Episode 226 -- Alfredo Fontanini PhD

On April 8, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Alfredo Fontanini (Stony Brook University) to talk about gustatory insular cortex.  Charles J. Wilson, Fidel Santamaria, Lindsey Macpherson and Salma Quraishi chatted with him on the role of gustatory cortex in taste, expectation and decision making. Alfredo Fontanini MD PhD is Professor & Chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. https://www.fontaninilab.org/ Charles J. Wilson PhD is Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://marlin.life.utsa.edu Fidel Santamaria PhD is Professor of Biology at UTSA. https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/... Lindsey Macpherson PhD is Assistant Professor of Biology at UTSA. https://www.utsa.edu/biology/faculty/... Salma Quraishi PhD is Assistant Professor of Research at UTSA & Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://neuroscience.utsa.edu Neuroscientists Talk Shop podcast: https://tinyurl.com/yxatz6fq UTSA Neurosciences Institute: https://neuroscience.utsa.edu The University of Texas San Antonio: https://www.utsa.edu