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Welcome to the Convergent Science Network Podcast!
During the BCBT Summerschools (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) hosting professors Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott interviewed several speakers after their lectures. Interviews are also conducted on other occasions with various scientist in converging fields.
About the hosts: Paul Verschure is ICREA Professor at SPECS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.
The Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN, www.csnetwork.eu) is a coordination action for the development of future real-world technologies. CSN is supported through the Future and Emerging Technology programs (FET) of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) work programme of Framework Programme 7 of the European Commission.
Audio (post-)production: Sytse Wierenga. Podcast site: Alberto Betella.
Thoughts, discussions, and achievements in neurobiology, biomimetic and biohybrid systems
We can learn a lot from brains and bodies when making machines and robots. But reversely, building complex machine systems can also give ideas about how brains and bodies have implemented their functioning over the evolution of ages. This podcast discusses various themes and aspects in-between robotics, neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, biology, and technology.
Interview with Stuart Wilson
11-09-2018
The self-organization of the neocortex following epigenetic principles. Stewart aims to understand the nature of this interaction between brain and behaviour by allowing models of map self-organisation to guide the movement of simulated animal bodies.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 46.37MB - Duration: 1:08:20 m (95 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview with Bjorn Merker
04-09-2018
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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 33.38MB - Duration: 1:08:23 m (68 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Stephen Nocter
05-04-2018
Stephen Nocter (UC Davis, California) on the evolution and regulation of neural precursor cells in the developing vertebrate brain. He discusses his work studying the pathways of developing neurons, moving between brain zones.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 124.89MB - Duration: 54:30 m (320 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Bryan Kolb
05-04-2018
Bryan Kolb (University of Lethbridge, Alberta) discusses his study of the influence of changes in stimulation, behaviour and brain circuits on gene expression in the developing brain.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 156.86MB - Duration: 1:08:28 m (320 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Marc Blumberg
05-04-2018
Marc Blumberg’s (University of Iowa) work focuses on sleep, more specific on the influence of the twitching of muscles on the sensorimotor system.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 169.33MB - Duration: 1:13:55 m (320 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Gregg Recanzone
05-04-2018
Gregg Recanzone (UC Davis, California) talks about his older work on plasticity in the adult brain. With Paul Verschure and Toby Prescott he discuss how neurons keep adapting to a type of input they are receiving.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 152.3MB - Duration: 1:06:28 m (320 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Barbara Finlay
05-04-2018
Barbara Finlay (Cornell University, New York) focuses on causal relations between brain structure and an animal’s evolutionarily differentiated behaviour. She discusses the ways brains do change, but in a quite constraint fashion.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 135.74MB - Duration: 1:14:03 m (256 kbps 44100 Hz)
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Interview Zoltán Monár
05-04-2018
Zoltán Monár (Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford) discusses his work on the development of the brain. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 85.64MB - Duration: 1:02:21 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Yaki Setty
05-04-2018
Yaki Setty (Computational Systems Biology, Max Planck Institute, Saarbrücken) discusses his work on the modeling of neurogenesis and related developmental processes. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 79.46MB - Duration: 57:52 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Jon Kaas (2014)
05-04-2018
Jon Kaas (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) discusses his view on the evolution of brains from early mammals to humans. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 89.5MB - Duration: 1:05:10 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)
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