The 2023 Bite Size Summit, featuring four amazing early career scientists, Drs. Servin-Vences, Scavuzzo, Lough and Biswas, who study biological sensors for stretch, the functions of glial cells and the fascinating development of senses or lack thereof!By Gastronauts

Dr. Greg Suh explores the fascinating world of how brains process external stimuli and generate behavioral responses. Using the fruit fly and advanced genetic tools, his group at KAIST investigates the neural substrates behind innate behaviors. They're also delving into the identification of internal sensors for nutritional value in both fruit flie…

Emily Liman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California. Dr. Liman is a world-renowned sensory neurobiologist who has advanced our understanding of taste perception through her groundbreaking discoveries including that of the OTOP channel—a key player in our ability to perceive the sour taste of a juicy le…

Andrea Gomez, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the University of California Berkeley. Andrea’s laboratory seeks to understand the mysteries of the mind at the intersection of psychedelics and plasticity. The laboratory uncovers how these trippy compounds shake up our synaptic playground by using a combination of molecular biology, functional ima…

How do you reschedule a missed dinner date? Join us for a ghost ship, the bitter made sweet, and an unexpected reunion. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written by Aaron Kling, produced and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editi…

How do you end a war that hasn't started yet? Join us for yet another crime, a phenomenal burger, and a separation. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written by Aaron Kling, produced and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing a…

How do you turn a fruit into a weapon? Join us for a glass of spirits, a small war, and an unforgivable mistake. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling This episode of Gastronaut was written by Aaron Kling and Bernie Jean Schiebeling, produced and voice a…

Join our conversation with Ilya Raskin, famous for his work on plant growth regulation, plant immunity to diseases, phytoremediation, and, in the last decade, for his research in plant-derived functional foods and medicines. He is also actively involved in international bioexploration, conservation and is an amazing photographer!…

How do you relax from trauma? Join us for a bowl of Poke, tenderness, and something in the distance. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Bernie …

On today's bonus episode of Gastronaut: Polity Yellow's teenage crush and how opera cake made them homeless. Gastronaut Sides are minisodes from other character's perspectives. Take a look at the world of Gastronaut from the eyes of someone who isn't a disgraced food critic! Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with scri…

How do you entertain a private army? Join us for a trojan cookie, a throttling, and a showing of the critically acclaimed action-thriller Freightland. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, …

How do you eat poison and not die? Join us for an exchange of stew, underground digs, and a silence that kills. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction…

Join us in our chat with Dr. Brian Gulbransen, from Michigan State University. His laboratory studies how inflammation in the nervous system leads to long-term changes in gastrointestinal function; and how glia, immune cells and the neurons in the gut communicate.By Gastronauts

What do you have when you have nothing? Join us for the art of guerilla surgery, water soup, and unexpected gifts. Special thanks to TheKirkendall for his expertise on trauma medicine. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced…

Dr. Maude David is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University. Her laboratory studies the microbial gut-brain connection, and how microbes impact behavior, specifically in Autism Spectrum Disorder and anxiety.By Gastronauts

What's the safest way to end a dinner date? Join us for a bad time a bad time a bad time. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and vocal direction by Bernie Jean Schieb…

Join us in our talk with the amazing Dr. Greg Gage, CEO and co-founder of Backyard Brains, an engineer and neuroscientist designing open-source tools to bring advanced neuroscience into classrooms and designing robots that help us understand how neurons produce behavior.By Gastronauts

How do you keep your head dry in a city of rain? Join us for a taste changing beverage, a ballistic encounter, and a corner grocery store full of surprises. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron K…

Join us in our talk with Dr. Polina Anikeeva, a material scientist and engineer leading a group at MIT that develops cutting-edge devices to understand and modulate the brain and other body systems.By Gastronauts

What do cities look like on an alien world? Join us for the secret to the ultimate discount, how to walk in a city that hates you, dirty dishes and shared trauma. Gastronaut is back, Season 2 starts now. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut i…

Our very own 2022 Bite Size Summit, featuring four amazing early career scientists studying the brain-body connection and the effects of microbiome and diet across different species, join us in our conversation with doctors Valerie Darcey, Aki Ohdera, Nikki Pelot and Shawn Spencer.By Gastronauts

