Synaptic

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator discusses what drew him to study the brain and his current work at the University of California, San Francisco.

To become a scientist, O’Connell first needed to leave the family farm.

The director of the Center for Neural Science shares a ghost story and talks about his collaboration with Todd Sacktor.

The director of the Emotional Brain Institute discusses the Cajun music scene in Louisiana and how memories change with time.

The senior research manager at Meta Reality Labs talks about neural networks and his time at the Milton Hershey School.

The Nobel Prize winner talks about PIEZO 1 and 2, proprioception and the viral photo of him and his son from the 2021 Nobel Prize announcement.

The leader of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute talks about what drew him into the autism field, and his departure from — and return to — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Holland Bloorview clinician and research director discusses how growing up on a small island shaped her career and the existential questions that keep her up at night.

Carla Mazefsky is the Nancy J. Minshew endowed chair in autism research and professor of psychiatry, psychology, and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. In this episode of “Synaptic,” Mazefesky talks about what she learned while volunteering with the Williamsburg, Virginia, police department; the insight that got her thinking about emotion regulation in autistic people; and why the people of Pittsburgh love their city.

The NIH neurologist talks about her research, her family and how mental health labels can be limiting.