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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.

    Interface with the nervous system with Dr. D.G. Muratore

    Interface with the nervous system with Dr. D.G. Muratore

    Dr. Dante G. Muratore followed a unquie path during his scientific career, he started as an Microelectronics Ph.D. then moved into neuroscience for his Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University and started his lab at Delft University of Technology exploring how to interface the nervous systen with microelectronics. Come journey with us through his career and explore how scientists are pushing forward to understand how our visual and nervous systems work.

    • 57 min
    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

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