Podcasts about developmental neuroscience

As a tribute to this month's episode, we wanted to give a quick shoutout to a local store Laine & I know and love: Smitten Kitten in Minneapolis. Founded in 2003 by Jennifer 'JP' Pritchett, Smitten Kitten is a trans-owned business that has been a staple in the community for over two decades. JP and their team are passionate about creating a safe, inclusive space where folks can explore intimacy, sexuality, and self-expression in a fun and positive way. Whether you're looking for high-quality toys, thoughtful resources, or expert advice, they've got you covered. Check them out online at smittenkittenonline.com and show them some love if you're interested. We absolutely love supporting businesses that foster open, healthy conversations about sex, and we think you will too!If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Learn more at brainblownpodcast.com and send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.We'd love to hear from you.REFERENCESSchool-Based Sex Education and Neuroscience: What We Know About Sex, Romance, Marriage, and Adolescent Brain Development – Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman, DrPH; Megan Johnson, PhD; Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff, PhD; Adriana Galván, PhDThe Importance of Sexual and Romantic Development in Understanding the Developmental Neuroscience of Adolescence – Ahna Ballonoff Suleiman, K. Paige HardenFrequency of Penile–Vaginal Intercourse is Associated with Verbal Recognition Performance in Adult Women – Larah Maunder, Dorothée Schoemaker, Jens C. PruessnerIntegrating Neural Circuits Controlling Female Sexual Behavior – Paul E. Micevych, Robert L. MeiselNeuropeptides and Behaviors: How Small Peptides Regulate Nervous System Function and Behavioral Outputs – Umer Saleem Bhat, Navneet Shahi, Siju Surendran, Kavita BabuThe Neurobiology of Sexual Function – Cindy M. Meston, PhD; Penny F. Frohlich, MANeuroanatomy and Neurochemistry of Sexual Desire, Pleasure, Love and Orgasm – H. Ümit Sayin, Carlos H. SchenckOxytocin, Erectile Function and Sexual Behavior: Last Discoveries and Possible Advances – Maria Rosaria Melis, Antonio ArgiolasEditorial: From Sex Differences in Neuroscience to a Neuroscience of Sex Differences: New Directions and Perspectives – Belinda PletzerThe Human Sexual Response Cycle: Brain Imaging Evidence Linking Sex to Other Pleasures – J.R. Georgiadis, M.L. KringelbachThe Affective Neuroscience of Sexuality: Development of a LUST Scale – Jürgen Fuchshuber, Emanuel Jauk, Michaela Hiebler-Ragger, Human Friedrich UnterrainerThe Physiological Basis of Human Sexual Arousal: Neuroendocrine Sexual Asymmetry – Ion G. Motofei, David L. RowlandNeuroanatomy and Function of Human Sexual Behavior: A Neglected or Unknown Issue? – Rocco S. Calabrò, Alberto Cacciola, Daniele Bruschetta, Demetrio Milardi, Fabrizio Quattrini, Francesca Sciarrone, Gianluca La Rosa, Placido Bramanti, Giuseppe Anastasi

In this episode, “Zebrafish as a Model for Developmental Neuroscience”, the crew discusses why zebrafish are an important model for developmental neuroscience! This podcast is brought to you by the pilot fish.  Despite its name, you will never hear these striped fish on the intercom during a flight.  They'd never say something like, please keep your fins inside the aisle and your seats in their upright and locked position. Thank you for choosing fishy airlines.  We know you have options when it comes to oceanic flight so thank you for choosing us. Thanks for listening to Gettin' Fishy With It! You can find our website with show notes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://gettingfishypod.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can find us on twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gettinfishypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gettingfishypod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can also find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you want to drop us an email, you can send your complaints (or questions!) to gettingfishypod@gmail.com. Our theme music is “Best Time” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FASSOUNDS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Our audio is edited by Amber Park Chiodini. Amber has her own podcast all about movies, called ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠So What Happens Next?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We very much appreciate you taking the time to listen to our twenty-ninth episode! Please help out the podcast by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice. If you could leave us a review, that would be super helpful! If you would like to support the show, you can sign up as a paid member on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or you can ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠buy us a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks and we'll “sea” you again in two weeks!

