This week, we talk to Jeff Isaacson about his journey from rock shows to neuroscience, the importance of inhibition, the BRAIN Initiative, and more!

Dr. Isaacson is a professor of neuroscience at UC San Diego. 

NeuroTalk S2E6 Jeff Isaacson

This week, Marc Freeman talks to us about falling in love with biology, eating injured axons, and more!

Marc Freeman is an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. 

NeuroTalk S2E8 Marc Freeman

This week on Brains and Bourbon, we talk immunology with Mary Cavanagh, who explains how specialized cells recognizes self v. non-self to keep the body safe, and how loss of that recognition can lead to a whole host of problems. 

Dr. Cavanagh is a postdoc in Jorg Goronzy’s lab here at Stanford.

"Brains and Bourbon" is a show about cocktails and neuroscience. Each week, we invite a neuroscientist to discuss the process and motivation behind their science, and to share their favorite cocktail with us.

You have a brain and you like to drink, so come sit down and have a drink with us.

Brains and Bourbon Ep7 Narcolepsy, and Allergies, and AIDS! Oh my!

Join us for our latest edition of NeuroTalk as we examine the future of scholarly publishing. Nick Weiler interviews John Sack, founding director of High Wire Press, the groundbreaking e-publishing platform created in 1996 and now serving nearly 2,000 journals, ranging from Science to eLife. We go in-depth and discuss Sack's ideas about the future of scholarly journals, including the evolution of the "open access" movement, improvements to the peer review process, and the need for interactive online discussions around published science. Sack, a self-proclaimed futurist, muses about ongoing trends in publishing and whether we would even recognize the journals of the future. This is one episode you don't want to miss!

Producers: Mark Padolina and Nick Weiler

NeuroTalk S3E1 John Sack - The Future of Scholarly Publishing

This week on Neurotalk, Kimberly Huber joins us to discuss protein synthesis in synaptic plasticity, translating basic research into clinically relevant therapeutics, and upcoming Halloween plans. All this, and more!

Dr. Huber is a professor of neuroscience at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center


Neurotalk S3E7 Kimberly Huber

Today, our guest is Prof. György Buzsaki, the Biggs Professor of Neuroscience in the Dept. of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU. In this episode, we will talk about the crucial importance of brain rhythms, the hippocampus and how memories are stored, and Professor Buzsaki’s favorite philosopher.  

Neurotalk S4E3 Gyorgy Buzsaki

Today, our guest is Andrew Huberman, Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at University of California, San Diego. In this episode, we will talk about visual system development, really following your gut interests, and theory of mind in cuttlefish.

Neurotalk S4E6 Andrew Huberman

Today, our guest is Matthew Dalva, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, at Thomas Jefferson University. In this episode we will talk about, laser-scanning photostimulation and cortical development, Ephs, ephrins, and synapse formation, and what to love in both Philly and the Bay Area.  

Neurotalk S4E5 Matthew Dalva

Today, our guest is  Carl Hart, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University and author of the 2013 book, High Price: A neuroscientist’s Journey of Self Discovery That Challenges Everything you Know about drugs and society. We’ll be speaking with him about surprising discoveries about psychoactive drug use, and how neuroscience can better inform policy.

Neurotalk S4E13 Carl Hart

Our guest is Nirao Shah, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Anatomy at UCSF. We speak with him about neural crest stem cells, circuits underlying sexual dimorphism, and his first exposure to research in India. 


Neurotalk S4E14 Nirao Shah

We speak with Jernej Ule, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at University College London about an RNA-binding protein called Nova, switching from one good project to another great one, and  linking a love of art to science,

Neurotalk S4E14 Jernej Ule

**Feb 4, 2016: Highlighting this recent interview with MTL, who has recently been named next president of Stanford University! https://news.stanford.edu/features/2016/president-named/**

Today we'll be speaking with Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Carson Family Professor and at Rockefeller University. We'll be speaking with him about fundamental discoveries of new axon guidance molecules; his career path including many roles in both basic and translational science; and exciting unsolved mysteries in the field of axon guidance.


S5E7: Marc Tessier-Lavigne

Today, our guest is Nils Brose, Professor and Director of the Dept. of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen, Germany. We speak with him about the mechanisms of neurotransmitter release, how synapses might be built, and the role of the luck in the career of a scientist. 


S5E8: Nils Brose

Our guest is in this episode is Takaki Komiyama, a professor at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Neurosciences and in the Neurobiology Section of the Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior. 

The following episode was recorded in October, 2014, but never broadcast; we wanted to bring this back from our archives and present it to you now, because it’s a great interview!

In this interview, we talk about the anatomy of the sense of smell, baseball, and neural ensembles in motor cortex during learning. Please enjoy!

