Podcast appearances and mentions of may britt moser

When the phone rang 10 years ago while Norwegian neuroscientist May-Britt Moser was in a particularly engaging lab meeting, she almost didn't answer it.Good thing she did! It was Göran Hansson, secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, with the news: May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, along with their mentor and colleague John O'Keefe from the University College London, had just won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of two types of brain cells that work together to function like a GPS in the brain.That system allows animals -including us - to know where they are, and navigate to where they want to go. This was a groundbreaking discovery because it gave us critical insight into how an area of the brain, far from the normal sensory inputs of sight, sound and touch, constructs its own way of understanding space. And, because this same area of the brain, and our ability to navigate, are affected early on in Alzheimer's patients, it offers an inroad for clinicians studying the disease. In fact, the KG Jebsen Centre for Alzheimer's Disease, a part of the Mosers' Kavli Institute, is working to bring these fundamental insights about the brain to clinical practice. This episode is a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Nobel award. To make it, I cracked open a time capsule of sorts: When the Mosers first learned that they had won the scientific world's highest honour, I ran down to their lab and recorded everything! The files in this podcast are from that day and the heady days afterwards.My guests on today's episode are May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser.You can also find lots more material, including videos, more popular science articles and background information on this webpage. And don't forget to subscribe to 63 Degrees North to hear my second podcast, coming in early 2025, about the most recent findings from the Mosers' lab – and a look into the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Um auditório lotado para debater e inspirar novos cientistas em todo mundo. Assim foi o Diálogo Nobel Brasil 2024, evento organizado pela Academia Brasileira de Ciências em conjunto com o Nobel Prize Outreach, no dia 15 de abril. O Teatro Odylo Costa, filho, da Uerj, foi o palco que recebeu três ilustres convidados: Serge Haroche, vencedor do Nobel de Física, em 2012; May-Britt Moser, ganhadora do Nobel de Medicina, em 2014 e David MacMillan, eleito Nobel de Química, em 2021. O evento, em inglês, contou com tradução simultânea.

Claire Gibault a créé le Paris Mozart Orchestra il y a 11 ans. Avec ses musiciens et musiciennes engagés, elle embarque élèves et professeurs de collège pour créer des pièces musicales ambitieuses. Au fil de la création, les enfants découvrent les instruments, le pouvoir de la musique, le plaisir de créer ensemble et de jouer pour d'autres... Au collège Marais de Villiers de Montreuil, des élèves de cinquième ont ainsi pu participer à la pièce Un jardin en mouvement, composée par Alexandra Grimal. C'est une façon de "planter une graine" pour l'avenir, explique Jairo Coronado Vargas, leur professeur de musique. Et d'amener les jeunes scolarisés dans des établissements classés Réseaux d'éducation prioritaire à côtoyer le monde de la culture et de la musique. Merci à aux élèves de la cinquième May-Britt Moser, du nom de la neuroscientifique norvégienne, du collège Marais de Villiers de Montreuil. Pour en savoir plus sur Paris Mozart Orchestra : https://parismozartorchestra.com/ Cet épisode est écrit par Léa Minod et réalisé par Guillaume Girault. Production exécutive : Isabelle Duriez. Il a été diffusé la première fois le 09/06/2022 Les voix de l'art citoyen est un podcast de la Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso, produit par wave.audio.

As a girl growing up on a remote island farm in western Norway, May-Britt Moser looked at the people and animals around her and wondered what was happening inside them, or in her words, “how the brain is generating behavior, memory, our cognition, our emotions”. Over four decades as a psychologist and neurologist, Dr. Moser has met with astonishing success in answering these questions, leading her team to remarkable discoveries of the neural mechanisms by which we mark time, form memories, and find our way around. In 2014 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the network of so-called grid cells that encode spatial information and enable navigation in humans and other mammals. We talked with Dr. Moser about her research and career; her reflections on science, tenacity, and gender; her analysis of how good science gets done; and (of course) the day she won the Nobel.

