Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Stories of Women in Neuroscience

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Agustina who studies the retinal pigment epithelium and how to protect it from degeneration

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Julie who studies the neural correlates of spatial representation and memory

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Pegah who studies how the brain represents safe and threatening social interactions.

This episode features Harsha’s interview with Lea who uses statistical and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of flexible behavior

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Francesca who studies how dreams can inform our understanding of consciousness

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Binxu who studies how representations are generated in the brain and in AI models

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Egzona who studies how pollution, noise, and heat impact brain health and cognition

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Suzanne who studies the circuits underlying reward-based learning and decision making, and how those circuits can be therapeutically targeted to treat disease

This episode features Melissa’s full interview with Megan who studies how the brain represents and uses uncertainty and she also co-founded the online summer school, Neuromatch Academy

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Evgenia who studies the connection between neurodegeneration and neurogenesis

This episode features Megan’s interview with Carol who studies the development of connectivity between the eyes and the brain

This episode features Catie’s interview with Anila who studies language and cognition, and how the underlying brain circuits are altered in neurodevelopmental disorders

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Laura who studies how the mPFC integrates environmental cues to control adaptive responses to threat.

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Brian who offers his advice on whether an MD-PhD is right for you

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Ann who combines theory and biological data to study how internal states shape social behavior by reconfiguring neural circuit dynamics.

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Paula who is a memory researcher turned science communicator

This episode features Megan’s interview with Theanne who studies molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms for proprioception

This episode features Dr. Diana Bautista’s talk at SfN 2025

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Eva who studies the role of affect in learning and decision making

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Carla, a pioneering neuroscientist whose work reveals how early neural activity sculpts developing brain circuits and informs our understanding of neuroplasticity and neurodegenerative disease.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Alicia who studies how early-life experiences impact cortical circuit assembly and function

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Zoe who studies the neural circuits that govern social bonding and social loss, and how variations in these circuits shape emotional outcomes

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Rita who studies the signaling pathways regulating synaptic formation

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Emi who studies the genetic and molecular basis of circadian rhythms and Parkinsons disease

This special episode features Dr. Monique Smith (Assistant Professor, UCSD) discussing faculty job applications with host Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano.

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Susana who studies mate selection and female sexual behavior

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Christine who studies the neural mechanisms of decision-making

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Emily who studies human neuroscience, arts, and social robotics

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Suelyn who studies studies the cellular and molecular mechansims underlying Alzheimers Disease

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Nicole who studies the neural representations of mood and has recently published a book about new ways we can conduct neuroscience research to better understand mental illness

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Emily who studies how hormonal fluctuations influence the brain

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Sahba who studies self-conciousness, emotion and social cognition

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Sarah who uses cutting-edge neuroanatomical and neuroimaging techniques to decipher the wiring diagram of the primate brain

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Melissa who studies the neurophysiological mechanisms of auditory perceptual learning.

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Sasha who studies cellular mechanisms of peripheral nerve damage repair and regeneration

This episode features Nancy’s interview withD r. Maribel Patino, co-Founder of Colors of the Brain, about what to do if you didn’t get into grad school.

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Daniela who studies the role of the cerebellum in motor and emotional functions.

This episode features Megan’s interview with Eve who studies the stability and flexibility of neural circuit function

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Stephanie who studies how reproductive hormones regulate development and neural circuits for temperature and energy balance

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Erica who studies how emotions and social interactions influence sensory processing

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Graziana who studies the spinal cord circuits involved in sensorimotor adaptation.

This episode features Melissa’s interview with Aqilah who studies models of alcohol use disorder and the consequences of adolescent alcohol exposure on development and aging

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Monique who studies the neural mechanisms of empathy

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Aleksandra who studies the neural networks that support behavioral flexibility

This episode features Nancy’s interview with Malú who studies how immune cells and the brain interact in neurodegenerative diseases

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Natalia who studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases

This episode features Megan’s interview with Erin who studies how brains change in response to selection pressure on behavior

This episode features Margarida’s interview with Maryam who studies the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying social and emotional processing in aging

This episode features Meenakshi’s interview with Annegret who studies how social experiences and internal states shape behavior