Neurotalk S3E10: Takaki Komiyama

Today, our guest is Dr. Tianyi Mao, Assistant Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vollum Institute. We’ll talk about dissecting thalamo-cortical circuits in a systematic way; using sCRACM to understand how circuits are wired; how this approach and these maps could help us understand cortico-striatal-thalamic loops; and, how Dr. Mao’s got to where she is today.

Neurotalk S5E6: Tianyi Mao

Today, our guest is Prof. Robert Edwards, the Cahill Professor of Neurology and Physiology at UCSF. In this episode, we will talk about uptake of neurotransmitter into vesicles for release at the synapse, co-release of dopamine and glutamate, and how a young soul happily found his way to science.


Neurotalk S5E7: Robert Edwards

Today, our guest is Tomomi Shimogori, Team Leader of the Lab for Molecular Mechanisms of Thalamus Development at RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan. We speak with her about cortical development, studying development in marmosets, and growing up around the globe. 

Neurotalk S5E8: Tomomi Shimogori

Today, our guest is Rick Huganir, Professor and Director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University . We’ll be speaking with him about his lifelong interest in learning and memory, phosphorylation of ion channels and receptors, and his first ever experiments: color preference of mealworms.

Neurotalk S5E9: Richard Huganir

Today, our guest is Professor Bernardo Sabatini, the Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University. In this episode, we will talk about overcoming technological barriers, scientific bloodlines, and when the music industry meets science. All this and more, coming up. 


Neurotalk S5E10: Bernardo Sabatini

Today, our guest is Okihide Hikosaka, a Senior Researcher and Section Chief at the National Eye Institute, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. We’ll be speaking with him about the role of speculation and intuition in science, the life histories and personalities of our monkey colleagues, and how short-term versus long-term memories inhabit different parts of the basal ganglia. 

Neurotalk S5E11: Okihide Hikosaka

In this episode, we interview Professor Eric Nestler, Professor and Chair of Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Director of the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai.  In this episode, we’ll talk about the molecular basis of basis of addiction, improving animal models of depression, and being a true Yalie.

Neurotalk S5E12: Eric Nestler

Today, our guest is Kristin Branson, a Group Leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus. We’ll be speaking with her about searching for the right topic to study, tracking animal behavior using machine learning, and thinking about problems globally. 

Neurotalk S5E13: Kristin Branson

In this episode, we will talk with Professor Adam Cohen of Harvard University about taking apart electronics from the street, building a scanning tunneling microscope in your bedroom, and exciting projects using proteins to sense membrane voltage and image neural activity.

Neurotalk S5E14: Adam Cohen

Today, our guest is Prof. Paola Arlotta, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, and principal Faculty Member at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. In this episode, we will talk about the wonderful diversity of neurons in the cortex, reprogramming neurons to help treat disease, and the joys of living in both Boston and Italy.


Neurotalk S5E15: Paola Arlotta

Today, our guest is Professor Ege Kavalali, the Effie Marie Cain Scholar in Medical Research in the Departments of Neuroscience and Physiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. In this episode, we will talk about the complexity of the synapse, how basic science can lead to clinical understanding, and the importance of being intellectually well-rounded.

S5E16: Ege Kavalali

Our guest is Indira Raman, Professor of Neurobiology and Physiology at Northwestern University . We speak with her about AMPAR kinetics in auditory neurons, sodium channels in cerebellar neurons, and how Shakespeare and Science maybe aren’t all that different

S5E17: Indira Raman

In this episode, our guest is Margaret Livingstone, Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard University . We speak with her about monoamines regulating complex lobster behavior, lessons on vision from artists, the joy of solving puzzles for a living.


S5E18: Margaret Livingstone

Our guest is Olaf Sporns, Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University in Bloomington and co-director of the Indiana University Network Science Institute . We speak with him about network theory, “rich clubs” in the brain, and jump-starting the “connectomics” movement.

S5E19: Olaf Sporns

Today, our guest is David Sulzer, Professor of Neuroscience in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology at Columbia University Medical Center. In this episode, we will talk about Professor Sulzer’s transition from plant biologist to neuroscientist, how hanging around musicians in New York shaped scientific interests, and how drugs like amphetamine affect synapses in your brain.


S5E20: Dave Sulzer

Today our guest is Professor Dwight Bergles, a professor in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. In this episode we talk about glia and their role in neuronal circuits, following data wherever it takes you, and a dream of swimming with sperm whales.

S6E1: Dwight Bergles

Join us for this special episode of Neurotalk, the second in a series about Scholarly Publishing. In this conversation with Katja Brose, Editor-in-Chief of Neuron (recorded February 2016), we discuss peer review, retractions, possible roles for technology in publishing, and more. 

(Our first episode on scholarly publishing, an interview with John Sack of Highwire Press, can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/neuwritewest/john-sack)

Neurotalk Special Episode on Scholarly Publishing - Katja Brose

Neurotalk, the interview series for Stanford University's week neuroscience seminar, and Brains & Bourbon, a casual cocktails and chat series featuring prominent members of our neuroscience community.

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