Want to get inspired? Get your faith back in humanity? In podcast number 10 you can hear short sketches of 10 Norwegians whose stories I find inspiring. They are a real mixed bunch – but are all trailblazers! There's courage, vision and optimism on show here. The five women are Eva Joly (fighter against corruption), Harriet Backer (painter), Katti Anker Møller (activist for women's rights), Anne-Sofie Østvedt (Resistance leader during the Second World War) and May-Britt Moser (neuroscientist, winner of Nobel Prize). And the five men are Isak Saba (Sámi activist), Jan Egeland (humanitarian official), Vilhelm Bjerknes (weather scientist), Jan Garbarek (musician) and Edvard Moser (neuroscientist, Nobel Prize winner). You can see portraits of each of them on my website (see below).CONTACTTwitter: (a)northbynorwayEmail: northbynorway(a)gmail(.)comEPISODE PHOTOKatti Anker Møller was an indomitable campaigner for women's rights in the early 1900s Photographer: Siri Iversen. Free licence.THANKSto actor Solveig M. Boyle for her vocal contributionsMORE INFOandrewjboyle(.)com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comment amener les jeunes scolarisés dans des établissements Réseaux d'éducation prioritaire à côtoyer le monde de la culture et de la création ? Depuis 11 ans, le Paris Mozart orchestra, créé par la cheffe d'orchestre Claire Gibault, vient à eux à travers le programme Orchestre au bahut. Après plusieurs ateliers au cours de l'année scolaire, la présence de l'orchestre au sein du collège signe l'aboutissement d'un long processus, où l'exigence, la curiosité et la joie des enfants sont autant de terreaux fertiles à la création. Rencontre, au collège Marais de Villiers de Montreuil, avec Claire Gibault, cheffe d'orchestre, fondatrice du Paris Mozart Orchestra et du concours international de cheffes d'orchestre La Maestra, en présence d'Alexandra Grimal, musicienne et compositrice du mélologue Un jardin en mouvement inspiré du livre éponyme de Gilles Clément, de Jairo Coronado Vargas, professeur de musique, du contrebassiste Stanislas Kuchinski, sans oublier les élèves de la classe de cinquième May-Britt Moser, du nom de la neuroscientifique norvégienne. Cet épisode est écrit et présenté par Léa Minod et réalisé par Guillaume Girault. Un podcast de la Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso, produit par wave.audio. Production exécutive : Isabelle Duriez.

Han er en av de meste sentrale hjerneforskerne i verden. I 2014 ble han sammen med May-Britt Moser første nordmann som har vunnet nobelprisen i medisin. Hør episoden i appen NRK Radio

Diesmal wird es persönlich! Tierversuche gab es schon viele, mit den verschiedensten Tierarten. Aber welche sind in die Annalen der Wissenschaft eingegangen und welche haben auch darüber hinaus Geschichte geschrieben? Roman und Johannes haben jeder ihre Top 3 zusammengestellt, kommen dabei gehörig ins Plaudern und hätten wohl noch viel mehr zu sagen gehabt. Deshalb der häufige Verweis auf diese Links hier in den show notes:- 3D-Laborrundgang durch das „Moser Lab“: http://www.lindau-repository.org/nobellabs360/th_maybrittedvardmoser/- Video-Interview mit Nobelpreisträgerin May-Britt Moser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc4f8cJHYfo- Die lange Forschungsgeschichte hinter der mRNA-Impfung: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02483-w- Video „How the Giant Squid Axon Changed Neuroscience“ inkl. Originalaufnahmen der Experimente aus den Laboren von Hodgkin und Huxley!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxbffhJWd7MWissenschaftlicher Faktencheck und alles Wichtige über Nacktmulle - „The naked truth“: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12791- Das Denkmal für Labormäuse in Russland: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denkmal_f%C3%BCr_Laborm%C3%A4useFragen, Anregungen und Feedback wie immer über https://www.tierversuche-verstehen.de

