Stories of Women in Neuroscience

This episode features Megan’s interview with Firstname who uses experimentation and modeling to uncover the neural computations underlying complex cognition in health and disease

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Andrea who studies primary headache disorders such as cluster headache by identifying and characterizing genetic markers

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Donna who studies how neural systems encode for motivation and behavioral flexbility using in vivo recordings of neural activity within rat based reward-learning tasks.

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Jyoti who integrates neuroimaging, digital health and clinical translation approaches for next-generation mental healthcare solutions

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Camilla who studies molecular, synaptic and circuit level mechanisms underlying social behaviors and reward processing

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Dr. Karen Szumlinski who studies the the impact of drugs of abuse on neurochemical signaling in the brain using mouse models.

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Autumn who studies how early-life exercise can influence the development of cognitive functions

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Vanessa who studies how neurovascular coupling develops during the neonatal period using several live imaging approaches.

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Farzaneh who studies cortical and cerebellar mechanisms underlying predictive processing using electrophysiological and optical methods in awake behaving mice.

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Liberty who studies how speech sounds are represented in the brain using intracranial recordings from epilepsy patients and scalp EEG.

This week, the Stories of Women in Neuroscience team is celebrating the release of our 100th episode. In honor of this, some of the founding members of the podcast - Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano, Dr. Catie Profaci, Dr. Megan Kirchgessner, and Daniela Cassataro - recorded a special episode delving into the origins of the podcast and reflecting on what they’ve learned from Episode 1 to now. Join us as...

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Bing who studies how the brain gives rise to natural behaviors using computational tools

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Jennifer who studies how neuronal activity in the auditory cortex shapes our perception of the outside world

This episode features Chiaki’s interview with Tingting who studies how glial cells regulate homeostatic plasticity, and uses transcriptomic and electrophysiological techniques to study how their functions change in disease states.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Ana Marija who studies natural genetic and adaptive variation of cognition and related neuronal traits.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Chunyu Ann who studies how animals make flexible decisions under risk and social influence, and the neural circuit mechanisms underlying these choices.

This episode features Chiaki’s interview with Helen who develops and applies new tools to study neurochemical signaling in learning and disease.

This episode features Caitlin’s interview with Marta who studies how the brain makes predictions and adapts to novel or uncertain environments, and how these mechanism are altered by mental illness

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Malavika who studies social recognition and social decision making, and how social and non-social rewards are differentially encoded in the brain.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Ilary who studies the inhibitory/excitatory changes of the neuronal circuits involved in the pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Cláudia who studies how neuronal trafficking dysfunction underlies synapse loss during aging and Alzheimer's disease.

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Christie who studies the underlying neurobiology of motivated behaviors related to addiction and neuropsychiatric disorders

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Lakiesha who uses engineering principles to understand mechanistic changes in the brain resulting from repetitive head impacts. When Dr. Lakiesha Williams chose a microbiology major upon entering Louisiana State University, it was not necessarily because she loved biology. The choice was driven by a desire to emulate her older sister, who loved playing...

This episode features Rianne’s interview with Meg who studies the neural mechanisms of substance abuse and stress disorders.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Claire, who studies how internal and external sensory cues are integrated to shape movements and posture during active locomotion, using zebrafish as a model. Dr. Claire Wyart’s passion for science is deeply anchored in the sea. Even before university, she discovered the world of biology by looking and collecting marine life. This passion eventually...