Name: How the brain adapts, and what happens when it doesn't by WeizmannVoices
Duration: 20 min 26 s
Description: The Weizmann Institute's first Japanese principal investigator, Dr. Takashi Kawashima, is imaging the brain in unprecedented ways. The result: he's elucidating how the brain adapts, or fails to adapt, to its surroundings. His research may have real implications for understanding and better treating depression, anxiety and addiction.

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Hope for Gaucher patients: A conversation with renowned expert Prof. Tony Futerman

Just as pines have provided clues to past climate and drought in other regions of the world, olive trees could hold clues to past climate in the Mediterranean region, where they grow in abundance. But in the Middle East, things just tend to be a bit more complicated. Including even the dating of olive trees. A student of scientific archaeology, Yael Ehrlich talks to WeizmannVoices about the secrets of olive trees.

The secrets of olive trees: A conversation with scientific archaeology student Yael Ehrlich

WeizmannVoices talks to Prof. Lia Addadi, the President’s Advisor for Advancing Women in Science at the Weizmann Institute. She offers an inside look at an extraordinary program that is catapulting women scientists' careers to a new level. But it's much more than that: by making sure that half of Israeli brainpower in the sciences is not lost, the initiative is ensuring the future excellence of Israeli science.

Women scientists and the new future of Israeli brainpower

The Weizmann Institute's first Japanese principal investigator, Dr. Takashi Kawashima, is imaging the brain in unprecedented ways. The result: he's elucidating how the brain adapts, or fails to adapt, to its surroundings. His research may have real implications for understanding and better treating depression, anxiety and addiction.

How the brain adapts, and what happens when it doesn't

WeizmannVoices is a podcast about the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Listen in for stimulating and fun conversations with scientists, alumni, students, and friends.

How the brain adapts, and what happens when it doesn't

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