The Art of Neurobiology (feat. Richard Wingate)

Sweta and Taylor interview the Head of Anatomy at Kings College London and BrainFacts.org Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Richard Wingate. As a developmental neurobiologist, Richard’s research looks at locating and identifying neurons in the brain and their relationship to development and evolution. This sounds technical, and it is! but Richard is passionate about cross-collaborating with artists and those in media to make science more accessible, and visually appealing.

The trio gets into a range of topics ranging from how biological processes begin in the womb, their implications for how we develop and evolve (including how DNA can change and be passed on from mother to child), and ultimately how to communicate relevant, useful information to the public! We even explore the findings of Einstein's brain (spoiler alert: it's not so different from any of us regular folk).

Richard has served on Wellcome Trusts Awards panels and acted as the scientific advisor for the Wellcome Collection’s “Brains: Mind as Material” exhibition in London and Manchester, and co-authored the accompanying book. We get into all of this and more! We hope you feel like a bonafide neurobiologist by the end of this episode!