Ariel K. Frame

Quite Curious

Science EN ↓ 6 episodes

Quite Curious is a science communication podcast illuminating findings in biology, neuroscience, cognition, brain studies, aging, and more! Dr. Ariel Frame, PhD, speaks with authors of new and upcoming research about their science. As a neurobiology researcher, Ariel hosts enlightening discussions providing researchers a taste of work they plan to read more about while enabling folks of any vocation to learn about fascinating science.

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Ariel K. Frame

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#5 - What Can Flies Remember? Higher Order Learning and Memory Through Metamorphosis, featuring André Fiala 13.10.2026 42:55

Speaking with André Fiala about his two recent papers in Biology Open and Cell Reports: Poppinga, H., Mika, R., Schwartz, M., Schuldiner, O., Meltzer, H., & Fiala, A. (2026). No evidence for aversive associative olfactory memory through metamorphosis in Drosophila . Biology Open , 15 (8), bio062512. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.062512 Rachad, E. Y., Deimel, S. H., Epple, L., Gadgil, Y. V., Jürg...

#4 - Flies Just Want to Have Fun, featuring Wolf Huetteroth 02.10.2026 41:29

Speaking with Wolf Huetteroth about his seminal paper in Current Biology showing fly play-like behaviour. Triphan, T., Ferreira, C. H., & Huetteroth, W. (2025). Play-like behavior exhibited by the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster . Current Biology , 35 (5), 1145-1155.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.025 Wolf Huetteroth is an Associate Professor at the School of Geography and Natura...

#3 - Delayed reality? Houseflies suggest less delay than we thought, featuring Mikko Juusola 18.07.2026 51:05

Speaking with Professor Mikko Juusola about his new study in Nature Communications. Mansour, N., Takalo, J., Kemppainen, J., Bridges, A. D., MaBouDi, H., Asgar Bohra, A., Anielska, K., Vasas, V., Robert, T., Yi Bu, B., Shukla, S., Zhou, Y., Kittelmann, M., Ouwendijk, J., Mantell, J., Lawson, M., de Polavieja, G., Duke, E., Lazar, A. A., … Juusola, M. (2026). Synaptic high-frequency jumping synchro...

#2 - Deciphering conflict in fly brains & NaChBac technical advice for fly neurobiologists, featuring Andrew Lin 17.05.2026 43:25

Speaking with Andrew Lin about his two new papers in The Journal of Physiology Bergmann, Gregor A., Melissa W. Tan, Katie Greenin-Whitehead, Philippe J. Fischer, Thomas C. Cozens, and Andrew C. Lin. 2026. “Conflicting Adaptations in an Inhibitory Feedback Circuit.” The Journal of Physiology 604(7): 3005–31. doi: 10.1113/JP290394 . Greenin-Whitehead, Katie, Eyal Rozenfeld, Anthony Moreno-Sanchez, M...

#1 - How to see and think like a bee, featuring James Marshall 02.09.2025 30:42

Speaking with Professor James Marshall about his two sister studies in eLife. MaBouDi, HaDi, Mark Roper, Marie-Geneviève Guiraud, Mikko Juusola, Lars Chittka, and James AR Marshall. “A Neuromorphic Model of Active Vision Shows How Spatiotemporal Encoding in Lobula Neurons Can Aid Pattern Recognition in Bees.” eLife 14 (July 2025): e89929. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89929 . MaBouDi, HaDi, Jasmin...

Introduction to Quite Curious with Ariel Frame 22.07.2025 0:25

Introducing Quite Curious and your host: Dr. Ariel K. Frame, PhD