Conversation Originals

I am a Mobile Element: A Conversation with Emmanuelle Charpentier

Alexis Gambis

<p>2020 Nobel Prize laureate Emmnauelle Charpentier discusses her hybrid identity, nomadic life&nbsp;and career, jumping off CRISPR-Cas9 to discuss broader elements around mobile elements and migration around the science.&nbsp;</p> <p>Directed by Alexis Gambis /&nbsp;Cinematography by Yosuke Eddie Hosoi&nbsp;/&nbsp;Editing &amp; Animation by Gergo Vargo /&nbsp;Music by Garreth Chan</p> <p>LABOCINE ORIGINAL</p>

My Mind's Eye: The Mind Body Problem with Ned Block

Alexis Gambis

<p>My Mind&#39;s Eye: A Series of Video Interviews. Episode 1 - The Mind-Body Problem: An interview with Ned Block, Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science at NYU <a href="http://nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/</a></p>

My Mind's Eye : How Free Is Your Will? An interview with Michael Gazzaniga

Alexis Gambis

<p>Philosophers have debated for years whether we deliberately make each of the many decisions we make every day, or if our brain does it for us, on autopilot.</p> <p>My Mind&#39;s Eye: A Series of Video Interviews on Mind and Brain.<br /> Episode 2 - How Free Is Your Will? An interview with Michael Gazzaniga<br /> Professor of Psychology and the Director for the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California Santa Barbara<br /> psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/gazzaniga</p>

My Mind's Eye - Roots: An Interview with Cori Bargmann

Alexis Gambis

<p>In this fourth episode of&nbsp;<em>My Mind&rsquo;s Eye, </em>we talk with&nbsp;Cori Bargmann, Torsten Wiesel Professor and Howard Hughes Investigator at the Rockefeller University, about the roots of behavior.</p> <p>Wouldn&#39;t it be great to be able to learn about brain and mind from leaders in the field, and be entertained at the same time? Welcome to My Mind&#39;s Eye, a series of interviews about topics such as the mind-body problem, free will, memory, emotion, and on and on, each themed with a song from the rock band, The Amygdaloids. My Mind&#39;s Eye is hosted by NYU neuroscientist, Joseph LeDoux, and directed by Alexis Gambis.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> <strong>LABOCINE ORIGINAL 2017</strong></p> <p>Host: Joseph LeDoux</p> <p>Director: Alexis Gambis</p> <p>Editor: Leo Ghysels</p> <p>Cinematography: Steve Gong</p>

My Mind's Eye - Mapping the Mind: An Interview with Eric Kandel

Alexis Gambis

<p>Each of us has a unique experience on this earth. A major reason for that is the buildup of our memories over time, which forms the ongoing narrative that we know as our life.</p>

My Mind's Eye - Hippocampus Rhythms: An Interview with György Buzsáki

Alexis Gambis

<p>In this episode, we head to&nbsp;NYU Langone Institute of Neuroscienceto to speak to neuroscientist&nbsp;&nbsp;Gy&ouml;rgy Buzs&aacute;ki.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our topics will include hippocampus, rhythms, archery, prediction of the future,&nbsp;sleep and dreams.</p> <p>My Mind&#39;s Eye is&nbsp;a series of interviews about topics such as the mind-body problem, free will, memory, emotion, and on and on, each themed with a song from the rock band, The Amygdaloids. My Mind&#39;s Eye is hosted by NYU neuroscientist, Joseph LeDoux, and directed by Alexis Gambis.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

My Mind's Eye - Controlling Our Fears: An Interview with Elizabeth Phelps

Alexis Gambis

<p>Wouldn&#39;t it be great to be able to learn about brain and mind from leaders in the field, and be entertained at the same time? Welcome to My Mind&#39;s Eye, a series of interviews about topics such as the mind-body problem, free will, memory, emotion, and on and on, each themed with a song from the rock band, The Amygdaloids. My Mind&#39;s Eye is hosted by NYU neuroscientist, Joseph LeDoux, and directed by Alexis Gambis.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> In this fourth episode, we all with Elizabeth Phelps, cognitive neuroscientist known for her research at the intersection of memory, learning, and emotion.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>LABOCINE ORIGINAL 2017</strong></p> <p>Host: Joseph LeDoux</p> <p>Director: Alexis Gambis</p> <p>Editor: Leo Ghysels</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

A Conversation with Jane Goodall

Alexis Gambis

<p>Jane Goodall on her&nbsp;life, mission, and the stories of a young Jane on a NatGeo&nbsp;field/film mission in Africa to study primates with cameraman Hugo van Lawick.&nbsp;</p> <p>Equipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, and her fascination with wildlife, Jane Goodall braved a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind&rsquo;s closest living relatives. Through nearly 60 years of groundbreaking work, Dr. Jane Goodall has not only shown us the urgent need to protect chimpanzees from extinction; she has also redefined species conservation to include the needs of local people and the environment. Today she travels the world, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees and environmental crises, urging each of us to take action on behalf of all living things and planet we share.</p>

A Conversation with Diana Reiss

Alexis Gambis

<p>Diana Reiss is a professor of psychology at Hunter College and in the graduate program of Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology at the City University of New York. Reiss&#39;s research has focused on understanding cognition and communication in dolphins and other cetaceans.</p>

