In today's episode we are joined by Juan Gallego, a systems neuroscientist to discuss how the brain controls and learns movement. He is based in the Champalimaud Foundation’s new Centre for Restorative neurotechnology, where he leads the NeoCybernetics Lab, continuing his work on the neural basis of movement while blending fundamental and applied neuroscience.

In January 2020 he joined Imperial College London’s Department of Bioengineering as an Associate Professor, where he led a research group combining behavioral experiments, large-scale neural recordings, data analysis, and computational modeling to understand motor learning and control. Over his career he has published more than thirty-five journal articles, with funding from the EU Commission, UK research councils, ARIA, and the ERC.

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In our latest episode of Wild Minds, we are joined by Professor Stephen Montgomery to talk about how evolution has contributed to the diversification of both brain and behaviour, using neotropical butterflies as an example. We discusshow diversification across butterfly species has enabled adaptation to different habitat types and resulted in various sensory adaptations and novel behaviours. We also explore the complex interactions between ecological niche, lifestyle factors, brain function, and behaviours like spatial navigation and foraging, and how this can be studied in butterflies both in the lab and in the wild.

Stephen Montgomery is a the University of Cambridge as a Prince Philip Professor of ecology and evolution. Previously, Stephen completed a BSc in natural sciences followed by a PhD in primate brain evolution with Nick Mundy at the University of Cambridge. He then joined Judith Mank’s lab at UCL for a postdoctoral fellowship where he began to research brain evolution in neotropical butterflies of the Central & South Americas, which developed into his current research focus. He was previously a professor of evolutionary neurobiology and behaviour at the University of Bristol. His work so far has identified genes associated with the evolution of brain size, and investigated the causes and consequences of co-evolution between different regions of the brain.

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In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. Laura Fedele, neuroscientist and postdoctoral researcher, to discuss how the heart interacts with the nervous system. Drawing from her experience using in vitro systems to model these interactions in a dish, Laura tells us about her extensive experience studying the electrical behaviour of many different cell types using patch-clamp electrophysiology, and the role that ion channels play in regulating the function of electrically excitable cells, as well as the translational relevance and clinical implications of her research.

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Dr Laura Fedele is a research associate at the Wolfson Centre for Sensory Processing and Ageing at King's College London, currently investigating signalling pathways that regulate the activity of autonomic neurons. Previously, Laura completed a BSc in Neuroscience at the University of Dundee, then a Masters and PhD on NMDA receptor function and dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders at University College London. Following this, Laura carried out postdoctoral research on the cellular physiology of cardiomyocytes at Imperial College London, before making the switch back to neuroscience, developing in vitro models of peripheral neurons in the context of pain. She is now bringing together her experience to investigate how neurons and cardiomyocytes interact.

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