In this episode, we talk to Max C Wood. Max is a graduate student studying developmental neuroscience and psychopathology. Max spent last year studying at the Anna Freud Center in London, and is now currently at Yale - researching into the impact attachment styles have on a psychedelic treatment design.Broadly speaking, his passions lie in the integration of experiential and reductionist approaches - to help alleviate human suffering. He aspires to be a psychotherapist, and set up a holistic healing centre, drawing from multiple perspectives to personalize treatment - with a particular focus on psychedelic healing.This podcast interview focuses on pharmaceutical studies (including psychedelics) and highlights interpersonal factors within clinical trial design, from the perspective of a clinical researcher. Max's fluency in this topic is evident, and he strongly encourages listeners to reach out to him directly.  (Contact: Max.c.woody@gmail.com)! Time Description:0:00 History of Anna Freud Research Center, From children's orphanage to University Central London Center5:26 Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology Program andthe history of Psychopathology and Psychoanalysis10:46 1 year at UCL in academia and 1 year at Yale doing research. How UCL pairs students with mentor in a field of common interest. How Max found himself at Yale doing Ketamine research on patients suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder.12:47 His responsibilities as a masters student on a double blind clinical trial with psychedelics, an active placebo, and psychotherapy.16:19 Max describes what elements of his current clinical research has inspired his potential thesis that focuses on the symptom-relief in the placebo group. (Bonus: A great conversation with a placebo group participant).29:48 Why did Max choose the Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at UCL Masters of Research Program? Why understanding develop is foundational to understanding psychedelics and crucial to properly help treat adults.37:38 How has the Masters of Research program so far informed Max's outlook on the future of the psychedelic field, and how neuroscience or psychodynamics may play key roles. How healing goes beyond the patient and to the systems that they operate within, understanding the healing potential of systemic therapy.54:49 What's next for Max's clinical psychedelic research future? 57:42 Advice to the Audience!Resources:Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology Masters of Research Program at University of Central London (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/developmental-neuroscience-and-psychopathology-mres)Anna Freud Biography & Center (https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-and-theorists/anna-freud)(https://www.annafreud.org/ucl-postgraduate-study/ucl-postgraduate-programmes/)Internal Family Systems Institute (https://ifs-institute.com/)Peter Fonagy Biography (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/people/peter-fonagy)To learn more about Psychedelic Grad or to join our newsletter, go to https://www.psychedelicgrad.com/Music by: https://www.alexkahnmusic.com/Presented by Psychedelic Grad.

Ch.1: As food prices continue to go up and up, how are Canadians going to afford the essentials? Guest: Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab & Professor in Food Distribution at Dalhousie University Ch.2: Are babies born during pandemic developing slower? Guest: Dr. Dani Dumitriu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Columbia University. Guest: Dr. Morgan Firestein, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Division of Developmental Neuroscience. Ch.3: B.C. Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie is asking the Province to declare that every resident in long term care is entitled to designate at least one person as their essential visitor. Guest:  Isobel Mackenzie, BC Seniors Advocate Ch.4: A new energy project is turning garbage into energy Guest: Sav Dhaliwal, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors Ch.5: How many jobs were gained in the previous year and what efforts are ongoing to support businesses through this continuing pandemic. Guest: Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ch.6: Nurses are feeling the effects of the pandemic and struggling to cope with burnout and harassment from the public. Guest: Morgan, Registered Nurse

In this podcast we talk to Dr. Lynnea Myers about her JCPP Advances paper on Behavioural and Biological Divergence in Monozygotic Twin Pairs Discordant for Autism Phenotypes (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcv2.12017). Dr. Myers is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. She has a double PhD in Nursing Science and Developmental Neuroscience. There is a dearth of studies examining monozygotic ASD discordant twins, and Lynnea explains why this group is so important for inclusion in research to advance the science into non-shared environmental effects, and explains the implications of the findings for professionals working in child and adolescent mental health.

Put your thinking caps on for this one because today we welcome Dr. Laura Cocas to the podcast. Dr. Cocas is a developmental neuroscientist, professor at Santa Clara University, and a fabulous human being. Today we explore the developing human brain, the rabies virus, and why glial cells matter to you. This is the second episode of the Talking Brains Podcast. I am open to suggestions, and always looking for new guests, find me on Instagram at @talkingbrainspodcast. 

Given the preponderance of evidence that early intervention leads to better outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder, isn’t it important to identify these children as early as possible? This week we review research in identifying early indicators of ASD in children, charting the course from preschool, to first-birthday parties, to TV-watching infants. It’s the most adorable-sounding research we’ve ever discussed. Articles discussed this episode: Osterling, J. & Dawson, G. (1994). Early recognition of children with autism: A study of first birthday home videotapes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 247-257. doi: 10.1007/BF02172225 Jones, W. & Klin, A. (2013). Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2-6 month-olds later diagnosed with autism. Nature, 504, 427-431. doi: 10.1038/nature12715 Sallows, G.O. & Graupner, T.D. (2005) Intensive behavioral treatment for children with autism: Four-year outcome and predictors. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 417-438. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[417:IBTFCW]2.0.CO;2 Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Rogers, T., Brian, J., & Szatmari, P. (2005). Behavioral manifestations of autism in the first year of life. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 23, 143-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2004.05.001 If you're interested in ordering CEs for listening to this episode, click here to go to the store page. You'll need to enter your name, BCBA #, and the two episode secret code words to complete the purchase. Email us at abainsidetrack@gmail.com for further assistance.

