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A podcast about neuroscience, philosophy and everything inbetween! Hosted by Clara and Carolina, two young neuroscientists.
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76. Interoception
In today's episode, Carolina & Clara discuss the neuroscience and psychology behind interoception, the process that guides our sense of self and is often termed our "sixth sense". How does our perception of our internal bodily states drive our emotions and cognitive state? We discuss the place for interoception in our sense of being. We also discuss what happens when we lack interoceptive abilities, a condition known as alexithymia, and in what ways interoception has been scientifically probed in humans to help us better understand the brain regions and processes underlying it.
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75. Tools for Looking into the Brain: Reading and Writing Patterns in the Brain (with Dr. Adil Khan)
For our third episode in our "Tools for Looking into the Brain" series, we are joined by Dr. Adil Khan, a neuroscientist and group leader at King's College London, to explore reading and writing patterns into the brain. We discuss the principles of two major tools used to examine and manipulate neural activity, namely two-photon microscopy and optogenetics, and explore how they have been applied to answering questions about the neural basis of flexible cognition and behaviour in the Khan lab.
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74. Neural Computation of Naturalistic Behaviours (with Professor Tiago Branco)
In today's episode, we are joined by Professor Tiago Branco, a Principal Investigator and Group Leader at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL. The Branco lab studies how instinctive decisions are computed from sensory information, and from representations of the world built from experience. In this episode, we discuss what different sorts of approaches (top-down vs bottom-up) you can employ to study the neural basis of behaviour, and how computational models of behaviours can be created and used based on experimental data. Drawing on Professor Branco's extensive experience in the field of neuroscience, we delve into his research past and how it led him to pursue his current focus. We also explore how ethologically relevant naturalistic behaviours can be studied in a lab, and the paradigms that are utilised for this purpose in the context of instinctive defensive behaviours and responses to imminent threat.
You can find out more about the Branco Lab here: https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/groups/branco-lab
Today’s episode was made possible thanks to the support of the Sainsbury Wellcome Public Engagement fund. We would like to thank Sainsbury Welcome Centre (SWC) for the generous grant supporting Science Communication initiatives like these. https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/
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73. Evolutionary Impact of the Lichen Lifestyle on the Fungal Genome (with George Mears)
Today's episode is about fungi & lichen! We are joined by George Mears, a PhD student at Royal Holloway and Kew Gardens. Having carried out research on the evolutionary impact of the lichen lifestyle on the fungal genome during his Masters, George is currently in the LIDo iCASE PhD program, working under Professor Robin Williams to continue biological research into plant-derived products. In this episode, we discuss the ancient symbiotic relationships between plants and fungi and how lichens have impacted fungi evolution and vice versa.
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72. Women's Reproductive Health: Where we are and what needs to improve (with Professor Sohier Elneil) - Celebrating International Women's Day
In today’s episode we are celebrating women’s day by discussing the current state of women’s reproductive healthcare and research, how much progress has been made and what still needs to be done. We are joined by Professor Sohier Elneil, a UCL Professor and Consultant specialising in Urogynaecology and Uroneurology.
Professor Elneil completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in the physiology and pharmacology of sensory bladder dysfunction in women and now runs the neuromodulation programme for bladder and pelvic floor dysfunction at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. As well as actively teaching at University College London, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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71: Tools for Looking into the Brain: Fluorescence Microscopy
Welcome back to Neuroverse, this week we bring to you the second episode in our mini-series "Tools for Looking into the Brain", where we explore the diversity of experimental methods used to study the brain's structure and function. In this episode, we discuss the basic principles of fluorescence microscopy and how it can help us understand the brain. We explore how we can make cells of the brain fluorescent in the first place, and the different types of microscopes that are used to visualise and image this fluorescence, from widefield to confocal to 2-photon microscopes! We also discussed the advantages of each microscopy technique, and explored some examples of research studies that have taken advantage of them.
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