Stories of Women in Neuroscience

Dr. Victoria Abraira on decoding touch, building a legacy of people, and the power of role models

This special episode features Nancy's interview with Dr. Ana Maria Porras. They provide advice for students preparing a Graduate Research Fellowship Program application funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF-GRFP).

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Abhilasha who studies the neuroscience of action, cognition, and timing

In this special episode of Stories of WiN , Dr. Nancy Padilla shares essential tips on how to make the most of your Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting experience.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Vidhya who studies energy supply and demand in the brain

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Ev who studies the neuroscience of language. Dr. Ev Fedorenko grew up in a time of transition in Russia, at the end of the Soviet Union. Despite financial challenges and the rapid political changes in the region, her parents worked diligently to provide a stable environment in which Ev could prioritize her education. In this environment, Ev found a...

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Kajana who studies the cerebro-spinal networks driving breathing and movement

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Gül who studies how psychedelics influence social development and neuroplasticity

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Barbara who studies the neurological basis of substance-use disorders

This episode features Megan’s interview with Brielle who studies the circuit mechanisms of attention dysfunction

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Annie who studies epigenomic regulation of memory and social behaviors.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Angelina who studies neurodevelopmental disorders in low-resource communities

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Carmen who studies the neuroanatomy and molecular mechanisms of addiction and reward

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Francesca who studies the neuronal basis of spatial cognition

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Lillian who studies sex differences and hormonal regulation of neural circuit activity underlying environmental context-reward associations in substance use disorders

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Sepiedeh who studies the neural underpinnings of the sense of self-motion and orientation in space.

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Maria who studies neuronal circuits that support auditory perception and learning

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Jessica who studies neuro-immune interactions and the neural circuits underlying sickness symptoms.

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Mary Kay who studies basal ganglia and reward circuitry that regulate motivation and repetitive behaviors.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Vanessa who studies the neural circuits and mechanisms that govern instinctive behavior in mice

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Karine who studies the neural circuits underlying sensorimotor gating

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Rebecca who studies the role of sex and hormones on stress- and fear-related behaviors and neural circuitry

This episode features Catie’s interview with Rocío who studies the roles of mechanotransduction in gastrointestinal function

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Isabella who studies how the human brain allows us to flexibly adapt to new experiences, learn new information and form long-lasting memories

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Liz who studies the gene regulatory mechanisms that underlie psychiatric disease using rodents models of drug use and chronic stress.