A Conversation with Robert Reed

Alexis Gambis

<p>Robert Reed has&nbsp;a general interest in the evolution and development of color patterns &ndash; especially butterfly wing patterns. His work focuses on the evolution of animal color patterns.</p> <p>We are specifically interested in how novel patterns arise in nature and how they diversify under natural selection. Variation is the raw material of evolution and is the most fundamental determinant of morphological diversity. Little is known, however, about the developmental genetic forces that shape the range of color pattern variation appearing in natural populations. Specifically, our lab takes an integrative approach to understanding evolution of butterfly wing patterns. We approach our study system at multiple levels of organization, ranging from the developmental genetic basis of color pattern formation to the adaptive roles color patterns play in nature. One of the major benefits of working on butterflies is that many wing patterns have clear field-tested adaptive value, especially in cases of mimicry, camouflage, and mate preference. Furthermore, many butterfly species show significant geographic variation that allows mapping and positional cloning of genes underlying natural pattern variation. These advantages make it possible to study the developmental origins of variation, along with the effects of natural selection on that variation, in a way that is difficult in many model organisms.</p>

A Conversation with Ali Brivanlou

Alexis Gambis

<p>Dr. Brivanlou received his doctoral degree in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley, after receiving his MS in Biochemistry from the Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc. He joined Rockefeller University in 1994 as Assistant Professor after postdoctoral work in Douglas Melton&rsquo;s lab at Harvard University.</p> <p>Among his many awards are the Irma T. Hirschl/ Monique Weill-Caulier Trusts Career Scientist Award, the Searle Scholar Award, the James A. Shannon Director&rsquo;s Award from the NIH and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He is currently the Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at Rockefeller University, as the head of the University&rsquo;s laboratory.&nbsp;Dr. Brivanlou also held research positions at International Genetic Engineering Inc. and the Molecular Biology Institute at UCLA.&nbsp;Dr. Brivanlou has received over 20 research funding awards and grants, and is the recipient of, among numerous other honors, the Rockefeller University Teaching Award, the John Merck Award, The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the Wilson S. Stone Memorial Award. He is currently a board member of the Research Foundation to Cure Aids, a member of the Scientific Advisory Council Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, a member of the Postdoctoral Awards Review Committee at Rockefeller University, the Director of the Tri-Institutional (Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cornell Medical School and Rockefeller University) Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derivation Unit as well as the Chair of the Institute&rsquo;s Steering Committee, amongst many other leadership positions at stem-cell focused initiatives.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

In the Year 2024: Cajal meets Lichtman

Alexis Gambis

<p>In an extraordinary turn of events, the forgotten father of neuroscience, Santiago Ram&oacute;n y Cajal, awakens from his slumber in a coffin as a dessicated spore, finding himself transported to the year 2024. In this strange new era, he is welcomed into a conversation with Jeffrey Lichtman, a distinguished neuroscientist at Harvard University renowned for his work on brain mapping. As if conjured from one of Cajal&#39;s own tales, the meeting becomes a quasi-Socratic dialogue, weaving through the realms of medicine, brain science, photography, and fiction. Lichtman, intrigued by Cajal&#39;s foresight portrayed in his short story &quot;In the Year 6,000,&quot; engages him in an exploration of how advancements in technology have transformed our understanding of the brain and the intricate connections between art and science. Together, they navigate the depths of human cognition, reflecting on the intersection of past dreams and present realities.</p> <p>Cinematography by Florencia Silva Garcia</p>

A Conversation with Catherine Mccusker

Alexis Gambis

<p>Kate McCusker sits down with us to speak about her journey into the world of&nbsp;axolotls and limb regeneration. The&nbsp;<strong>McCusker Lab</strong>&nbsp;is focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying organ regeneration in adults, using the Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) as a model organism.&nbsp; One of the long-term goals of the work conducted by the unit is to understand how regeneration naturally occurs in certain species so that we can apply these principles to safely unlock the regenerative potential in humans. In addition, research also has applications to other important areas of investigation, such as cancer and stem cell biology.</p> <p>Cinematography by&nbsp;Florencia Silva Garc&iacute;a</p>

A Conversation with Javier DeFelipe

Alexis Gambis

<p>Labocine Conversation. Javier DeFelipe sits down with us and brings us on a beautiful journey in science and art revolving around the human brain. DeFelipe shares insights on the remarkable revolution in concepts of how the brain works that took place more than 100 years ago during the birth of modern Neuroscience, spearheaded by Santiago Ramon y Cajal.<br /> <br /> Javier DeFelipe Oroquieta is a research biologist specializing in the anatomical study of the human brain at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He also the author of many books around the science/art of the human brain including Cajals Neuronal Forest.</p>

Figure of Speech: A Conversation with Martin Chalfie

Alexis Gambis

<p>Martin Chalfie, the luminary scientist who discovered Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), offers a mesmerizing journey through his life&#39;s trajectory. Beginning with his humble childhood, Chalfie reminisces about his early fascination with science and the pivotal moments that ignited his curiosity. As the narrative unfolds, Chalfie eloquently recounts the groundbreaking research that led to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008, a pinnacle achievement in his illustrious career. Amidst the scientific discourse, Chalfie shares charming anecdotes, revealing the human side of his journey, from the serendipitous moments in the laboratory to the challenges and triumphs that punctuated his pursuit of knowledge. Through his reflections, Chalfie not only illuminates the significance of GFP in molecular biology but also underscores the profound impact of perseverance and passion in scientific discovery.</p>