Eve Marder, neural circuits and being heard [SYNAPTIC PODCAST]

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Eve Marder is Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Biology at Brandeis University. In this episode of “Synaptic,” Marder talks about her mother’s life as an activist, and the benefits of studying the stomatogastric ganglion.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
3:45 Family history
11:15 Growing up in Irvington, New York
22:30 College at Brandeis University
36:10 Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego
44:00 Neurotransmitters and neuromodulation in stomatogastric ganglion
50:00 Return to Brandeis
53:40 Dynamic clamp and Larry Abbott
1:01:15 Working in a small circuit
1:02:45 “Thought” biography: Lessons from the Lobster
1:06:15 The fight to be heard
1:16:22 Outro
Theme music by Chris Collingwood: ‪@FountainsOfWayneVEVO‬
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