Neuroverse

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A podcast about neuroscience, philosophy and everything inbetween! Hosted by Clara and Carolina, two young neuroscientists. For business enquiries please email [email protected] Support us! https://ko-fi.com/neuroverse Website: https://neuroversepod.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuroverse_pod?s=21&t=-w2l8EvODnu0XwZmJR_X9g Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neuroverse_pod/?igshid=ZjE2NGZiNDQ%3D&__coig_restricted=1 Help us improve our podcast by giving us feedback! https://forms.gle/PuEMC1BCWXdAqCRQA

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77. Dynamics of Strategy Learning of Deep Neural Networks (with Aaditya Singh)

May 15 2024 59 mins  
In today's episode Carolina & Clara discuss the dynamics of strategy-learning of deep neural networks with Aaditya Singh. Aditya is carrying out a PhD on “Learning dynamics of various strategies and circuits in deep neural networks” in Prof. Andrew Saxe’s and Dr Felix Hill at UCL in the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit. Aaditya completed his bachelor’s and Mas

76. Interoception

May 01 2024 34 mins  
In today's episode, Carolina & Clara discuss the neuroscience and psychology behind interoception, the process that guides our sense of self and is often termed our "sixth sense". How does our perception of our internal bodily states drive our emotions and cognitive state? We discuss the place for interoception in our sense of being. We also discuss what happens w

75. Tools for Looking into the Brain: Reading and Writing Patterns in the Brain (with Dr. Adil Khan)

Apr 17 2024 57 mins  
For our third episode in our "Tools for Looking into the Brain" series, we are joined by Dr. Adil Khan, a neuroscientist and group leader at King's College London, to explore reading and writing patterns into the brain. We discuss the principles of two major tools used to examine and manipulate neural activity, namely two-photon microscopy and optogenetics, and explor

74. Neural Computation of Naturalistic Behaviours (with Professor Tiago Branco)

Apr 03 2024 58 mins  
In today's episode, we are joined by Professor Tiago Branco, a Principal Investigator and Group Leader at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL. The Branco lab studies how instinctive decisions are computed from sensory information, and from representations of the world built from experience. In this episode, we discuss what different sorts of approaches (top-down vs bottom-up)

73. Evolutionary Impact of the Lichen Lifestyle on the Fungal Genome (with George Mears)

Mar 21 2024 26 mins  
Today's episode is about fungi & lichen! We are joined by George Mears, a PhD student at Royal Holloway and Kew Gardens. Having carried out research on the evolutionary impact of the lichen lifestyle on the fungal genome during his Masters, George is currently in the LIDo iCASE PhD program, working under Professor Robin Williams to continue biological research into plant-de

72. Women's Reproductive Health: Where we are and what needs to improve (with Professor Sohier Elneil) - Celebrating International Women's Day

Mar 06 2024 46 mins  
In today’s episode we are celebrating women’s day by discussing the current state of women’s reproductive healthcare and research, how much progress has been made and what still needs to be done. We are joined by Professor Sohier Elneil, a UCL Professor and Consultant specialising in Urogynaecology and Uroneurology. Professor Elneil completed her PhD at the University of Cam

71: Tools for Looking into the Brain: Fluorescence Microscopy

Feb 21 2024 19 mins  
Welcome back to Neuroverse, this week we bring to you the second episode in our mini-series "Tools for Looking into the Brain", where we explore the diversity of experimental methods used to study the brain's structure and function. In this episode, we discuss the basic principles of fluorescence microscopy and how it can help us understand the brain. We explore how w

70. Love on the Brain - 2 year anniversary Neuroverse special

Feb 13 2024 37 mins  
Happy Valentines day! We hope today you celebrate love in all its shapes and forms. It is also our Neuroverse 2 year anniversary! What better way to celebrate than to dive deep into Love's effect on the brain, from the neurobiology to the philosophy (Neuroverse style). We discuss how the initial phases of falling in Love activates the same biological pathways as acute stress, c

69. Q&A with Clara & Carolina

Feb 06 2024 34 mins  
In today's episode we've answered some of your questions! Topics ranging from academic advice, lab and research environments, personal life choices and more. Tune in to find out the questions asked! --- We hope you enjoy the episode! Please feel free to share with your friends and family, it means a lot to us🤍 Neuroverse Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://neuroverse

68. The Mosaic of Science (with Professor Carlos Ribeiro)

Jan 24 2024 53 mins  
In today's episode we are joined by Professor Carlos Ribeiro, who is based at the Champalimaud Research Institute in Lisbon. We discuss research in fruit flies (drosophila melanogaster) in the context of neuroscience and metabolism, the benefits of individual animal models in research, and how interdisciplinary approaches are key for the future of science. We also enquire into