Month: December 2016

  • Life Lessons from a Neuroscientist

    Life Lessons from a Neuroscientist

    I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Anne Buckley, a professor and  neuropathologist working in Dr. Chay Kuo’s cell biology lab at Duke. I got a first-hand account of her research on neuron development and function in mice. But just as fascinating to me were the life lessons she had learned during…

  • Evolutionary Genetics Shaping Health and Behavior

    Evolutionary Genetics Shaping Health and Behavior

    Dr. Jenny Tung is interested in the connections between genes and behavior: How does behavior influence genetic variation and regulation and how do genetic differences influence behavior? An assistant professor in the Departments of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology at Duke, Tung is interested in evolution because it gives us a window into why the living…