Stories of Women in Neuroscience

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Grace, who creates data-inspired neural networks to model and study the visual cortex.Dr. Grace Lindsay was hooked on neuroscience before she even knew its name. In her high school psychology class, she was fascinated by topics of human behavior and the inner workings of the mind, but the class left her with more questions than answers. Grace realized that the focal point of her curiosity was not the thoughts or behavior per se, but rather the biological mechanisms underlying those thoughts and behavior. She googled “biopsychology”, wondering if that was even a field of study. Grace eventually came to realize that her piqued interest did indeed have its own name: neuroscience. This intellectual passion morphed into a serious career plan when she found out that most science doctoral programs pay their students. Thrilled at the idea of studying the brain as a job, Grace left high school hoping to eventually pursue a PhD in neuroscience. She went on to do exactly that.

In this episode, Nancy chats with Charisse about her research at UCSD studying blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease as well as her perspective on mentorship and how she has gained strength from having an open mind.

In this episode, Cristiana chats with Kerry about her research at the University of Oxford on neural encoding of complex sound features in auditory cortex.

In this episode, Megan interviews Susanne who studies circuit mechanisms underlying compulsive behaviors in mouse models of OCD at the University of Pittsburgh.

This episode features Cristiana's interview with Liz who studies links between genes and brain dysfunction in psychiatric illness.

This episode features Daniela’s interview with Renata, who studies the role of interneurons in cortical sensory processing.

This episode features Catie’s interview with Elena who studies astrocytes and their influence on neuronal vulnerability to stroke.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Ream who studies the neurocircuitry of addiction, stress, and pain.

This episode features Catie’s interview with Ali who studies the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying age-related changes in motivated learning and memory.

This interview features Megan’s interview with Gina who studies how sleep influences learning and memory consolidation.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Millie who studies the postpartum brain and how early life events influence neuropsychiatric disorders.

This episode features Megan's interview with Adrienne who studies information processing algorithms underlying neural interactions.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Huda who studies the neural mechanisms of pain and emotion.

This episode features Dakota’s interview with Mae, who studies how hormonal state changes affect the neurobiology of social behavior.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Beth who studies the neural mechanisms of learning and memory.

This episode features Dakota’s interview with Kelly who uses computational methods to study the neural correlates of observational learning.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Dayu who studies the generation and modulation of social behaviors.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Bianca who studies how experience can impact neurobiology and behavior.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Kay who studies the neural circuits underlying motivated behaviors.

This episode features Catie’s interview with Brenda who studies how brain circuitry changes in response to experience.

This episode features Catie’s interview with Wendy who studies the cellular and molecular responses to peripheral nerve injury, focusing on Schwann cells.

This episode features Catie’s interview with Julie who studies the interaction between the brain, the meninges, and the brain vasculature.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Jess who studies how neurons in the cortex act flexibly across different behavioral states.

This episode features Catie’s interview with Marie, who studies regional heterogeneity at the blood-brain barrier and its implications in health and disease.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Ashley who studies and writes about education and careers in the field of neuroscience.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Lindsey who studies how the brain processes and uses complex visual information.

This episode features Megan's interview with Tina who studies processes underlying decision-making and how decisions become actions.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Edmarie who studies early biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in a population with genetic early-onset Alzheimer’s.

This episode features Nancy's interview with Austen who studies auditory circuit development, focusing on projections from the brainstem to the cochlea.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Erin who studies neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms underlying adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Claudia who studies how prenatal factors affect brain development in health and disease.