Før fant de enkeltceller. Nå kan det hentes data fra tusen nerveceller. Nobelprisvinnerne Edvard og May-Britt Moser fant stedsansen. Nå har de utviklet to nye superverktøy, og leter etter algoritmene i hjernen. Det er rett og slett en liten revolusjon.Hva kan vi få når revolusjonerende hjerneforskning møter kunstig intelligens?Møt Edvard Moser som er professor i nevrovitenskap. I denne episoden forteller han hvordan teamet leter etter forklaringen på hvordan kommunikasjonen i nervecellene i hjernen gjør at vi for eksempel husker bursdagen til barndomsvennen vår. Med seg har han Keith Downing som er professor i datateknologi, og ekspert på kunstig intelligens. Han vil veldig gjerne bruke algoritmene fra menneskehjernen til å lage datamaskiner som forstår mennesket bedre. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've got a new look, a new county (Becky), some new meds (Sarah) and a new series especially for you! Once again the topic of the day is enthusiasm, but happily for us that covers all manner of brilliant, intriguing, and often slightly odd sins. As our first episode back falls in Mental Health Awareness week, we're delighted that our first guest is neuroscientist and science writer (and host of the British Psychological Society’s Psych Crunch podcast) Ginny Smith, answering all of our many childish questions and telling us exactly how she became such an enthusiast. We're also filling you in on the books we've been loving (forthcoming guest Isobel Wohl's phenomenal debut Cold New Climate, John Boyne's The Heart's Invisible Furies and Grace Campbell's Shame), our new favourite show, Rose Matafeo's Starstruck, and of course THAT Billie Eilish Vogue cover. How could we not? As always subscribing and telling your friends about us is a HUGE help, and we always love to hear from you too. Come say hey at the following:Instagram: @calmdowndearpodcastTwitter: @calmdowndearpodWebsite: https://www.calmdowndearpodcast.comEmail: calmdowndearpodcast@gmail.comShownotes:Billie Eilish - Vogue - https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/billie-eilish-vogue-interview Amazing Disgrace - https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781529354003 Starstruck - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09djx9y/starstruck-series-1-episode-1 The Heart’s Invisible Furies - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33253215-the-heart-s-invisible-furies Cold New Climate - https://londonreviewbookbox.co.uk/products/cold-new-climate-by-isobel-wohl Ginny Smith - Overloaded - https://www.ginnysmithscience.com/overloaded May Britt Moser’s dress - https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/neurons-inspire-nobel-laureate-may-britt-mosers-dress-n265866 Green Day - Longview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42BBdzzgPNM Aphantasia: A life without mental images - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34039054 Brain Rays - Zesty Enterprises - https://brainrays.uk/ Windows on the world: pandemic poems by Simon Armitage, Hollie McNish, Kae Tempest and more - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/08/windows-on-the-world-pandemic-poems-by-simon-armitage-hollie-mcnish-kae-tempest-and-more Barry Jenkins: ‘Maybe America has never been great’ - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/09/barry-jenkins-the-underground-railroad-interview-moonlight Little Simz and Cleo Sol - Woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHGf6tmnLYE The Handmaid’s Tale - Season 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_160Be71g Crosta and Mollica - https://www.crostamollica.com/pizza/ Cheers loves! Sarah and Becky x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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»Razmišljanje, refleksija, čudenje in radovednost so še vedno izjemno pomembni« pravi prof. dr. Edvard Moser, ki je leta 2014 skupaj z May Britt Moser in Johnom O'Keefom prejel Nobelovo nagrado za področje medicine in fiziologije. Prejeli so jo za odkritje nečesa, čemur bi lahko zelo poenostavljeno rekli »naš notranji GPS«. Gre za celice, ki so povezane z našim prostorskim zaznavanjem, orientacijo in navigacijo. Kaj vse se je zgodilo na področju v zadnjih petih letih? Kaj imajo mrežne celice s spanjem in kaj je to 'kognitivno zdravje'? O vsem tem je prof. dr. Edvard Moser spregovoril posebej za oddajo Možgani na dlani. Prisluhnili mu boste lahko v četrtek ob 7.35 na Prvem.

Jak mózg tworzy mapy przestrzeni - jak się nie zgubić? O prelegencie: dr Rafał Czajkowski – pracownik Pracowni Modeli Zwierzęcych w Centrum Neurobiologii w Instytucie Biologii Doświadczalnej im. M. Nenckiego PAN w Warszawie. Przez trzy lata pracował w Center for Neural Computation na Uniwersytecie Nauki i Technologii w Trondheim założonym przez May-Britt Moser i Edvarda I. Mosera – laureatów zeszłorocznej Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie medycyny i fizjologii. Zajmuje się głównie mechanizmami pamięci przestrzennej, w szczególności współdziałaniem hipokampa i obszarów korowych w jej formowaniu.

