Neuroscientists Talk Shop

On November 7, 2024 we spoke with Carlos Bassetto about the relationship between molecular structure and functional states of the ion channels that underlie all electrical signals in the nervous system.

Guest:

Carlos Bassetto, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UTSA

Participating:

Fidel Santamaria, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Thanks to James Tepper for original music

On December 13, 2024 we spoke with the speakers at our annual UTSA Neuroscience Symposium, on the Basal Ganglia Circuitry. Topics of discussion included the heterogeneity of cells and connections, the usefulness of the idea of cell types (or lack thereof), and the relationship between neuromodulators and fast synaptic transmission.

Sorry about the sound quality on this one.

Guests:

Charles Gerfen, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health

Joshua Goldberg, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Neurobiology, The Hebrew University

Zayd Khaliq, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke

Tianyi Mao, Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University

Gilad Silberberg, Professor | Docent, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute

D. James Surmeier, Professor, Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

On February 15, 2024 we talked with Yarimar Carrasquillo on acute and chronic pain, and the brain circuits responsible for self-maintaining pathological chronic pain.

Guest:

Yarimar Carrasquillo, Investigator, Section on Behavioral Neurocircuitry and Cellular Plasticity at the NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

Participating:

Lindsey Macpherson,Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Thanks to James Tepper for original music.

On January 19, 2024 we talked with Itamar Lerner on the complex relationship between sleep and learning, the phases of sleep, and kinds of learning.

Guest:

Itamar Lerner, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UTSA

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Thanks to James Tepper for original music.

On April 18, 2024 we spoke with Nancy Philp about the blood supply to the retina and the cells and membrane transporters that deliver glucose and lactate to photoreceptors and other cells for glycolytic and aerobic metabolism.

Guest:

Nancy Philp, Professor, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical School, Thomas Jefferson University

Participating:

Erica Tatiana Camacho, Departments of Mathematics and Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UTSA

Thanks to James Tepper for original music