Is there a defining moment that set you on your current path? In this episode of Neuroscience Perspectives, we’re revisiting origin stories – what launched leading neuroscientists into a lifetime of learning and interest in the brain.

Host: John Foxe, PhD, director of the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience

Guests (in order of appearance):

Nathan A. Smith, PhD, associate dean for Equity & Inclusion for Research and Research Education and associate professor of Neuroscience at the University of Rochester School of Medicine School of Medicine and Dentistry, Full Episode: https://urmc.info/1G5

Fan Wang, PhD, professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute, MIT, Full Episode: https://urmc.info/1G7

Takao Hensch, PhD, professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School at Boston Children’s Hospital and of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard’s Center for Brain Science, Full Episode: https://urmc.info/1G4

Jessica Cardin, PhD, associate professor, and vice chair of the Neuroscience Department at Yale School of Medicine, Full Episode: https://urmc.info/1G6

Kia Nobre, PhD, director of the Center for Neurocognition and Behavior at the Wu Tsai Institute at Yale University, Full Episode: https://urmc.info/1G3