Greg is joined by renown philosopher, Dr. Ken Taylor of Stanford University to talk about the professional relationships between philosophy and science (2:42), going from wanting to be an engineer to being a philosopher (7:49), the process of formulating philosophical ideas (10:33), intrinsic dispositions and social norms (17:59), the process of writing philosophy, book writing,... Continue Reading →
On the latest episode of the Greg Suess Podcast, Greg sits down with Karen Gamble, associate professor in Psychiatry at the University of Alabama Birmingham and a GSU Brains and Behavior alum. They begin with reminiscing about a GSU homecoming and inspirations for going into science (1:48), the life of electrophysiology experiments during post-doctoral training... Continue Reading →
On today's episode, Greg sits down with Chet Sherwood, professor of anthropology at George Washington University. They discuss the relationship between the fields of neuroscience and anthropology (2:15), techniques used to study comparative neuroanatomy (5:40), how social interaction influences brain development between non-human primates and humans (9:54), how the nature of looking at non-human primate... Continue Reading →
On today's episode Greg sits down with Dr. Kenton Sanders, Professor and Chair of Integrative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada School of Medicine to discuss his training in comparative biology (1:38), the evolution of electrophysiology as a field the last forty years (4:28), comparing and contrasting classical central pattern generators with novel electrical gut... Continue Reading →
On today's episode, Greg sits down with Dr. Ron Davis, Professor and Chair of Neuroscience at the Scripps Research institute Florida to discuss the pioneering of molecular/genetic techniques in neuroscience (2:21), the science of active forgetting as a component of learning and memory (8:05), current research in mitochondrial therapeutics (18:55), and the challenges/adventure of creating... Continue Reading →
In the season 4 debut of the Greg Suess Podcast Greg sits down with Lisa Stowers, Professor in Neuroscience at the Scripps Research Institute. They discuss the intimidation of training in a lab with a prestigious academic tree (3:35), how she formed her own niche in olfaction circuitry research (10:05), how olfactory cues can modulate... Continue Reading →
This week's podcast is a round table discussion talking about the obstacles and roadblocks women in science careers face. Katie Partrick, Laura Cortes (Georgia State University), and Desiree De Leon (Emory University) first talk about the inspiration for conducting this podcast (5:23), what drove them to enter a STEM graduate program as well as their... Continue Reading →
Greg Sits down with Brains and Behavior distinguished lecturer Cristina Alberini from NYU's center for Neural Science to discuss growing up as a scientists in Italy influenced her career (1:30), initiating research in learning and memory with Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel (6:05), incorporating different research aspects into a learning and memory lab and the advantage... Continue Reading →
On today's very special episode of the Greg Suess Podcast, Grg sits down with local Atlanta artist Karl Kroeppler to discuss his inspiration for art (2:43), how to judge art talent (6:38), his journey from Arizona to Atlanta (8:40), living with the neurological condition Trigeminal Neuralgia (12:29), the struggles of living with Trigeminal Neuralgia and... Continue Reading →
