Greg Suess Podcast

In the first Brains and Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series Podcast of the 2020-21 year, Greg sits down with Dr. Larry Young of Emory University to discuss his inspiration for getting into social psychiatry and his post-doc years at UT-Austin (3:17), researching social behavior in monogamous prairie voles (11:10), how oxytocin and vasopressin receptor expression overlaps with addiction circuitry to encode social responding (15:41), how social behavioral research helps us study the deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder (35:27), teaching neuroscience to Tibetan monks (39:58), and the perks of being married to a neuroscientist (42:47).

Greg sits down with Ed Boyden, the Y. Eva Tan professor in Neurotechnology and the Synthetic Biology group Leader at MIT to discuss how things have been both at home and in the lab during COVID (1:56), his background as an engineer and how those skills translate to neuroscience (7:08), transitioning from learning and memory work to optogenetics research (12:55), expansion microscopy (20:07), science in the press and brining basic research to the public (25:35), updated research on fluorescent tags and how this can be used for brain mapping (32:46), and comparing science and quality of life in Boston vs. the bay area (42:09).

Greg chats with Dan Almira (from The beat w/ DA) and Domingo Rodriguez on the joy of football being back (1:45), recent news in the FSU football program (5:40), review the Georgia Tech game (13:48), preview FSU vs. Miami (48:04), and go through some listener questions (1:01:18).

In today's episode Greg sits down with Dr. Patrick Whelan, Professor in Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine at the University of Calgary to discuss the differences between science in Canada vs. the United States (2:32), how he developed his passion for researching spinal cord injury and good lab practices (8:17), the advantages of a good model organism in spinal cord research (19:32), how dopamine modulates CPGs to alter movement (27:57), the association between pain and locomotion (38:59), how innervation of the spinal cord may be modulated by the gut-brain axis (41:12), his collaborative work with clinicians on movement disorders (48:26), and Calgary as a city (53:06).

As the 2020 college football season is set to begin, Greg and Dan sit down (virtually) to discuss the 2020 FSU football team, go through some season predictions, and preview their matchup with Georgia Tech. *** NOTE, UNEDITED FOR QUICKER UPLOAD, ENJOY!

In part 2 of our COVID an sports podcast, Dan, Domingo and Greg discuss the mechanisms that need to be put in place so sports can come back (57s), how will networks fight over the glut of sports in the fall (4:00), how amateur athletics are affected by COVID (6:58), specifically how COVID affects FSU sports (24:42), and our parting shots (28:15).

On part one of our COVID and sports conversation Dan, Domingo, and Greg summarize the COVID timeline and initial response (2:57), how the social culture and the economy will be altered by COVID (19:00), as well as the political response to COVID, and how opening up a country is similar to opening up a sports league (40:18).

On Part 2 of the NFL offseason 2020 show, Greg starts off by reflecting on round one of the 2020 NFL draft before bringing Chris and Evan in to discuss the 2019-20 NFL playoffs (4:17), the 2020 coaching carousel (11:49), and the frenzy of free agency (31:19).

In Part one of our NFL 2020 offseason show, Greg, Evan, and Chris discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic influences the NFL draft (1:17), how the start of the season and schedule will be affected (9:35), new components of the collective bargaining agreement (23:10), and parting shots on players we are keeping our eye on (34:34).

On today's episode, Greg sits down with old roommate and fellow Seminole enthusiast Dan to discuss what went wrong with the Willie Taggert era (2:24), breaking down the start of the Mike Norvell era (16:08), grading the new FSU assistants (20:27), reviewing the 2020 recruiting class (35:36), then concluding with recapping the FSU basketball season (52:37).

Greg sits down with Dr. Tammie Benzinger, a research professor in Neuroimaging at Washington University at St. Louis to discuss her unique role in scientific research (58s), how imaging techniques have evolved in the last twenty years (2:59), using neuroimaging to diagnose Alzheimer's disease (8:58), observing biomarkers that examine neural connectivity (17:40), the challenges of cohort studies with Alzheimer's patients (21:35), life as a researcher and practicing physician (36:50), what is the future of neuroimaging (39:00), the ethics of advanced imaging techniques (42:58), and life in St. Louis (47:15).

