Greg Sits down with UC Davis Neuroscientist and Psychologist Leah Krubitzer to discuss her career training in speech pathology and audiology to evolutionary biology (2:59), the makeup of a scientist that is an evolutionary biologist (6:41), conducting research in Queensland, Australia during graduate school (8:16), how the brain's mapping relates to spatial function (12:29), the... Continue Reading →

Greg sits down with Baylor Neuroscientist and HHMI investigator Hugo Bellen to discuss the evolution of genetic research tools over the last 30 years (1:50), the transition from a career as an engineer to veterinary medicine, to research (4:47), drosophila research and its translation potential (7:17), examining the research of neuron-glia interactions and how lipid... Continue Reading →

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 →