» 38. Translational Conversations Ep. 4 - Love, Loss, and the Treatment of Prolonged Grief
29/07/26 06:00 from Lab Rat Chat
Send us Fan Mail This week on Translational Conversations, we talk with Dr. Zoe Donaldson , a prairie vole researcher, and Dr. Katherine Shear , a human researcher, about how their work has inspired and influenced each other’s research o...

» A Diagnosis Too Late: The Search for Biomarkers in Autism
28/07/26 18:19 from curiousSCIENCEwriters
You’ve just welcomed your baby into the world, but instead of joy, you’re consumed by fear. Your child begins to have seizures—frequent, unexplained, and severe. The hospital becomes your second home, and the doctors don’t know why. Year...

» “Singing Mice” Can Help Scientists Understand Autism
28/07/26 18:16 from curiousSCIENCEwriters
Deep within the tropical forests of Costa Rica, a duet of high-pitched chirps ring out. As if they were mid-conversation, these Alston’s singing mice (Scotinomys teguina) call to one another, putting on a concert for the entire forest to...

» Unlikely Allies: How New York City Rats Are Helping Scientists Fight Hepatitis C
27/07/26 12:36 from curiousSCIENCEwriters
Anyone who has ever been in New York City has likely heard of or seen these infamous creatures. Widely recognized to “run the city,” rats are everywhere in the Big Apple. Whether they’re scurrying on the subway platform or in an apartmen...

» 37. Translational Conversations Ep. 3 - Heterogeneity and Neurobiology of Alcohol Use Disorder
15/07/26 06:00 from Lab Rat Chat
Send us Fan Mail In this next installment of Translational Conversations, we talk with Dr. Danny Winder , a mouse researcher, and Dr. Jenni Blackford , a human researcher, about how their years of collaborations across species have revea...