Greg Sits down with UC Davis Neuroscientist and Psychologist Leah Krubitzer to discuss her career training in speech pathology and audiology to evolutionary biology (2:59), the makeup of a scientist that is an evolutionary biologist (6:41), conducting research in Queensland, Australia during graduate school (8:16), how the brain's mapping relates to spatial function (12:29), the difficulties of conducting comparative brain studies on extinct animals or in humans (18:55), research one on brain region interactions in regards to social behaviors (25:22), Thoughts on the human brain vs other animals and how will brains further evolve (27:22), and finally comparing Davis, Nashville, and Australia in terms of science and culture (35:30).

Greg sits down with Baylor Neuroscientist and HHMI investigator Hugo Bellen to discuss the evolution of genetic research tools over the last 30 years (1:50), the transition from a career as an engineer to veterinary medicine, to research (4:47), drosophila research and its translation potential (7:17), examining the research of neuron-glia interactions and how lipid droplets can contribute to neurodegenerative diseases (9:25), the use of mitochondrial therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases (16:19), the undiagnosed diseases network (21:33), and future research in the Bellen lab (24:23).

Greg is joined by renown philosopher, Dr. Ken Taylor of Stanford University to talk about the professional relationships between philosophy and science (2:42), going from wanting to be an engineer to being a philosopher (7:49), the process of formulating philosophical ideas (10:33), intrinsic dispositions and social norms (17:59), the process of writing philosophy, book writing, and the struggle to get tenure (27:02), comparing philosophy and scientific approaches and how they dovetail together (39:10), learning from our past (46:44), the issues we face with artificial intelligence and automation (51:00), Philosophy talk and how to make a radio show (1:04:22), and what comes next in philosophical questions and the keys to communicating to a non-philosopher (1:15:27). *** A link to the nationally syndicated Philosophy talk radio show: https://www.philosophytalk.org/

On the latest episode of the Greg Suess Podcast, Greg sits down with Karen Gamble, associate professor in Psychiatry at the University of Alabama Birmingham and a GSU Brains and Behavior alum. They begin with reminiscing about a GSU homecoming and inspirations for going into science (1:48), the life of electrophysiology experiments during post-doctoral training (10:10), the role of GSK3 in the modulation of the molecular clock (14:53), the properties of SCN neurons (27:02), how circadian work can be used to study shift work (28:11), how chronobiology research can help understand human disorders (38:03), reminiscing about graduate school days at GSU in Atlanta (40:38), the exciting science at UAB and the Neuroscience Roadmaps Scholars program (42:53), and how Birmingham is as a city (51:59).

On today's episode, Greg sits down with Chet Sherwood, professor of anthropology at George Washington University. They discuss the relationship between the fields of neuroscience and anthropology (2:15), techniques used to study comparative neuroanatomy (5:40), how social interaction influences brain development between non-human primates and humans (9:54), how the nature of looking at non-human primate brains necessitates collaboration (20:50), predicting future changes in brain size and structure (25:29), and the unique circumstance of being a scientist in Washington DC (30:13).

On today's episode Greg sits down with Dr. Kenton Sanders, Professor and Chair of Integrative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada School of Medicine to discuss his training in comparative biology (1:38), the evolution of electrophysiology as a field the last forty years (4:28), comparing and contrasting classical central pattern generators with novel electrical gut cells (8:27), the role of calcium in muscle contraction (10:27), uncovering the link between gastrointestinal diseases with muscle contraction dysfunction (18:42), the diversity and multi-disciplinary nature of neuroscience (25:31), the perks of living in Reno, NV (27:48), and future research directions (30:48).

On today's episode, Greg sits down with Dr. Ron Davis, Professor and Chair of Neuroscience at the Scripps Research institute Florida to discuss the pioneering of molecular/genetic techniques in neuroscience (2:21), the science of active forgetting as a component of learning and memory (8:05), current research in mitochondrial therapeutics (18:55), and the challenges/adventure of creating a neuroscience program from scratch (21:44).

In the season 4 debut of the Greg Suess Podcast Greg sits down with Lisa Stowers, Professor in Neuroscience at the Scripps Research Institute. They discuss the intimidation of training in a lab with a prestigious academic tree (3:35), how she formed her own niche in olfaction circuitry research (10:05), how olfactory cues can modulate an animal's internal state (15:20), how students can change the direction of a research lab (22:21), the translatability of urination circuitry to other neural processes (27:50), her collaboration stories throughout her career (29:25), and comparing cold Boston to sunny San Diego (32:27).

