Episodes
March 1, 2026
Two New Breakthroughs Advance Neurological Disorders and Cancer Resea…
UC San Francisco researchers Daniele Canzio and Balyn Zaro have been named the 2026 Bowes Biomedical Investigator awardees for their separate breakthroughs in neurological and cancer research. Canzio’s team discovered that DN...
Feb. 25, 2026
Decoding Parkinson’s Patients’ Movements in the Real World
Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully used fully implanted devices to record and identify the unique brain activity patterns associated with walking in Parkinson’s patients during their everyday activities at home...
Feb. 22, 2026
The Brain May Learn More from Rare Events than from Repetition
In this episode, we challenge the century-old belief that "practice makes perfect" by exploring a groundbreaking UCSF study that reveals that the brain actually "mutes" repetitive events to save energy. We dive into the fasci...
