Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Series associated with Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
A Good Science Read
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast
Public Lecture Podcasts from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Why Sex Matters | Professor Russell Foster and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley and Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson. | Russell Foster, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 24 | A Good Science Read: A Walk on the Wild Side | Professor Richard Fortey joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake and Wilding by Isabella Tree. | Richard Fortey, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 23 | A Good Science Read: On the Origin of Modern Humans | Professor Chris Miller and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Who We Are and How We Got Here' by the Harvard geneticist David Reich. | Chris Miller, Frances Ashcroft | 15 Oct 2024 | |
| 22 | A Good Science Read: How everything works | Dr Roger Highfield joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Pain: A Ladybird Expert book by Irene Tracey and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. | Frances Ashcroft, Roger Highfield | 14 May 2024 | |
| 21 | A Good Science Read: How humans changed the landscape and ourselves | Professor Peter Burge joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens and The Species that Changed Itself or How prosperity reshaped humanity by Edwin Gale. | Frances Ashcroft, Peter Burge | 30 Apr 2024 | |
| 20 | A Good Science Read: Evolution - from Fossils to Finches | Professor Paul Smith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould and The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner. | Frances Ashcroft, Paul Smith | 16 Apr 2024 | |
| 19 | A Good Science Read: The Secret Life of the Cuckoo | Professor Richard Boyd joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Cuckoo - Cheating by Nature by Nick Davies. | Frances Ashcroft, Richard Boyd | 01 Apr 2024 | |
| 18 | Motor neurone disease and iPSCs - Dr. Björn Vahsen | In this episode, Katy interviews Björn Vahsen to discuss his ongoing research on Motor neurone disease using iPSCs to co-culture microglia and motor neurons. | Katherine Willard, Björn Vahsen, Neddy Kareha | 20 Mar 2024 | |
| 17 | A Good Science Read: The importance of Mathematics and Engineering | Professor Marcus du Sautoy joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss A Mathematician’s Apology by GH Hardy and Exactly: How Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester. | Frances Ashcroft, Marcus du Sautoy | 18 Mar 2024 | |
| 16 | A Good Science Read: The Story of Penicillin | Professor Matthew Freeman and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss "The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat" by Eric Lax | Frances Ashcroft, Matthew Freeman | 04 Mar 2024 | |
| 15 | A Good Science Read | Professor Frances Ashcroft gives a short introduction to this exciting new series | Frances Ashcroft | 27 Feb 2024 | |
| 14 | Creative Commons | Sleep and Scents - Dr. Julia Harris | In this episode, we interview Dr. Julia Harris to discuss her ongoing research on sleep utilising the olfactory system. | Julia Harris, Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard | 29 Jan 2024 |
| 13 | Recovering Movement - Charlotte Stagg | In this episode with Professor Charlotte Stagg, we talk about non-invasive brain stimulation techniques used to understand how the brain adapts to new challenges in the recovery of motor function after stroke. | Neddy Kareha, Charlotte Stagg, Ritika Mukherji, Katherine Willard | 22 Nov 2023 | |
| 12 | Snoozing Fruitflies | In this episode with Dr Sarnataro, we explore techniques used during his recent PhD to investigate the mitochondrial dynamics in neurons of sleeping fruitflies. Raffaele also offers advice on how to make the most of an Oxford PhD position. | Ritika Mukherji, Raffaele Sarnataro, Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard | 06 Oct 2023 | |
| 11 | The Moving Brain with Dr. Andrew Peters | We met with Dr Andrew Peters (a new PI) to discuss his career in neuroscience so far studying movement in the brain. By combining multiple modern techniques, Andy interrogates global circuits during motor learning and behaviour. | Katherine Willard, Neddy Kareha, Ritika Mukherji | 01 Aug 2023 | |
| 10 | Season 2 Trailer | The trailer for the second season of CortexCast. | Neddy Kareha, Katherine Willard, Ritika Mukherji | 01 Aug 2023 | |
| 9 | It's All Optical - Adam Packer | We discuss all-optical interrogation techniques and the mysterious claustrum. | Adam Packer, Paula Kaanders, Lukas Krone, Alex von Klemperer | 29 Aug 2020 | |
| 8 | Creative Commons | Facing Depression - Catherine Harmer | We discuss the brain mechanisms behind depression. | Catherine Harmer, Paula Kaanders, Lukas Krone, Alex von Klemperer | 28 May 2020 |
| 7 | This Might Hurt - Irene Tracey | We discuss the Neuroscience of Pain perception | Irene Tracey, Paula Kaanders, Lukas Krone, Alex von Klemperer | 02 Jan 2020 | |
| 6 | A hundred years on: 21st Century Insights into Human Oxygen Homeostasis | Professor Sir Peter J Ratcliffe FRS delivers the Inaugural J.S. Haldane Prize Lecture. | Peter Ratcliffe | 26 Nov 2019 | |
| 5 | Calcium is at the Coeur of Normal Heart Function and Disease | Donald M. Bers delivers the Newton Abraham Professor Lecture, 2019. The lecture discusses the mechanisms by which calcium orchestrates cardiac function in health and is also involved in heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias. | Donald M. Bers | 08 Oct 2019 | |
| 4 | At The Interface : Richard Mooney | We discuss Auditory Neuroscience in particular during vocal learning | Alexander von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Richard Mooney | 23 Jul 2019 | |
| 3 | At First Sight - Holly Bridge | We discuss how the Brain processes vision. | Alex von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Paula Kaanders, Holly Bridge | 08 Jun 2019 | |
| 2 | Sleeping with One Eye Open - Vladyslav Vyazovskiy | We discuss the Science of Sleep | Alex von Klemperer, Samuel Picard, Paula Kaanders, Vladyslav Vyasovskiy | 08 Jun 2019 | |
| 1 | Intro : Cortex Just Keeps the Rest of the Brain Warm | We talk through what listeners can expect from future episodes of CortexCast. | Alex von Klemperer, Paula Kaanders, Samuel Picard | 31 May 2019 |