May-Britt Moser si è aggiudicata il premio Nobel per la medicina e la fisiologia nel 2014

Edvard Moser is one of the most respected scientists in the world today. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2014 for his amazing work discovering an internal GPS in the brain. He was born in Norway and is a psychologist and neuroscientist. This is a very short episode, and when doctor Moser granted me the opportunity to interview him I didn’t want to focus on his work since it has been extensively covered by the media already, but rather I wanted to learn about his character, his philosophy. The human side of a legend. Aside from clearly being super smart, he is a very kind person and he was very happy to share his advice and perspectives. I ask him what message would he give to underprivileged students in Latin America, and his answer is certainly inspiring. We go over the most important skill he thinks someone needs to become successful. I also asked him whether having won the most coveted medicine prize in the planet makes him a happier person today. Since we won’t be covering his work on the interview, I will share a very brief description of his discovery. For that I’m going to quote the Nobel Prize official page description. “The awareness of one's location and how to find the way to other places is crucial for both humans and animals. In 2005 May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser discovered a type of cell that is important for determining position close to the hippocampus, an area located in the center of the brain. They found that when a rat passed certain points arranged in a hexagonal grid in space, nerve cells that form a kind of coordinate system for navigation were activated. They then went on to demonstrate how these different cell types cooperate.” He shared the Nobel prize with his mentor John O’Keefe and his then wife Mary Britt Moser. This interview was possible thanks to Andrés Roemer, co founder of La Ciudad de las Ideas. And now, enjoy this conversation. Feel free to contact us at contacto@clubdosporciento.com

In our second episode we discuss imposter syndrome, read about May-Britt Moser and her amazing work, and discuss neuroscience and learn about BrainReach and Think-A-Lot-Tots with our co-host Nicole! Follow us on social media! Twitter: twitter.com/SuperwomenSci Facebook: www.facebook.com/SuperwomenSci/ Website: superwomeninscience.wordpress.com/ We will be posting a new episode every other Wednesday for #WomenInSciWed Thanks for sticking around! Shownotes: New York Times article about Dr. Brenda Milner: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/science/brenda-milner-brain-cognitive-neuroscience.html Brian Reach North: http://www.brainreachnorth.ca/welcome-to-brainreach-north.html TD the Science Mom* we realized after that she does so many amazing things! Twitter: https://twitter.com/TDthesciencemom Website: http://www.tdthesciencemom.com/ Women in Science - Rachel Ignotofsky https://www.rachelignotofskydesign.com/women-in-science/

Hon är hjärnforskaren som talar varmt om behovet av forskningskommunikation. Lyssna på Nobelpristagaren May-Britt Moser som vill kombinera vetenskap med film och klassisk musik för att nå ut med forskningen till fler. Curie bevakar forskningsfrågorna du behöver ha koll på. Curie ger dig chansen att debattera forskningens villkor. Curie är en nättidning som ges ut av Vetenskapsrådet. http://www.tidningencurie.se

Para la emisión de esta noche volvemos a contar con uno de los más populares presentadores de vídeoprogramas online españoles. Y es que J.L. Camacho, de Mundo Desconocido, ha escrito su primera novela. “Proyecto Mesías”, un relato ágil, atractivo, trepidante y sumamente intrigante que el autor resume así: “Dos hermandades, defensoras, respectivamente, del bien y del mal, mantienen un enfrentamiento secular”. Una historia de ficción que contiene, según asegura J.L., más pinceladas de realidad de las que creemos. Solo “aquel que entienda sabrá seleccionar cual es la realidad y cual la ficción”, nos advierte. J.L. nos hace un repaso de alguna de las claves que el lector podrá encontrar en “Proyecto Mesías”. La semana pasada les ofrecimos la primera parte de una entrevista grabada en la Asociación Cultural Voces del Valle, amablemente concedida por Luján Gonzáles Izquierdo, presidente de la misma y conocedor de un sinfín de leyendas y misterios de Tagana. En esta ocasión podrán escuchar la continuación de tan interesante charla. La tercera edición del evento científico Starmus que se celebra en Tenerife y La Palma toca a su fin y todo un plantel de científicos de alto nivel se han dado cita en él una vez más. Entre sus exponentes más conocidos podemos mencionar a Stephen Hawking, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richar Dawkins, Brian Greene o el músico y astrofísico Brian May. Eminencias científicas como la astrofísica Jill Tarter, Elizabeth Blackburn, Premio Nobel en bioquímica o May-Britt Moser, Premio Nobel en neurociencia. Astronautas y Cosmonautas como Alexei Leonov, Chris Hadfield, Russell Schweickart, Garrett Reisman, Sergey Volkov o Claude Nicollier. Un total de 39 ponencias que ponen a Canarias en el punto de mira como un referente en la divulgación científica. Guillermo Sureda, amigo de nuestro equipo, acudió a esta cita ineludible y ha compartido con nosotros sus impresiones y algunas anécdotas.