On today's very special episode of the Greg Suess Podcast, Grg sits down with local Atlanta artist Karl Kroeppler to discuss his inspiration for art (2:43), how to judge art talent (6:38), his journey from Arizona to Atlanta (8:40), living with the neurological condition Trigeminal Neuralgia (12:29), the struggles of living with Trigeminal Neuralgia and embracing the condition ( 22:00), the enthusiasm and joy of teaching art (32:34), suggestions for young artists (40:21), future art projects and ideas, (42: 23), and discussing resources for artists in Atlanta and more information on Trigeminal Neuralgia (49: 34).

This week's podcast is a round table discussion talking about the obstacles and roadblocks women in science careers face. Katie Partrick, Laura Cortes (Georgia State University), and Desiree De Leon (Emory University) first talk about the inspiration for conducting this podcast (5:23), what drove them to enter a STEM graduate program as well as their role models in science growing up (7:13), advice given from female science mentors (16:38), the pressures women have choosing between a family and a career (19:28), what males need to understand in regards to the difficulties women are facing (29: 14), discussing personal examples of sexual discrimination (42:06), what can academia do to increase female retention (52:03), work life balance strategies ( 58:53), and advice to future women scientists (1:05:43)

Greg Sits down with Brains and Behavior distinguished lecturer Cristina Alberini from NYU's center for Neural Science to discuss growing up as a scientists in Italy influenced her career (1:30), initiating research in learning and memory with Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel (6:05), incorporating different research aspects into a learning and memory lab and the advantage of diverse scientific backgrounds (8:25), advantages/disadvantages to doing a PhD and conducting research in Europe (11:33), mammals vs. invertebrates in memory research (18:21), current research in infantile amnesia (21:05), how altering previous experience can attenuate harmful future behavior (30:38), side vocation as a psychoanalyst (35:28), and life in Manhattan (45:05).

In a continuation of the NFL preview show, Greg, Reilly, Evan, and Chris dissect the Bears (intro), Lions (2:45), Packers (6:57), and Vikings (12:27) as part of their preview of the NFC North.

In a continuation of the NFL preview show, Greg, Reilly, Evan, and Chris dissect the Ravens and the Browns in their AFC south Preview. Note: due to technical difficulty our discussion on the Bengals and Steelers is ommitted.

In a continuation of the NFL preview show, Greg, Reilly, Evan, and Chris dissect the Colts (Intro), Titans (6:22), Texans (12:52), and Jaguars (16:52) in their preview of the AFC south

In a continuation of the NFL preview show, Greg, Reilly, Evan, and Chris dissect the Cowboys (intro), Giants (10:50), Redskins (18:29), and the Eagles (24:16) as they preview the NFC East.

In a continuation of the NFL preview show, Greg, Reilly, Evan, and Chris dissect the Cardinals (Intro), Seahawks (3:25), 49ers (8:40), and the Rams (15:32) in their preview of the NFC West.

In the third annual NFL preview show, Greg sits down with Reilly, Evan, and Chris to talk the NFC south. First things first is a 2017 playoff review challenge (3:15), an overview of the NFC south (8:16), then diving into previewing the seasons for the Panthers (9:39), Falcons (16:40), Saints (24:10), and the Buccaneers (32:25).

As part of the Neuroscience graduate student association and center for neurogenomics speaker series, Greg interviews Dr. Rob Knight, an expert in microbiota techniques and analysis to discuss growing up in New Zealand then transferring to graduate school in the states (2:27), transitioning from traditional wet lab science to computational science (4:41), the lag in microbiome research and innovations driving the field (8:19), unique collaborations (16:06), the general public's knowledge of the gut microbiome (19:15), the difficulty of juggling so many tasks as an academic( 20:41), the earth microbiome project and the american gut project (23:14), and microbiota trends (27:36).

In the final Brains & Behavior Podcast of the year, Greg sits down with GSU alum Matia Solomon to talk about her homecoming and changes at GSU (3:06), research that her lab does in psychopathologies (7:50), switching between model organisms (10:07), juggling the many hats of an academic (14:37), structuring a lab and what to look for in students (19:16), the process of scientific textbook writing (22:53), current and future experiments in the lab (24:52), career outreach for women minorities in science(33:16), Georgia State's role in Dr. Solomon's success (37:21), and differences between Cincinnati and Atlanta (39:36), and work life balance (43:43).

