical Center) talks about the breakdown of stochasticity in PSD  nanodomains. Duration: 39 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA) Rama Ratnam (Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel Santamar...

Episode 29 -- Nick C. Spitzer, PhD 05.03.2009 41:00

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 calcium, electrical activity and  experience can rewire the brain. Duration: 55 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Gary Gaufo (Asst Pr...

Episode 28 -- Stephen De Armond, MD PhD 19.02.2009 42:37

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 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Gary Gaufo (Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) George Perry (Dean & Professor, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA) Cha...

Episode 27 - Frederic Dick, PhD 12.02.2009 56:08

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 his fMRI studies of plasticity in audiomotor  areas strongly associated with speech. Duration: 55 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA) Fi...

Episode 26 -- Jian-Young Wu, PhD 29.01.2009 42:32

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 cortex. Duration: 42 minutes Discussants: (in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA) acknowl...

Episode 25 -- Richard Palmiter, PhD 22.01.2009 50:53

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 personal account of the early days of transgenic  technology. Duration: 51 minutes Discussants: (in alphabetical order) Gary Gaufo (Asst Prof, UTSA Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA)...

Episode 24 -- Michael J. Ryan, PhD 15.01.2009 45:18

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 order) Michael Farries (Post-doc, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Rama Ratnam (Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA) acknowledgement: JM Tepper for original m...

Episode 22 -- Elizabeth Torres, PhD 30.10.2008 31:18

Thursday, October 30, 2008 Elizabeth Torres (Assistant Professor, Rutgers University New Brunswick) discusses internal models in sensory-motor integration. Duration: 32 minutes Discussants: (in alphabetical order) Gary Gaufo (Asst Prof, UTSA Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Rama Ratnam (Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Prof, UTSA) Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA) ac...

Episode 21 -- Gary Westbrook, MD 23.10.2008 38:17

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 alphabetical order) Gary Gaufo (Asst Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Nicole Wicha (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA) acknowledgemen...

Episode 20 -- Greg Macleod, PhD 02.10.2008 35:14

Thursday, October 2, 2008 Greg  Macleod, (Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology, UTHSCSA) talks about  mitochondrial mechanisms contributing to neuronal calcium homeostasis  in the Drosophila model. Duration: 35 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA) Todd Troyer (Asst Pro...

Episode 19 -- Bard Ermentrout, PhD 25.09.2008 43:08

Thursday, September 25, 2008 Bard  Ermentrout, (University Professor, Dept of Mathematics, University of  Pittsburgh) talks about synchrony and oscillations in networks,  biological applications of math, (from mescaline induced seizures to  firefly mating behavior) and muses on the "how" vs "why" in mathematical  biology. Duration: 49 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical o...

Episode 18 -- Mark Bevan, PhD 17.09.2008 37:07

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Mark Bevan, (Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology, Northwestern  University) describes and comments on the classic model of basal ganglia  function. Duration: 40 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Chris Deister (PhD student, UTSA) Ramana Dodla (Fellow, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (P...

Episode 17 -- Tim Lewis, PhD 11.09.2008 43:55

Thursday, September 11, 2008 Tim  Lewis, (Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of  California, Davis) talks about mathematical analysis of neuronal  synchrony, and the theory of weakly-coupled oscillators. Duration: 44 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Ramana Dodla (Fellow, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res Asst Prof, UTSA) F...

Episode 16 -- Michael Mauk, PhD 04.09.2008 48:20

Thursday, September 4, 2008 Michael  Mauk, (Professor of Neurobiology, Center for Learning and Memory,  University of Texas at Austin) talks about timing, prediction, and  mechanisms of information processing in cerebellar models of motor  learning. Duration: 49 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Res. Asst Prof, UTSA) F...

Episode 15 -- William Armstrong, PhD 08.07.2008 54:15

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 William Armstrong, (Professor & Director, Neurosciences Institute, The University of Tennessee College of Medicine)  talks about vasopressin and oxytocin secreting neurons of the  hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system in a discussion hosted by Charles  Wilson. Duration: 54 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel San...

Episode 14 -- Patricia Janak, PhD 24.04.2008 40:01

Thursday, April 24, 2008 Patricia Janak, (Principal Investigator, Ernest Gallo Instute - UCSF)  discusses theories of amygdala function, cue-reward learning and its  neural correlates in a discussion hosted by Salma Quraishi. Duration: 41 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Brian Derrick (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Research Coord, UTSA) Ch...

Episode 13 -- David Linden, PhD 17.04.2008 58:40

Thursday, April 17, 2008 David Linden, (Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) discusses reductionism, cerebellar learning and plasticity in a discussion hosted by Salma Quraishi. Duration: 59 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Gary Gaufo (Asst Prof, UTSA) Michael Farries (Post-doc, UTSA) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Research Coord, UTSA) Rama Ratnam...

Episode 12 -- Mario Capecchi, PhD 14.04.2008 57:20

Monday, April 14, 2008 2007 Nobel Laureate Mario Capecchi, (co-Chair, Dept of Human Genetics, University of Utah) discusses the impact of his seminal gene targeting work on the future of neuroscience in a discussion hosted by Gary Gaufo. Additional Links: Nobel Lecture Capecchi Laboratory Duration: 58 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Edwin Barea-Rodriguez (Assoc Prof, UTSA) Gary Gaufo (...

Episode 11 -- Jennifer Morgan, PhD 27.03.2008 53:00

Thursday, March 27, 2008 Jennifer Morgan, (Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin)  provides an overview and shares her perspectives on the "kiss and run"  vs collapse models of synaptic vesicle recycling in a discussion hosted  by Salma Quraishi. Duration:  58 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Research Coord...

Episode 10 -- Linda Overstreet Wadiche, PhD 13.03.2008 37:41

Thursday, March 13, 2008 Linda Wadiche, (Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine) discusses the past, present and future of adult neurogenesis research in a discussion hosted by Salma Quraishi. Duration:  38 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Carlos Paladini (Asst Prof, UTSA) Salma Quraishi (Research Coord, UTSA) Rama Ratnam (Asst Prof, UTSA) Fidel...

Episode 9 -- John Lisman, PhD 06.03.2008 49:30

Thursday, March 6, 2008 John Lisman, (Zalman Abraham Kekst Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems)  discusses his perspectives on the neural code, theta/gamma  oscillations, and integrative approaches to looking at the brain, in a  discussion hosted by Salma Quraishi. Duration:  49 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical...

Episode 8 -- Ian Davison, PhD 28.02.2008 41:04

Thursday, February 28, 2008 Ian Davison, (Research Associate, HHMI/Duke University) talks about sensory coding in the mouse olfactory bulb, in a discussion hosted by Salma Quraishi. Duration:  41 minutes Discussants:(in alphabetical order) Salma Quraishi (Research Coord, UTSA) Michael Farries (Fellow, UTSA) Fidel Santamaria (Asst Prof, UTSA) Charles Wilson (Prof, UTSA) acknowledgement: R Ratn...