So, you probably aren’t planning on going on any exciting vacations this summer, for some reason. Why not take a trip to podcast-land, first stop, ABA Inside Track. We’ll be here and so will many fabulous visiting guests (in vocal form) like Dr. Bryon Wine and like Cat Jackson and Adrienne Bradley from Black Applied Behavior Analysts. Why not throw on your swimsuit, grab a burger, slather on some sunscreen, and get ready for a series of June episodes that might almost help you forget that you had to cancel your Disney World trip. Articles for June 2020 Staff Turnover w/ Dr. Bryon Wine Wine, B., Chen, T., & Brewer, A. (2019). An examination of reward probability and delivery delays on employee performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39, 179-193. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2019.1666776 Curry, S.M., Gravina, N.E., Sleiman, A.A., & Richard, E. (2019). The effects of engaging in rapport-building behaviors on productivity and discretionary effort. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 39, 213-226. doi: 10.1080/01608061.2019.1667940 Wine, B., Osborne, M.R., & Newcomb, E.T. (2020). On turnover in human services. Behavior Analysis in Practice, published online January 6, 2020. doi: 10/1007/s40617-019-00399-6   Early Indicators of Autism Osterling, J. & Dawson, G. (1994). Early recognition of children with autism: A study of first birthday home videotapes. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 24, 247-257. doi: 10.1007/BF02172225 Jones, W. & Klin, A. (2013). Attention to eyes is present but in decline in 2-6 month-olds later diagnosed with autism. Nature, 504, 427-431. doi: 10.1038/nature12715 Sallows, G.O. & Graupner, T.D. (2005) Intensive behavioral treatment for children with autism: Four-year outcome and predictors. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 417-438. doi: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[417:IBTFCW]2.0.CO;2 Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., Rogers, T., Brian, J., & Szatmari, P. (2005). Behavioral manifestations of autism in the first year of life. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 23, 143-152. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2004.05.001   Diversity and Inclusion w/ Cat Jackson + Adrienne Bradley Hook, J.N. & Watkins Jr., C.E. (2015). Cultural humility: The cornerstone of positive contact with culturally different individuals and groups? American Psychologist, 70, 661-662. doi: 10.1037/a0038965 Rangarajan, N. & Black, T. (2007). Exploring organizational barriers to diversity. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27, 249-263. doi: 10.1177/0734371X06296203 Rosenberg, N.E. & Schwartz, I.S. (2019). Guidance or compliance: What makes an ethical behavior analyst? Behavior Analysis in Practice, 12, 473-482. doi: 10.1007/s40617-018-00287-5

Workers Most at Risk for Catching, Spreading Coronavirus (0:31)Guest: Marissa Baker, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington Congress is wrangling over how best to prop up the US economy as coronavirus shutdowns drive businesses and individuals into dangerous financial territory. The $2 trillion proposal currently being debated would send $1,200 checks to most adults and $500 to most children. Hundreds of billions of dollars would be available to help small businesses meet payroll costs. Low income workers with low-wage jobs are at particular risk of contracting and spreading the coronavirus right now. How to Spot Misinformation Online (16:25)Guest: Alex Mahadevan, Senior Multimedia Reporter, MediaWise, Poynter InstituteBad information about the novel coronavirus is all over the internet - Facebook has been working hard to take down misinformation. But we're not that great at spotting bad information online even when we're not in crisis. Half of Americans admit they've shared made-up news, but didn't know it was fake at the time. That's where MediaWise steps in – it's a group at the Poynter Institute dedicated to helping teenagers be more media literate. How Blackness Is Portrayed on the Opera Stage (32:12)Guest: Naomi Andre, Scholar in Residence at the Seattle Opera, Professor at the University of Michigan, and Author of the 2018 Book “Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement.”It was barely five years ago, that America's most prestigious opera company – the Met in New York – stopped putting blackface makeup on tenors performing the lead role in Verdi's Otello. Until then, few of opera's fans or participants raised any concern about the idea of a white man darkening his face to play the famous Shakespeare's character. The performance of white South African tenor Johan Botha as Othello, wearing blackface in the Met's 2012 production of the opera, launched musicologist Naomi Andre into the research that became her 2018 book, “Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement.” The Effects of School Closure Due to Coronavirus (50:39)Guest: Thad Domina, Professor of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillHundreds of thousands of kids are at home now with school closures across the country and many Americans being asked not to leave their homes. Some students may think it's a fun, unexpected vacation, but not having kids in a school building negatively affects students from lower income families. SLAPP Suits (1:06:21)Guest: Susan Seager Is a Media Defense Lawyer, and Lecturer and Head of The Press Freedom and Transparency Practice at University of California, Irvine. In the last month, President Trump's campaign has filed lawsuits against both the New York Times and the Washington Post over opinion columns that the Trump campaign says are defamatory. Legal experts say there's little chance the President will win in court because he's a public figure and the articles he's complaining about were opinion pieces that get a lot of protection under the First Amendment. But winning is not usually the point when it comes to lawsuits like this. People and companies with money to spare can do a lot to silence critics by slapping them with lawsuits that are expensive and time consuming to fight in court. These kinds of suits even have a name – SLAPP, which stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Emotional Expression Database (1:17:40)Suzy Scherf, PhD, associate professor of psychology, principal investigator of the Laboratory of Developmental Neuroscience, Pennsylvania State UniversityI work with the toddler class at my church on Sundays and we sing that song about turning a frown upside down. Even before kids can speak fluently, they somehow become fluent in facial expressions – at least the basics like happy and sad. Researchers at Penn State University have created a database of what more complex expressions like jealous or flirtatious look like to help scientists study them, too.   The True Story Behind ABC's "For Life" (1:27:13)Guest: Isaac Wright Jr, Attorney, Executive Producer of “For Life” on ABC TelevisionThe new ABC drama "For Life" is about a wrongfully convicted man who studies law in prison and represents fellow-inmates while bringing down the corrupt prosecutor who put him behind bars. The TV show is loosely based on Isaac Wright Junior, the first person to ever be sentenced to life in prison, secure his own release and exoneration, and then be granted a license to practice law in the same court where he was convicted. It's a pretty amazing story.