On today's show Greg talks with Dr. Jim Hudspeth, an expert in hearing and audition to discuss his inspiration to scientific research (2:18), why has hearing research lagged behind other sensory neuroscience research (5:41), why frogs are a good model to study audition (7:51), the foundation of audition research and what we are doing to fix hearing loss (7:57), his unique style of lecturing (21:31), writing textbooks (23:34), and the pros and cons of working at an elite biomedical research facility (26:08).

Greg and David have a long overdue talk about Star Wars: the Last Jedi. They discuss first impressions after they first watched the film (2:30), thoughts on new characters (5:01), the concept that anyone can use the force (10:40), knit picks about the movie (13:55), certain plot lines (16:21), what was the best scene (20:24), talk about some unanswerable questions (28:10), who won the movie(37:49), and expectations about star wars movies down the pipeline (39:46).

On today's podcast Greg sits down with Dr. Nino Ramirez, professor and director for integrative brain research at Seattle's children hospital about moving and conducting research all over the world through graduate school and post-doc training (1:35), the inspiration (pun intended) to study biological rhythms related to children’s diseases (6:38), research studying biological respiratory rhythms (11:05) how this research translates to SIDS and epilepsy and collaborations with Microsoft (19:15), future directions in the Ramirez lab (23:25) as well as Dr. Ramirez’s hobbies in Seattle (25:28).

Greg sits down with music neuroscientist Ani Patel of Tufts to discuss composers native language has an imprint on there music (1:34)the type of training to become a music neuroscientist (6:41),discuss whether animals move to musical beats similar to humans (10:52), the type of students that Dr. Patel seeks out (19:15), the process of writing an academic book (21:42), being president of a large neurological society(23:51), what he plans to study in the future (26:06), and the culture and professional difference between San Diego and Boston as well as involvement in music outside of science (29:44).

Part 2 of the NFL off-season podcast has Greg and Reilly talking about the NFL draft, specifically what does Cleveland do at 1 (2:07), the quarterback class (7:41), the Giants draft strategy (15:46), the rest of the draft big board and quarterback fits (18:52),Packers and Colts draft strategy and some breaking news!!! (37:47)

Greg sits down with Dr. Amita Seghal, who's chronobiology work contributed to the 2017 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine to discuss research before drosophila (2:13),challenges starting grad school in a new city (5:07) research in early grad school (6:46), transition to post doc work (10:02), research involved with the 2017 Nobel Prize (13:26), discovery of sleep onset proteins (16:15), fly model of sleep (18:57),sleep deprivation and its effect on the microbiome (21:28)studying Sleep in the Body outside of the brain(23:37), future research projects (26:32) and importance of sleep plus hobbies (28:02).

On this episode of the Greg Suess Podcast, Greg and Dr. Dora Angelaki, professor and chair of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine discuss how her training as an engineer made her a better neuroscientist (1:45), multisensory approach in scientific research (3:52), how the vestibular system encodes gravity (9:22), future work involving tuning of neurons to gravity (26:54), studying multisensory perception deficits autism with computational neuroscience (29:05), her scientific editing career (33:57), andlife in Houston after the hurricane , being a foreign women in science as well as hobbies outside of science (37:50).

Greg and Reilly have a long overdue 2017 playoffs (1:54) and Superbowl recap (6:54), go over upcoming free agency (24:35), have some 2017 stats trivia (48:31), and predict the 2018 NFL awards (55:04)

In the first recorded podcast of 2018 Greg gets on the phone with Neuroethics professor Dr. Adina Roskies to talk about advantages in having training in both philosophy and neuroscience (1:39), being a philosopher and an experimental neuroscience at the same time (7:04), evolution of neuroethics the last twenty years (8:10), the use of fMRI in the courtroom (10:45), ethics of cognitive enhancers, deep brain stimulation, as well as other novel neuroscience techniques (16:33), benefits of being a neuroscientist and a philosopher in relaying your questions and findings to lay people (23:59), importance in incorporating philosophical principles into biological research. (26:47), as well as being a women in science and future research (30:52)

Introduction to 2018 and a special surprise

On today’s episode Greg is joined by fellow Seminole Mark Roberti. They discuss a recap of the FSU/Alabama game (2:04), Francois’ injury and the effect of the long layoff (21:04), recap the NC state game (28:01), and discus their predictions for the game against Wake Forest and the season outlook (46:04).

