Dr. Samantha White details how her academic trajectory, though challenging on both technical and personal levels, has ultimately fostered her passion for neuroscience research and led her to pursue an academic career.

Felix Schneider discusses his open source tools and methods paper about neuron replating in an episode of the webinar series SfN Journals: In Conversation. Here is a teaser for the episode available to watch on-demand.

Dr. Naoki Shigematsu talks about how his research interests led him to Dr. Takaichi Fukuda’s lab where he investigated the under-explored anterolateral barrel subfield and discusses the findings of his paper.

Co-first authors Drs. Krishnakanth Kondabolu and Natalie Doig discuss how they overcame barriers from COVID lockdowns to collaborate, bridging together multiple techniques to map out and describe a precise connection between the subthalamic nucleus and the striatum.

While discussing their co-first author paper about the discrete influences of food restriction and reinforcement schedules on reward-related behaviors, Dr. Maxime Chevée and Ms. Courtney Kim highlight how their mentor-mentee relationship in Dr. Erin Calipari’s lab positively impacted their futures.

Karl Herrup and Christophe Bernard philosophically discuss fallacy traps in neuroscience, in an episode of the webinar series SfN Journals: In Conversation. Here is a teaser for the episode available to watch on-demand.

Dr. Mahima Sharma, currently advancing her research career at the Buck Institute, emphasizes how interdisciplinary collaboration is critical for extending benchwork science translatability as we discuss her recent first author eNeuro publication.

Dr. Hugo Calligaro, currently in the lab of Dr. Satchidananda Panda at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, tells us about his interest in circadian rhythms and discusses the unexpected findings from his recent first author publication.

Dr. Matthew Colonnese gives behind-the-scenes details about his eNeuro paper and cogitates on the implications of his surprising findings, in an episode of the webinar series SfN Journals: In Conversation. Here we provide a teaser for the episode available to watch on-demand.

Dr. Paul Baudin, currently completing his medical degree at the Sorbonne Paris Nord university, tells us how his Ph.D. broadened his conceptualization of neurological diseases and treatments, and emphasizes the importance of publishing negative data.