It's Down to Just Two: Biden and Bernie (0:30)Guest: Chris Karpowitz, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, BYU; Grant Madsen, PhD, Professor of History, BYUThe Democratic field for President has narrowed to Senator Bernie Sanders and Vice President Joe Biden. Elizabeth Warren has just dropped out, but hasn't endorsed either of the frontrunners. Michael Bloomberg dropped out after a poor showing on Super Tuesday and endorsed Biden. Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg dropped out the night before Super Tuesday and also endorsed Biden. The dramatic reconfiguration feels rather sudden. Brazil's President Aims to Open Indigenous Land in the Amazon to Mining and Farming (22:10)Guest: Robert T. Walker, Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of FloridaThe Amazon rainforest is rich in gold, diamonds and rare earth minerals. It's also a coveted resource for logging and land for farming – once you cut down the trees, that is. Getting access to those resources was a major campaign promise of Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and now he's followed through with a measure in the country's Congress. The catch is, the land he'd like to open for farming and mining in the Amazon is indigenous territory, and the tribes on that land are generally not interested in the development Bolsonaro proposes. The Mounting Risks of Summiting Mount Everest (35:52)Guest: Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, Nepalese Anthropologist, Expert on the Sherpa People and Mount Everest, Pacific Lutheran University The peak season for climbing Mount Everest is about to start, and there's a lot of concern about how safe it will be. Last year, was among the deadliest on record: 11 people died and shocking photos circulated of crowds backed up dangerously near the summit. The government of Nepal has proposed limiting the number of Everest climbing permits it offers and restricting them to people who can prove they have the skills and money to attempt the climb safely. The lucrative climbing industry on Everest could not exist without Sherpas who live and work on the mountain, guiding climbers, carrying supplies. They're increasingly upset about conditions on the mountain – and their own unfair treatment by the industry. How Phyllis Schlafly Turned Americans Against the ERA (50:38)Guest: Anne Schlafly Cori, Chairperson, The Eagle ForumHistorians agree that Phyllis Schlafly was key to stopping the ERA's momentum. She was so effective, that even when Congress extended the deadline for states to ratify the amendment, it still came up three states short. Schlafly opposed all efforts to revive the Equal Rights Amendment until her death in 2016. Her daughter Anne Schlafly Cori is continuing that legacy with the current push to ratify the ERA. The ERA Is a Relic of the 70s. Why Are Women Still Trying to Pass It? (1:12:24)Guest: Martha Davis, Professor of Law, Northeastern UniversityThe deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment expired almost 40 years ago. So why are we talking about it now? Because about a month ago, Virginia's state legislature became the 38th state to ratify it – that's the threshold Phyllis Schlafly and her “STOP ERA” campaign managed to prevent in the 1970s. But again, there was a deadline to meet the threshold...which is why, just a few weeks ago, the US House passed a resolution to remove that deadline. So, maybe it's not too late to add it to the Constitution? Happy, Sad, Flirtatious, Jealous. Here's How Scientists Study Expressions. (1:28:37)Guest: Suzy Scherf, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Developmental Neuroscience, The Pennsylvania State UniversityI work with the toddler class at my church on Sundays and we sing that song about turning a frown upside down. Even before kids can speak fluently, they somehow become fluent in facial expressions – at least the basics like happy and sad. Researchers at Penn State University have created a database of what more complex expressions like jealous or flirtatious look like to help scientists study them, too.