HJÄRNFORSKARE, PSYKOLOG, NOBELPRISTAGARE. Då jag växte upp på en liten ö på norska västkusten, hade jag inte i mina vildaste drömmar kunnat tänka mig att jag skulle få Nobelpriset. Här gäller det att spetsa öronen. Dels för att det stundtals krävs koncentration för att ta in nyanserna av norskan, dels för att man förstås kan lära sig ett och annat av en Nobelpristagare. Om hjärnan, Pink Floydiana och om att uppskatta samisk kultur och musik! Moser växte upp på lilla Harøja, i det norska bibelbältet, där kyrkobesöken var legio. I skolan kunde den som var överbegåvad bara hoppas på en lite svårare mattebok när man var klar med den lättare. Hemma fanns som tur var ett helt hav av böcker och Edvard Moser slukade allt han kom över av populärvetenskap: geologi, vulkanologi, metrologi, zoologi, paleontologi…. Först på gymnasiet fick han en lärare som såg hans begåvning och kunde utmana honom. En av dem förutspådde det kommande Nobelpriset. Den stränga kristna miljön påverkade också. Hos honom väckte tron tvivel och att fundera över det oförklarliga och oväntade är väl det som krävs av en forskare, menar Moser. Om Edvard Moser Hjärnforskare, psykolog, nobelpristagare, 53 år. Född i Ålesund, bosatt i Trondheim, Norge. Nobelpristagare i medicin 2014, ett pris han delade med hustrun May-Britt Moser och den amerikansk-brittiska forskaren John O’Keefe. De belönades för sin upptäckt om var i hjärnan människans inre GPS är lokaliserad och hur den fungerar. Blev besatt av att förstå hur hjärnan fungerar i samband med psykologistudier. Verksam vid Norges tekniska- och naturvetenskapliga universitet, NTNU, i Trondheim. Är också chef för Kavli Institute for System Neuroscience. Tilldelades 2013 Horwitzpriset från Columbia-universitet i New York. Edvard Mosers föräldrar kom till Norge från Tyskland på 1950-talet. Producent: Anne-Sophie Stang

Startpunkten för Nobelpristagaren May-Britt Mosers forskarkarriär kan ha varit barndomens möte mellan en liten flicka och en... snigel! Nu ägnar hon sig åt att locka råttor med choklad för att se hur deras hjärnceller beter sig. Som liten flicka låg May-Britt Moser på marken och tänkte "wow" när hon såg en snigel äta ett blad. Vad var det som som fick snigeln att äta just det bladet och inte ett annat, undrade hon. Hon är född med förstoringsglas sade en släkting om den unga May-Britt Moser, i stället för med skidor som andra norrmän. Men May-Britt växte upp på en liten ö vid kusten där det inte var så mycket skidåkning. På en annan ö i närheten bodde Edvard Moser och honom lärde hon känna på gymnasiet. Han var skolans duktigaste elev, säger hon. Några år senare blev de tillsammans. Hon beskriver det som en gåva att få samarbeta med en så ambitiös person som Edvard Moser.  Men vad gör henne själv till en sådan framgångsrik forskare?  Ja, framför allt kärleken till ämnet säger hon. Och kärleken till människor och djur, plus en önskan att skapa ett framstående forskningscenter. När samtalet från svenska Nobelkommittén kom i oktober trodde hon att det gick ut på att hon skulle kommentera att någon annan fått priset. Hon var med andra ord långtifrån beredd på att få Nobelpriset i år. Förmodligen har världen aldrig sett en lyckligare pristagare där hon stod och hoppade, skrek och dansade efter beskedet inför filmkamerorna. Och där på skrivbordet i hennes arbetsrum i Trondheim står nu några fina presentpåsar som hon fick efter att priset tillkännagavs... Vad finns i dem? - Vin, champagne, världens bästa choklad från Trondheim... Reporter: Björn Gunér

