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Big Lick of Science Rachana Somaiya, Paras Patel, Rachel Padget, Caroline Taylor, Earl Gilbert

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Join us to explore groundbreaking biomedical research and how it is relevant to your health and life.

    Which came first? The gene or the behavior: Talking brain behavior with Dr. Kenneth Harris

    Which came first? The gene or the behavior: Talking brain behavior with Dr. Kenneth Harris

    Have you ever wondered what actually creates your behavior? How do the cells in your brain shape who you are? Paras sits down with leading computation and experimental neuroscientist Dr. Kenneth Harris from the University of College London (UCL) about these topics and more.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Virginia Tech ComSciCon Wrap Up Finale

    Virginia Tech ComSciCon Wrap Up Finale

    The flagship ComSciCon has come and gone, but do you crave a little more? In April, Virginia Tech students came together to talk about what science communication means to them and why it is essential for scientists to leave the lab and participate in science communication.

    • 46 min
    Virginia Tech ComSciCon Wrap Up Part 2

    Virginia Tech ComSciCon Wrap Up Part 2

    The flagship ComSciCon has come and gone, but do you crave a little more? In April, Virginia Tech students came together to talk about what science communication means to them and why it is essential for scientists to leave the lab and participate in science communication.

    • 26 min
    Virginia Tech ComSciCon Wrap Up Part 1

    Virginia Tech ComSciCon Wrap Up Part 1

    The flagship ComSciCon has come and gone, but do you crave a little more? In April, Virginia Tech students came together to talk about what science communication means to them and why it is essential for scientists to leave the lab and participate in science communication.

    • 26 min
    COVID-1COVID-19 and mental health: Dr. Robert Trestman, Chair of Psychiatry, delves into our health during the pandemic9 and mental health: Dr. Robert Trestman, Chair of Psychiatry, delves into our health during the pandemic

    COVID-1COVID-19 and mental health: Dr. Robert Trestman, Chair of Psychiatry, delves into our health during the pandemic9 and mental health: Dr. Robert Trestman, Chair of Psychiatry, delves into our health during the pandemic

    In our final episode of BLoS in conjunction with the American Society for Neurochemistry 2022 here in Roanoke, we speak with Dr. Robert Trestman, Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Carilion Clinic and Professor at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine about mental health during the pandemic and health care the past two years in Southwest Virginia. Content warning: mental illness, suicide

    • 38 min
    Do viruses dream of electric potentials? Drs. Smyth and Padget discuss SARS-CoV-2 infection and your body

    Do viruses dream of electric potentials? Drs. Smyth and Padget discuss SARS-CoV-2 infection and your body

    In episode 2 of our Public Podcast Series in conjunction with the American Society for Neurochemistry conference we meet with Drs. Jamie Smyth and Rachel Padget (your beloved communications director of BLoS) talk about what infection with SRAS-CoV-2 does to your body, why many people lose their sense of taste and smell, and what being a virologist has been like over the past two years.

    • 29 min

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