Michalina Lewicka-Yammine's passion for Neuroscience evolved during her master degree at the Jagiellonian University and her exchange studies at Uppsala University which led her to a PhD degree at Karolinska Institute in Developmental Neuroscience.  After graduation, her passion for marketing got her engaged with three startups and establishing her own consultancy firm. At Karolinska Institute she worked as a course leader and later as a project manager at the Alumni Office.  Throughout that journey Michalina gained many new experiences as well as gave birth to two children, and found her way to balance between being a mother and delivering and performing at work.  Nowadays, Michalina is raising two kids, running a freelance consultancy and has a full-time job as a product manager at Spiber Biomaterial - all powered by the stamina and resilience gained from motherhood. Connect with Michalina on LinkedIn.  I'm still having my own company and doing some small projects. On the side I’m working fifty percent for a biotech company and fifty percent on maternity leave. As I said, don't give up! Try it! And see if it's for you and if you don't like it, try something else and try from a different angle – try to find your balance and what suits you the most. Dr. Michalina Lewicka-Yammine, mother, freelancer and product manager at Spiber Biomaterial.   Transcript Welcome to PhD Career Stories, the podcast about career paths inside and outside academia. My name is Rui Cruz and I am very happy to introduce Michalina Lewicka-Yammine to you.  Michalina works as a Product Manager specialist for a biotech company located in Sweden and in today's podcast she will tell you how she transitioned from her PhD in Developmental Neurosciences to the world of marketing. During this process, Michalina started her own consulting company and worked in different startups, while at the same time she gave birth to two children.  Michalina will share with us important insights on the demanding challenges of being a mother while having the need to deliver and perform at work.  Michalina's story shows us that with resilience, stamina and support from people around you, it is possible to have a healthy balance between career development and motherhood.  We hope that her story will be inspiring to you and that you enjoy this episode of PhD Career Stories!  -- Hi my name is Michalina Lewicka-Yammine and I would like to share with you today my career story and how I got my PhD and why. I'm coming from Poland and during my master thesis in Krakow I decided to go for a student exchange and that was basically my first step to start thinking about the research projects. I have to say I really enjoyed my time in Uppsala (Sweden) after one year exchange I decided to stay and take an internship project at Uppsala University where I shared my passion for science with three really nice people and basically due to them, due to Dan and Daniel who were my supervisor and colleagues who were following me during the project, I re-discovered that I would like to do a masters degree to take a PhD. I graduated in June and searched for a PhD position... Now I know that June and July in Sweden are not the best months to get in touch with anyone. In September I was pretty frustrated about it but then it's kind of be up  and start going and I had some interviews. I was lucky and happy to secure a place in Ola Hermanson group at the department of Neuroscience in Karolinska Institute and that's how I started my ride and with the PhD life in December 2013 if I'm not wrong. I have to say it has its ups and downs but I was really lucky I had a boss who let us experience science and really struggle ourselves, it was a bit more “lets you swim” approach if you need guidance he will try to help you but he will not really tell you what to do which makes me learn a lot and let me experience, troubleshoot and don't give up. I acquired a lot of skills, really valuable skills, I had also great colleagues in my group and as well as the neighbouring groups who were really open for discussion for troubleshooting together. I was really lucky that I met people who were really inspiring. We made a lot of cool things together we were involved in some association, PhD associations, we were teaching.  I enjoyed teaching a lot. I made a PhD in development of neuroscience based on stem cell and biomaterials which was pretty cool because during that time there were people not only from karolinska institute but also from KTH which is a technical university as well as Linköping University so I had a bit of more discussion between scientists, researchers as well as engineers who are working with a different biomaterial which is really cool way to perceive the projects and communicate with people who talk all the same thing but in a different way.    The big advantage will say was about to travel. My boss always send us for some conferences and had a really good network.  Which allows me to build my own network which I found it really valuable later on and not only for your future career but also for choosing or finding your options deciding what would you like to do after the PhD. As every PhD I had my ups and downs. I have to say that I had some doubts like “Is it really for me?” but I'm one of these people who acts if I started I really want to finish it. I don’t like unfinished projects. Overall I have to say it was really good time I learn a lot. And it was definitely valuable even the down parts where project didn't work out and something went been totally wrong and you discovered it after few months of work and it's basically worth nothing differently teach I am kind of being more persistent to decide. Okay something didn't work but many other things went as planned. It was very happy by the end. I would say the solution ends up really good Meeting people from different backgrounds, different groups and different cultures help me not only to build up my friendships  but also my research and continue with my research. It helped me to build my  social skills, networking skills and communicating science it was really important and still is really important for me I was involved in a nonprofit organization which helps communicating science to the general public' we had several events around Stockham city to show them what really researchers do and how daily work works and how the research that is perceived at Karolinska institute could be implementing in their live because I think it's a pretty big gap between what we do as researchers and whqt general science knows about  research.  It was a lot of fun, a lot of extra work which was not really counted as my PhD time but it was definitely a really valuable lessons, going for meetings with some kids to elderly people and talking about stem cell research about development in neuroscience to them.  As by the end of my PhD time I wasn't really sure what I would like to do. I have seen one position that a professor who was presenting at Karolinska at one of the meetings, she said that they are searching for a postDoc and that sounds pretty cool. I applied, I went for interviews in London and the plan was to move out in March, April to London to start a PostDoc there. Overtime plan had to change and had to be changed because in January I discovered I'm pregnant and in one way it was really a blessing I was already married for over two years and we wanted to have kids. However discovering that you're pregnant while moving out to a different country that's your project doesn't really include maternity leave for the first year changing a country where you're not really cover  by the social benefits for the first year was a bit tough choice to do but for me being a mother was really important so I decided to stay in Sweden. I continue for a short time in my old group of projects just two or three weeks before the due date I stopped working as a researcher.  And I went on maternity leave but  then I decided that well to kind of keep an eye open and see what I can do that if really academia is a choice for me. I was really lucky because my husband open a company at that point and they wanted to market a bit around and he asked me if I could help them to share some information on social media so I said looking into that taking some courses online searching for some tips in reading and I discovered that in fact marketing it's not such a far fetched form of neuroscience. In marketing you use a lot from neuroscience and knowledge that we obtained Like high tracing  is really commonly used for advertising and following human brain and things and total behaviour changing this is all based on the research, purely neurobiology research.  I really liked it and I started up by doing the marketing for xxxx and I had to say that it went very well.  They get a pretty good coverage after being a year on the market as a company they were covered by a NewYork Times. They get really good funding and it was a really cool way to work with a team at the same time being a mother. I work mostly from home I basically did a lot of things on my phone while breastfeeding or having a walk with the kid. I discovered that even though before I was really good multi tasking I had good time management and I was pretty adjustable in the sense of being able to adjust to the situation Being a mother teach you that in a different dimensions and so after my maternity leave mission to lay I continue working for a small start ups and helping with marketing and trying to find a way to revive markets research in which platform they could set up and work with. I worked a bit too with a customer service support which is really good because it helps to see that stuff which for us is really clear and obvious they are might be not as easy to see for the other in the sense that maybe for me the bike is red but someone else see that the bike is lila or pink. Sometimes it's really hard to get on the same page with the customer and to understand them from a different perspective. After working in a small company I decided to apply  and be a teacher back at Karolinska institute and teach a marketing course.   That was pretty cool experience I worked for two years having a marketing course and a project management course as well as a practical placement courses. That was Master level courses  It was again really resourceful, a good way to apply my knowledge and testing it out in a different field as I said before I like teaching during my PhD time and teaching by yourself, being in charge of the course about the budget and financing it's a totally different difficulty but you have to handle with.  It was really interesting, however after a while decide to move out with in Karolinska and go to Alumni office and try to see how we could get the alumni more involved and more visible for the benefits of Karolinska and it was again a really cool team, a really good experience. Learning the structures of a big organization such ad Karolinska It was really beneficial for me to see how many different coins have to get together so how many different balls have to the jungles at ones and some parts of departments can take decisions.  Which is totally different when I was working in small companies, small start ups really have like five max ten people team versus a hundred people who are management who have more regular meetings it's not like we just write what's happened, let's talk...  