Huntington’s Disease Rodent Models
Introduction ]Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited genetic neurological disorder characterized by cognitive dysfunction, abnormal body movements, progressive cell death, and neurodegeneration of the striatum and cerebral cortex. HD is a dominantly inherited disorder caused by a genetic mutation in the IT15 gene. This mutation is an abnormally expanded and unstable CAG repeat within the […]
Parkinson’s Disease Rat Models
Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of 50% to 70% of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), loss of dopamine (DA) in the striatum, and the development of intracytoplasmic inclusions called Lewy bodies (LB), composed of α-synuclein and ubiquitin. α-synuclein has an important role […]
The Role of the Mentor in Training K Award Recipients
Mentors are not always people who are professionally accomplished individuals, who push us to succeed workwise; they can be anyone in our everyday life. For example, a teacher, friend, family member, or even an absolute stranger, who had left a positive impression on our minds or challenged us for the good when we had self-doubts. […]
The Method Section: A Study of Space Colonization
The Method Section: A Study of Space Colonization – Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 01:57 – What flag will Martians fly? 04:36 – Laws and governance on Mars 10:27 – Prospective conservation of planetary 11:54 – What time is it on Mars? 13:14 – Mental health of pioneer colonists […]
Conduct Science Podcast: Variety
The ConductScience POdcast: Variety – Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 01:57 – What flag will Martians fly? 04:36 – Laws and governance on Mars 10:27 – Prospective conservation of planetary 11:54 – What time is it on Mars? 13:14 – Mental health of pioneer colonists 18:51 – Takeaways and conclusions 19:30 – Outro You can listen […]
The Method Section: The Milgram Experiment
The Method Section: The Milgram Experiment – Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 03:08 – The experiment 06:54 – The results 11:21 – Alternate hypotheses’ 13:02 – How this relates to the Holocaust 14:16 – Problems with the experiment design 15:30 – Ethical problems 18:07 – Takeaways and conclusion […]
Conduct Science Podcast: Addiction
The ConductScience POdcast: Addiction – Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 1:10 – Factoids 11:55 – What we think we know about addiction 20:08 – Addiction treatment 36:10 – Gaming addiction 56:57 – Social media addiction 1:06:51 – Ending and Outro You can listen to The Conduct Science Podcast by using the player above, searching for “The […]
Conduct Science Podcast: Morality
The ConductScience Podcast: Morality 00:00 – Intro 01:30 – Factoids / moral dilemmas 22:25 – Moral Theory 25:39 – Utilitarianism ethics 38:53 – Deontological ethics and Kant 46:12 – Mitch’s man on a podium 1:00:45 – Is morality nature vs nurture? 1:08:05 – Ending and Outro You can listen to The Conduct Science Podcast by […]
The Method Section: Bad Science
The Method Section: Bad Science 00:00 – Introduction 01:10 – The importance of fighting bad science 04:16 – Who’s fault is this? 05:23 – What bad science leads to -> Anti-vaxx movement 11:18 – How bad science started the Anti-Vaxx movement 13:55 – The fault of scientific journals 18:33 – Takeaways and conclusions 19:38 – […]