The Conversation Weekly
Hosted by Gemma Ware and Neeta Sarl and Mend Mariwany and Ashlynne McGhee and Michelle Macklem and Misha Ketchell and Stephen Khan and Isabella Podwinski and Katie Flood and Lloyd Barrett and Justin Bergman · The Conversation
4.6from 65 ratings
- 300
- Episodes
- 146
- Transcribed
- 65
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Conversation Weekly
A show for curious minds, from The Conversation. Each week, host Gemma Ware speaks to an academic expert about a topic in the news to understand how we got here.
- Publisher
- The Conversation
- Category
- news · news · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 25 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
146 of 300 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth on how light is changing what we know about the brain
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Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth on how light is changing what we know about the brain
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's a much easier and much more broadly impactful avenue that we call indirect optogenetics. Indirect optogenetics is when you use The knowledge that comes from studying which cells matter in a symptom and then designing medications that target those cells. And this is now making strong headway for autism and schizophrenia. There are trials that have just passed through phase two and now moving to phase three, final stage clinical trials for those disorders. And going back to your psychiatric patients who you still see in the clinic today. How do you hope optogenetics will be able to help them? […]
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- Karl Deisseroth
- Dov Waxman
- Nick Jennings
- Hugh White
- Lydia Hamessley
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- 4.6 / 5
- 65 ratings
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- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts The Conversation Weekly?
Gemma Ware and Neeta Sarl and Mend Mariwany and Ashlynne McGhee and Michelle Macklem and Misha Ketchell and Stephen Khan and Isabella Podwinski and Katie Flood and Lloyd Barrett and Justin Bergman host the show. Published by The Conversation.
How often do new episodes come out?
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