I have to have a meeting with more structured way due to the size of the organizations. I became pregnant and we bought a house at the same time, the houses a delay and it's going to come at same time as my second baby, it’s a baby boy. Two months before my due date I get a phone call from them from my colleagues I was collaborating with during my PhD time,testing to biomaterials and she told me that their companies trying to go public and start selling and they need someone to help them up with a marketing. When we talked on the phone and she was describing the position I was “Gosh this is my dream job”. It is marketing, doing marketing for a biotech company. For a product which in fact I know really well because I was involved in the early stages of the research and partly I feel like I'm definitely want to go and talk with them so I did.  It was a bit funny because when I entered I was like two months in due dates.  So it definitely could see it I was pretty huge at the time and my belly was sticking out much more in front of me. I Didn't say much in the beginning and it was basically me who brought it up to the table telling them that yes the positions sounds good I would definitely be interested however yes my due date is soon  We decided to all have a moment to think about and we talk to each other a week after. I was really thrilled that they decided to give me a phone call with the suggestion that they're interested and they are flexible for me to start working soon after my delivery but I could work out from home. Help them up from a more distance things or bring the kids with me to work and I think this is a brilliant way because we are nowadays living in Sweden at least me I'm living in Sweden and I think Sweden is very  open for having kids, for having kids at work and for females working with a kid in an office it's not a big surprise and maybe some people still feel this with weird but many people don't see it as a problem and I end up pretty lucky to be in a company which says it’s okay this is totally okay with my four months old baby discovering the voice and kind of giggling on a side when we are having a conversation and discussion. It’s definitely hard for me to juggle my maternity leave together with my work plus having a ‘four and a half years old which is full of ideas and active little girl which is definitely cannot stay in one place and play she's too active for that. It was also pretty tricking in the sense that I had to unpack the house, furnished  the house and try to set it up and find time for myself.  Which is definitely not so easy I thought that having one child definitely change my world and teach me a lot. Change my understanding of being a flexible and time management. But having second one basically you have to learn it again from scratch you have to experience it in a different way.  Because the responsibility increase as you progress in your family life as well as your career.  So the flexibility has to increase in some way too it is definitely hard, especially for me for a person who likes to have few plans, structure and doesn't like surprises. Having two kids is full of surprises.  Definitely work and motherhood can coexist.  And you can have it all and there are moments where everything under the plan.  If it feels like whoa, it's just too good to be true and know that soon something is going to go down or can go wrong.  And this could be like a easy thing that it's a flu season and then one of the kids can get sick or bring a virus and the little one just have a running nose but you get a forty degree fever and you can’t move.  You don't really have an influence on that.  I'm really happy and really thrilled that I have a partner,l friends and family who are really helpful.That can really rely on.  And so this is not only my duty and my skills to juggle with all. We share responsibilities really well with my parents and my partner of taking care of the kids and taking care of the house or helping each others and a daily basis. I think this is a huge blessing for me. I  know everyone don’t have this on a daily basis. I read some studies that forty three percent of highly qualified women decide to leave the carriers for having kids and I think that definitely does not an option for me I'm too active person, I always do a few things once. As being a full time my mom at home, It's not really my thing I would definitely get a bit frustrated I mean I need things which are more stimulating and more pushing up from behind and challenging a bit more.  As much as I love my kids and I love spending time with them. I need the kind of more intellectual stimulation, some kind of me time.  That's why I always try to stay updated with museum, theater, cinema. Try to read maybe now I have not so much time for reading but I switch to the audiobook and I’m listening at least in the way when I drop the kids to preschool, or driving to work or taking the bus or the train.   And so it's really really good time which you can use it for this kind of stuff.    I have to say that at first when I was signing up the contract and it was like literally six weeks before the due date I was really afraid of how it's going to end up because how the little one didn't show up today, I was a bit afraid if he has a colleague or maybe I have a post partum depression or maybe I would not feel well or you know there's a tones of thought running in your head especially when you are pregnant and you see everything pretty black. But in the end I was really happy at all clear it up well.    My son is an amazing baby, a really happy baby. I started to work in february mostly from home. Nowadays we are going more and more to the office and try to be at least once or twice a week in the office, having more personal meetings with my colleagues and discussing about product launch, the website and updates and things like that. I work a lot by night and this is again pretty good that I'm an evening person.  I am not a morning, I don’t like to wake up in the morning, so in the morning I just rather do things on autopilot and in the evening when the kids are sleeping in that house is basically under control and I have time to sit down and focus and continue with my task and fulfill my duties as an employee.  I definitely can say that especially nowadays with all the digital media and digital appliances which you can just take along with you and you can reply to email on the playgrounds when the dotter is playing and the son is sleeping in the pram.  You can keep an update with your website and keep in touch with your company and colleagues. It is definitely  possible to have it all. Having  family and having jobs at the same time. It's not easy and sometimes it's a bit messy, complicated and overwhelming but  in the end I think this is a life it's not really easy peasy.  There are times up and down, I have to say that overall I fing my life really satisfying even though it is challenging but as I said before, I like challenges I definitely enjoy it more when it's more. I prefer the challenges than have it a bit boring.   I think this is for all of the females who are thinking like well should I try it or should I not try. I would prefer to try something and say okay this is for me or this is not for me than just sitting and thinking about what would it be if So if you have a doubt about being a mother and having a career life, Give it a shot! It's always better to say and okay I tried it didn't work out than to be later on fifty or sixty and thinking it would have been so cool if I would have done it like that twenty years ago. I don't like speculation, I think that's kind of my research nature coming up in it. I prefer to have facts so. I tried it and I see if it works or not.  In many ways I think work is the center of our lives. Even though from my family is super hard for me. I wouldn't be able to provide for my family if I wouldn't have my work too because I need the balance between family time and work time which is a bit of my own time. Which is the time I can really plan and predict because when you're at home you cannot predict with two small kids which is really resourceful you cannot plan your day. I definitely learn a totally new set of skills even though I was good in time management and I was pretty flexible. I learned it in a new dimension because the life taught you a lot of things in a different time and maybe not times which you have definitely not plan it and it could be from illness to day off at school because they have some planning or schedule and so you have to deliver the unexpected. Juggling few balls at the same time it's pretty, it’s really challenging. The work life balance is hard I still managed to find some time for myself. When my daughter was two I started dancing again I like dancing this is my thing, that's relax me. I joined a group which is started class and we are dancing modern Jazz.  We were lucky because we not only compete on a national level, we got to the second place in Sweden we went for the international competition competed for Sweden and got a third place which felt really cool especially for me because I'm Polish and I was dancing in the Swedish national team and we get a third place  It felt pretty weird also showing that the workplace nowadays it's so open, it’s so multicultural people moving and changing, adjusting to different situations. I think we all should have our dreams and hopes in some way try to follow some plans but also take all the punches that comes on the way trying new possibility not to be close mine but pretty open to new options and suggestions. Because I think if I would just chose just a career or just the motherhood I will feel excluded from the outer part.  I can see that at least for now I can say for myself it's definitely possible and it was definitely possible for my mother, she kept her career and two kids in the home when I had really caring parents and the small of the cake at home and she managed to succeed in her career so I think that especially nowadays when the world get more open for that working mothers. That it's even easier and it's a pity not to try. I'm still having my own company and doing some small projects. On the side I’m working fifty percent for a biotech company and fifty percent on maternity leave As I said, don't give up! Try it!  And see if it's for you and if you don't like it, try something else and try from a different angle – try to find your balance and what suits you the most. Take your life in your hands and then don't give up if it doesn't work out. Just try something new. Moving to marketing after PhD in neuroscience wasn't maybe to most obvious choice I soon found it a great choice and great solution for me especially nowadays when I work as a product management and biotech company where I can combine my research knowledge, my scientific skills combined with the marketing skills and try to communicate the product to the scientist which are our first customers, I find it  really cool I find it is a good reason to wake up in the morning and continue it.   And that is it for another episode of PhD Career Stories. As always, we would love to hear from you. You can contact us by commenting on our blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. If you like what we do, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or Spotify. So that’s goodbye for now, but we will be back with a new story for you in two weeks time.”   Key words: motherhood, maternity, career balance, family life, private life, PhD, marketing, neuroscience, teaching, alumni.

