Podcasts
Signals & Synapses - Episode 2
The Clocks Within Our Brains
How does the brain keep time? From anticipating a green light to following a song’s rhythm, our brains rely on internal clocks. In this episode, co-host Theresa Horn talks with neuroscientist Assaf Breska about how these timing mechanisms work, and why studying patients with cerebellar lesions is key to understanding them.
Signals & Synapses - Episode 1
Illuminating the Zebrafish Mind
The first episode of the new podcast „Signals & Synapses“ features Jennifer Li and Drew Robson, who use the unique model organism zebrafish to understand how cognition works.
Light o`Clock, Episode 2
In this episode, we look at how our eyes deal with visible light and enable us to see colours and details. Join your presenter Caro Guidolin as she sits down with vision researcher Dr Maydel Fernandez-Alonso from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics to unravel the mystery of our eyes!
Light o`Clock, Episode 1
Light exposure – why should we care?
In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
What can bioinformatics do to counteract species extinction?
German language podcast episode with Dr Hajk-Georg Drost
How good is the GPT3 language model, and what kind of mistakes does AI make?
German language podcast episode with Dr Marcel Binz
Why it’s important that chromosomes break
German language podcast episode with Dr John Weir
From prefabricated buildings to Christmas biscuits - how do we experience beauty?
German language podcast episode with Dr Aenne Brielmann
What has Obelix got to do with fish?
German language podcast episode with Marco Podobnik
The sex life of algae
German language podcast episode with Dr Daniel Liesner and Prof Dr Susana Coelho
How does light affect us?
English language podcast with Prof Dr Manuel Spitschan the influence of light on sleep, biorhythm, and wellbeing.