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was awarded with one half to John O'Keefe and the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 was awarded jointly to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy".A team of scientists took soil samples at 596 sites across New York's Central Park. They analysed the soil samples an discovered 167,000 different kinds of microbes, the vast majority of which were unknown to science.The characteristics of a previous mate can affect the attributes of a fruit fly's offspring. Even if the previous mate is not the genetic father of the offspring.Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina are developing artificial penises developed from a patient's own cells. The team is hoping to receive approval from the US FDA to begin human testing the lab-grown penises within five years.

Nobel Prizes 2014 The annual Nobel Prizes for Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry were announced this week. The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to UK-based researcher Prof John O'Keefe as well as May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser who discovered the brain's "GPS system". They discovered how the brain knows where we are and is able to navigate from one place to another. Their findings may help to explain why Alzheimer's disease patients cannot recognise their surroundings. The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura in Japan and the US, for the invention of blue light emitting diodes (LEDs). This enabled a new generation of bright, energy-efficient white lamps, as well as colour LED screens. The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner for improving the resolution of optical microscopes. This type of microscope had previously been held back by the presumed limitation that obtaining a better resolution than half the wavelength of light would be impossible. But the laureates used fluorescence to extend the limits of the light microscope, allowing scientists to see things at much higher levels of resolution. GAUGE The UK has a database for the amount of greenhouse gases we emit each year - usually measured in Gigatonnes of carbon. It's compiled by adding up emissions from various individual sources - be it a coal-fired power station or a wetland bog. This amount is used worldwide, but it is an estimate. A project called Greenhouse gas UK and Global Emissions, or GAUGE, is - for the first time - verifying these estimates by measuring what's in the atmosphere on a much larger scale. Genetics and Diabetes Type 2 diabetes is globally the fastest growing chronic disease. The World Health Organisation estimates more than 300 million people are currently afflicted, rising to more than half a billion by 2030. It might seem on the surface to be a disease with a simple cause - eat too much & exercise too little - and the basic foundation is a relative lack of the hormone insulin. But as with most illnesses, it's much more complicated, not least because a large number of disease processes are happening all at once. In 2010, a particular gene variant was associated with around 40% of Type 2 diabetics - not directly causal, but this so-called 'risk variant' increases the chance of developing the condition if you have the wrong lifestyle. Research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine this week identifies a drug called yohimbine as a potential treatment to help Type 2 diabetics, one that targets this specific genetic make-up. UK Fungus Day October 12th is UK Fungus Day, a chance for us to celebrate these cryptic, often microscopic, but essential organisms. Usually hidden away inside plants or in soil (or if you're unlucky, in between your toes), fungi have largely been growing below scientists' radars for centuries. Mycologists still don't know anything close to the true number of fungi that exist on the planet. About a hundred thousand have been formally identified, but it's estimated that anywhere from half a million to ten million species may exist. This dwarfs, by several orders of magnitude, how many mammals there are on Earth. And, increasingly, we're realising quite how crucial fungi are to the functioning of our ecosystems. Head of Mycology at The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Bryn Dentinger, explains how valuable fungi really are. Producer: Fiona Roberts Assistant Producer: Jen Whyntie.

Edvard og May-Britt Moser har fått Nobelprisen i medisin. Det var ikke tilfeldig, for ikke bare er Moser-ekteparet glimrende forskere, men HJERNEFORSKNING i seg selv er den hellige gralen innen forskning for tida. Å forstå hjernen kan bli den neste vitenskapelige revolusjon. May Britt Moser forteller om forskningen de har drevet med.

John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser share the prize for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Steve Mirsky reports  

John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser share the prize for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Steve Mirsky reports  

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain—an inner GPS. The winning work is explained by Karolinska Institute faculty and Nobel Committee members Göran Hansson, Ole Kiehn, Hans Forssberg and Juleen Zierath