“Children do make choices to misbehave,” states professor Essi Viding, “but the tools they bring to make the choices are different. Someone who has very stable developmental history is making a particular choice with a completely different toolkit than a child who has a unpredictable developmental history.”Viding is professor of Developmental Psychopathology at UCL and, together with professor Eamon McCrory, professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at UCL, she studies the impact of trauma on a child’s behaviour at the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit at UCL. Speaking on this week’s Podagogy podcast, they explain how trauma impacts development, how this affects behaviour and what teachers can  - and should - do about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Children do make choices to misbehave,” states professor Essi Viding, “but the tools they bring to make the choices are different. Someone who has very stable developmental history is making a particular choice with a completely different toolkit than a child who has a unpredictable developmental history.” Viding is https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/people/essi-viding (professor of Developmental Psychopathology at UCL) and, together with professor Eamon McCrory, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/professor-eamon-mccrory (professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at UCL), she studies the impact of trauma on a child's behaviour at the https://drru-research.org/ (Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit) at UCL. Speaking on this week's Tes Podagogy podcast, they explain how trauma impacts development, how this affects behaviour and what teachers can - and should - do about it.

The end of the year inventory often reveals a track record of failed diets, disorganization, and an ever-so thinning bank balance which is why a recent poll suggested that "lose weight," "get organized," and "spend less money" are the top 3 New Year's resolutions. To change your ways upon self-reflection you need strong Executive Function skills. It's the self-aware people who create attainable and reasonable New Year's resolutions, but better yet, it is the self-regulated people who see them through. Striving to better oneself means developing a better relationship with yourself and cultivating strong habits. Today, my guest, Phil Zelazo, Ph.D. discusses how parents and teachers can promote the development of strong Executive Function and how better regulated members of the classroom, household, or community foster better, more modulated responses – which is the true foundation of a harmonious society.About Philip Zelazo, Ph.D.Philip David Zelazo (PhD, Yale, 1993) is currently the Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.  He was previously on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neuroscience.  Professor Zelazo's research has helped shape current scientific understanding of executive function and its development, including the key roles of reflection, rule use, hierarchical complexity, mindfulness, and emotion (hot versus cool EF). This work has led to the design of widely used standardized measures of EF skills (e.g., the NIH Toolbox measures of EF) and to the creation of effective interventions for promoting the healthy development of EF in early childhood.  Professor Zelazo's research has been honored by numerous awards, including a Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), and a Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award. He is a Fellow of APA, the Association for Psychological Science (APS); Senior Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute; and Scientific Advisor for Vroom and Understood.org. He serves on numerous editorial boards (e.g., Development and Psychopathology), was lead editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness (2007) and was editor of the two-volume Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology (2013).Websiteshttp://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/people/faculty/Zelazo.htmlBooksBudwig, N., Turiel, E., & Zelazo, P. D. (2017). New perspectives on human development. New York: Cambridge University Press.Zelazo, P. D., & Sera, M. (2013). Developing cognitive control processes: Mechanisms, implications, interventions. New York: Wiley.Zelazo, P. D. (2013). The Oxford handbookSupport the show (https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up)

