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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 Narender Ramnani
05-04-2018
Narender Ramnani (University of London) studies the cerebellum, and discusses here his view of the functional interactions between that brain area and the neocortical areas of the brain.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 160.61MB - Duration: 1:10:06 m (320 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 John Lisman
05-04-2018
John Lisman (Brandeis University, Massachusetts) discusses his work on the brain’s navigation coding, arguing how sets of faster oscillations nested in slower cycles may constitute a general communication principle in the brain.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 117.1MB - Duration: 1:03:52 m (256 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 Benny Hochner
05-04-2018
Benny Hochner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) discusses his work on octopi and the way motor control is uniquely organised in their flexible bodies.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 161.05MB - Duration: 1:10:18 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 Henry Kennedy
05-04-2018
Henry Kennedy (Stem-Cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon) discusses his work on the anatomical structure of the primate cortex. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 70.36MB - Duration: 51:14 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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Interview Gary Marcus
05-04-2018
Gary Marcus (NYU Center for Language and Music, New York) discusses his criticism of the current views of cortical organization and his proposal on an alternative perspective. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.
Filetype: MP3 - Size: 86.4MB - Duration: 1:02:55 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)
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