NeurOnAir

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Exploring your brain's phenomena, one scientific adventure at a time! We are neuroscientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, who created this podcast to explore with you how neuroscience influences our everyday life. Our goal is to engage our audience with topics that are relatable and informative to scientists and non-scientists alike. Visit our website neuronair.org for more information on this and future episodes!

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Adult Neural Stem Cells: Insights from development to circuit integration (Guest: Dr. Tiago Gonçalves)

Feb 16 2024 52 mins  
For the second of our two part series on stem cells, we interview Dr. Tiago Gonçalves, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He studies the formation of adult-born neurons in the dentate gyrus, the site of neurogenesis in the adult brain, and how these neurons integrate into the […]

Rewiring the Mind: The Art of Brain Regeneration and Repair (Guest: Dr. Magdalena Gotz)

Oct 02 2023 51 mins  
In the media, any mention of stem cells is meant to offer a beacon of hope for our health as a species. These cells carry the burden of holding promise for everything from antiaging, to curing neurodegenerative diseases to treating cancer. But what is the true potential of stem cells for the more immediate future as seen by scientists today? In what fields are we closest to realizi

Reevaluating Parkinson’s as an Age-Related Disease (Guest: Dr. Deanna Benson)

Jan 04 2022 56 mins  
Episode 7: Reevaluating Parkinson’s as an Age-Related Disease (Guest: Dr. Deanna Benson) Remarkable advances in science and medicine have steadily increased our life expectancy, however, aging is also correlated with neurodegenerative diseases. What makes these diseases so challenging, is that in the majority of cases, they are sporadic, with no known cause. But what if […]

Demystifying the Female Brain – From Genes to Behavior (Guest: Dr. Marija Kundakovic)

Jun 06 2021 36 mins  
Episode 6: Demystifying the Female Brain – From Genes to Behavior (Guest: Dr. Marija Kundakovic) Our DNA expression controls nearly if not everything that we are. It informs how we look, the diseases we are susceptible to, and shapes our personality. It even sets the bar for our risk of developing anxiety and depression. Females […]

Neurobiology of Love and Loss (Guest: Dr. Zoe Donaldson)

May 02 2021 46 mins  
Episode 5: Neurobiology of Love and Loss (Guest: Dr. Zoe Donaldson) Over the last few decades, distances between us around the world have been compressed through air travel and technological innovations, but the pandemic has temporarily re-expanded the Earth. As we have been tasked with forcibly isolating from one another for the benefit of humanity, […]

A Glimpse into the Neural Code: Theoretical Neuroscience

Apr 05 2021 42 mins  
Episode 4 – A Glimpse into the Neural Code: Theoretical Neuroscience with Dr. Larry Abbott Our guest is Dr. Larry Abbott, a pioneer in the field of theoretical neuroscience and also the co-director of the Center of Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University. We enjoyed learning about theoretical neuroscience as it relates to the broader neuroscience […]

GFP: Lighting Up Life with Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Chalfie​

Mar 01 2021 52 mins  
Episode 3 – GFP: Lighting Up Life with Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin Chalfie Scientists have learned a lot by looking at biological systems by imaging fixed sections of tissue, though to learn more we need to see dynamics, but how? Enter Green Fluorescent Protein, known in the scientific world as GFP. It is used by […]

A Window into Depression – Part 2/2 (Guest: Dr. Jonathan Alpert)

Feb 01 2021 44 mins  
After a tough year that has affected everyone around the globe in different ways, will 2021 provide any relief? One thing many of us do have in common these days to varying degrees is an unrelenting sense of anxiety and depression. Sometimes we can use our coping mechanisms to get through it. But what happens if, despite our best efforts, we can’t seem to work through these feeli

A Window into Depression - Part 1/2 (Guest: Dr. Jonathan Alpert)

Jan 04 2021 29 mins  
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