“In order to avoid buying those unnecessary items, don't go shopping at those stores.” Says a financial adviser Michael Markey. But anyone who is not a stranger to temptations knows that it takes a lot to resist the holiday shopping season, starting with Black Friday to Cyber Monday and until the day-before Christmas eve, the online as well as brick and mortar retailers craft seductive deals to trap every eager consumer and last-minute shopper. For every ad, e-blast, and coupon that goes out into the cyber space, the self-help realm bulges with tips and suggestions for us to curtail powerful craving, desires, and temptations. Today, my guest Phil Zelazo, Ph.D. discusses two distinct systems – a top down a reflexive versus a bottom up more of a deliberate that blocks the onslaught of internal chatter and external distractions.* This is Dr. Zelazo's first Podcast where he discusses brain's Executive system that is activated by engaging conscious awareness and deliberate intentionality.About Philip Zelazo, Ph.D.Philip David Zelazo (PhD, Yale, 1993) is currently the Nancy M. and John E. Lindahl Professor at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota.  He was previously on the faculty in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto, where he held the Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neuroscience.  Professor Zelazo's research has helped shape current scientific understanding of executive function and its development, including the key roles of reflection, rule use, hierarchical complexity, mindfulness, and emotion (hot versus cool EF). This work has led to the design of widely used standardized measures of EF skills (e.g., the NIH Toolbox measures of EF) and to the creation of effective interventions for promoting the healthy development of EF in early childhood.  Professor Zelazo's research has been honored by numerous awards, including a Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), and a Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award. He is a Fellow of APA, the Association for Psychological Science (APS); Senior Fellow of the Mind and Life Institute; and Scientific Advisor for Vroom and Understood.org. He serves on numerous editorial boards (e.g., Development and Psychopathology), was lead editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness (2007) and was editor of the two-volume Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology (2013).Websiteshttp://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/people/faculty/Zelazo.htmlBooksBudwig, N., Turiel, E., & Zelazo, P. D. (2017). New perspectives on human development. New York: Cambridge University Press.Zelazo, P. D., & Sera, M. (2013). Developing cognitive control processes: Mechanisms, implications, interventions. New York: Wiley.Zelazo, P. D. (2013). The Oxford handbookSupport the show (https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up)

Professor Peter Kind is Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at the Centre for Integrative Physiology, the University of Edinburgh. Normal brain development depends upon brain cells (neurones) talking to each other at specialised sites called synapses. Disorders that affect this communication process include Fragile X Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. This talk will reveal how the development of neuronal communication at synapses is altered in Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). We will also examine how basic research into the role of genetics has led to the development of new medicines for treating FXS and hopefully will result in treatment possibilities for some forms of autism. This lecture is part of the Medical Detectives, a series of public lectures that show how keen detective work is still essential for 21st century doctors: http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/events/medical-detectives/ Recorded on Thursday 20 October 2011 in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre at the University of Edinburgh.