Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
Episode 8 of the Brain Science Podcast was a detailed discussion of how neurons communicate via neurotransmitters. Many listeners found the material challenging, so I am happy to announce that I have justed posted a transcript of Episode 8. Jenine Johns did an excellent job.
If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Episode 8 [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
Episode 50 of the Brain Science Podcast is a change of pace from our usual format. In this episode I share a few highlights from this year’s Neuroscience 2008, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which just concluded in Washington, DC.
Listen to Episode 50.
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
Neuroscience pioneer, Dr. Brenda Milner gave a memorable lecture on the history of memory research yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Before her talk she was greeted by old colleagues, including Nobel Laureate, Dr. Eric Kandel. (I was able to talk with Dr. Kandel briefly and he has agreed to [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
Mary Petrosko from Dominican University was one of several students honored last night at a reception for winners of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN) Travel Awards, held as a part of this year’s Society for Neuroscience annual meeting, which is being held through tomorrow in Washington, DC. Mary was one of several students who [...]
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Posted on November 17th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
30,000 scientists are attending the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Washington DC. To a neophyte attendee (like me) there seem to be at least that many lectures and posters to choose from. Yesterday I focused on attending several press events and I also enjoyed a featured lecture by Dr. Michael Bate, from [...]
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Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
At Saturday’s Brain Awareness Campaign Event at Neuroscience 2008, Tom Carew, President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience described his commitment to public outreach. The emphasis of the Brain Awareness Week campaign is on K-12 educational outreach. Dr. Carew and the other speakers noted that today’s youngsters are tomorrow’s neuroscientists. Also, public education is essential [...]
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Posted on November 15th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
I am in Washington, DC to cover Neuroscience 2008, the anual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. But yesterday, thanks to Katheen Burke, PhD of USC, I also had opportunity to visit a poster session at the International Society of Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP), which is celebrating it 40th year. The focus of the ISDP is [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2008 by Ginger Campbell, MD
Brain Science Podcast #49 is an interview with pioneering neuroscientist, Brenda Milner, PhD. Dr. Milner is known for her contributions to understanding memory and her work with split-brain patients. Her work as an experimental psychologist has been fundamental to the emergence of the field of cognitive neuroscience.
This interview is a follow-up of Dr. Milner’s [...]
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