Greg sits down with Sophia Frangou Ph.D., Professor of psychiatry at the Ichann School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai and distinguished Brains & Behavior lecturer to discuss the initial motivation to study psychosis (1:35), how the MRI has evolved in the last 25 years (5:05), the importance at looking at brain connectivity to solve clinical questions (11:05), the recent finding she has found regarding bipolar disorder and schizophrenia (15:02), experimental design with large human populations (26:02), what new studies her group is focused on (28:32), the abuse potential of MRI (30:12), women in academic psychiatry (32:54), and life in New York city outside of science (48:08)

In part 2 of the NFL preview show, Greg sits down with Reilly to discuss the NFC East (1:29), NFC West (26:16), NFC South (58:46), NFC North (1:28:49), and other miscellaneous league items and parting shots (2:00:34)

In part two of the college football preview show, Greg continues his conversation with Domingo Rodriguez about the shifting college football landscape and neutral site games (2:00), Reaction to the preseason AP poll (7:35), the best coaching hires of the off-season (14:08), predicting the outcome of the ACC (18:06), how to make the playoff system better (22:33), playoff predictions and rivalries (27:30), and previewing FSU/Alabama (50:54).

In Part one of the college football preview show, Greg sits down with Domingo Rodriguez about What is new in his media life (2:49). They then both take a deep dive into Florida State Football and discuss if the 2016 season was a success (12:19) as well as dissecting FSU's depth chart on offense (19:42) and on defense (41:36).

In Part one of the Greg Suess Podcast NFL preview Greg sit down with Reilly Hannapel to discuss the AFC vs NFC (2:24), the AFC East (4:04), AFC West (25:58), AFC North (42:44) and the AFC South (59:14). They then wrap the podcast up with discussing how the rookie crop of quarterbacks will fair & macro opinions on the conference as a whole (1:20:00).

Guest host Leah Krevitt talks to Rick Wolthusen, CEO and founder of the NGO On-the-Move about the importance of Neuroscience awareness in the community (4:09), how culture influences mental illness & the perception of mental disorders in the 3rd world (9:16), how to use brain education to help the 3rd world (17:55), changing the stigma of mental illnesses in developing countries(21:05), training regimens to treat mental illness (37:04), engaging the cause in Atlanta and how individuals can help those with psychiatric disorders (44:52), and gender considerations in studying mental illnesses (55:59).

In a special one year anniversary podcast, Greg chats with media expert Domingo Rodriguez on ideas that formed the Greg Suess Podcast as well as podcasts in 2017 (3:00), an outsider's perspective of Atlanta and how new media crops up in cities (22:37), Nintendo's failure with the WiiU and success with the switch (33:10), The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (56:00), and terrorist attacks in today's world(1:03:20)

On this episode Greg sits down with this month’s Brains & Behavior distinguished lecturer Dr. Cristina Bicchieri to talk about the study of social norms, and how they predict behavior (5:51), putting a philosopher’s theories into experiments ( 7:31), applying social norm theory with UNICEF in the third world (9:11), the process and strategies of changing social norms (10:50), comparing social norms in America to Europe (18:46), using positive deviance to change culture & to start a movement (23:27), the relationship between biology & social norms (32:49), and the bureaucracy of dealing with the world’s governments (36:25).

In this episode Greg sits down with Heather Caldwell Ph.D., Brains &Behavior distinguished speaker from Kent State University to reminisce about Atlanta (1:11), looking at mentor relationships (4:30), Georgia State’s footprint at Kent State (7:00), the importance of your model in scientific research and the role of oxytocin in aggression & social behavior (10:04), what it is like working at the National Institutes of Health (19:20), the March for science (goals vs. expectations) and the importance of scientific communication (22:31), exploring Kent as a city (28:44), and diversity in science (31:06)

Greg sits down with March's Brains and Behavior distinguished lecturer Dr. Tracy Bale Ph.D. to discuss her rock star post-doc at the Salk Institute (2:03) how important it is to be independent as a scientist (7:28), history of epigenetic research (9:34), how males are involved in epigenetic processes (13:45), the vaginal and gut microbiome (24:23), clinical implications behind her research (31:39), and the importance of retaining women in the sciences (36:56)