Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

BS 204 Guy Caldwell: The Role of Molecular Biology in Neuroscience

Jan 27, 2023

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Introduction

3min

Guy Caldwell on the Brain Science Podcast

2min

The Importance of a PhD in Neuroscience

4min

The Green Fluorescent Protein

2min

The Role of Molecular Biology in Neuroscience

5min

The Importance of Molecular Biology in Neuroscience

3min

The Role of Molecular Biology in Neuroscience

2min

The Importance of Molecular Biology in Biology

2min

C. Elegans: A Special Organism

3min

10.

The Origins of the Worm Field

3min

11.

The Origins of the C. Elegans Genome

2min

12.

The Somatogastric Ganglion in the Lobster

3min

13.

Sea Elegance: A New Approach to Understanding Parkinson's Disease

5min

14.

The Importance of Having Your Own Research Lab

3min

15.

The Role of Genetic Factors in Parkinson's Disease

2min

16.

Alpha-Synuclein and Parkinson's

4min

17.

The Pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease

5min

18.

The Role of Stem Cells in Parkinson's Disease

6min

19.

Dystonia: A Rare Disorder

2min

20.

The Role of Torson in Parkinson's Disease

4min

21.

The Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research

3min

22.

How to Get Funding for Science

2min

23.

The Evolution of Brain Science

6min

24.

How to Be a Better Scientist

2min

This month's episode is an encore presentation of an interview with Dr. Guy Caldwell from the University of Alabama. Dr. Caldwell explains how tools from molecular biology make it possible to use the famous C. Elegans roundworm to improve our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.

Dr. Caldwell will return to Brain Science next month to give us an update on his work.

Links and References:

Visit the Wormshack at the University of Alabama
Molecular neurodegeneration, 14(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-019-0329-1
C. elegans Alpha-Synuclein Models of Parkinson's Disease. Brain sciences, 9(4), 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9040073
See show notes for BSP 59 for additional references.
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