The road to scientific discovery is never a straight line, join our conversation with Dr. Heidi de Wet from Oxford, a researcher of the mechanisms of blood sugar and body weight regulation.By Gastronauts

What do sensory deprivation tanks and therapeutic ingestible vibrating pills have in common? Learn about your "gut feelings" and interoception with Sahib Khalsa, M.D., Ph.D. of the Laureate Institute of Brain Research.By Gastronauts

Dr. De Roode is a Professor of Biology at Emory University. He is perhaps the world’s foremost expert on monarch butterflies. His team is documenting how these beautiful creatures use plants for self-medication to treat themselves and their offspring against parasites.By Gastronauts

Oscar meets a celebrity at once bigger and more humble than himself. Oscar reviews prison food. Oscar remembers how to cry. Join us for the end of Gastronaut, Season 1. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acte…

What's the best way to ruin your own life? Join us for a city in the stars, a night of light drinking, and (shockingly!) consequences. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script edit…

What drives a person to eat chapstick, marbles, and eyes? Join us for the inedible made edible, a terrible accident, and fraud. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and…

What's the worst way to travel? Join us for a mountain of trash, an in-depth exploration of mealkits, and an incredible vista. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and …

How do you cook a dandelion while also escaping from captivity? Join us for a homemade meal, the Duke's true colors, and pain. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with script editing and …

What's the best way to navigate the awkward social situation of being kidnapped? Join us for a culinary upbraiding, adorable robots, and 500% more dust than you could ever want. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and v…

What's it like to travel from planet to planet on a first class ticket? Join us for jungle illusions, not-so-secret passageways, and a surprise guest appearance. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aa…

A look at the dishes that are currently taking the Core Worlds by storm. Join us for explosive mushrooms, life in the shadow of a space elevator, and disappointment. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling Gastronaut is written, produced, and voice acted by Aaron Kling, with s…

How does a food critic become a Gastronaut? Join us for high flying feasts, dark alleyways, and the end of a career. Transcripts can be found at: https://gastronaut-pod.neocities.org/transcripts Support the show at: https://www.patreon.com/aaronkling (This episode has been redone using improvements from Season 2. The original version is available f…

Tune into our talk with Dr. Eleva Gracheva on how studying the hibernation of ground squirrels can lead us to new insights about our own health and eating disorders, and in the future, help us create new tools for deep-sea diving and space exploration.By Gastronauts

The Gastronauts podcast is back with Dr. Andrew Huberman and Dr. Temple Grandin. Tune in to learn about finding your voice and sharing your vision.By Gastronauts

In this session, we invite Dr. Nick Betley, an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Dan Drucker, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto to share their thoughts on research. We talk about how signals from the gut communicate with areas in the brain to direct us towards what we want to eat. And along…

In this session, we invite Dr. Piali Sengupta, a Professor of Biology at Brandeis University and Dr. Bryan Gulbransen an Associate Professor of Physiology at Michigan State University, to share their thoughts on how the bacteria and viruses that can get in our gut affect our body as well as how the research that they do affects their day-to-day liv…

In this virtual Bite Size Summit, we have a panel of four incredible scientists who have all recently published some fascinating research findings. We have Dr. Kara Marshall from Scripps Research, Dr. Dafni Hadjieconomou from Imperial College London, Dr. Marcelo Zimmer from Yale and the Federal University of Rio, and Dr. Yuuki Obata from the Crick …

In this session, we invite Dr. Mary Estes, a distinguished professor at Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Dylan Dodd an Assistant Professor at Stanford University, to share their thoughts on how the bacteria and viruses that can get in our gut affect our body as well as how the research that they do affects their day-to-day lives.…

In our second virtual session, we invite Dr. Michael Krashes, an Section Chief at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Yulong Li, a Professor at Peking University, to share their thoughts on the latest and greatest tools to use in behavioral tracking and molecular biology as well as the importance of finding successful role models in research…

In the first episode of our virtual format, we invite Dr. Lisa Beutler, an Assistant Professor from Northwestern School of Medicine, and Dr. Anthony Sclafani, a Professor from Brooklyn College, to share their thoughts about what shapes our appetite as well as the importance of continuing to grow and adapt in science.…

Hope everyone has been doing well! We've been making some changes and are excited to share them with you on our next season of Gastronauts, coming to you on October 20th, 2020.By Gastronauts

In this episode, Dr. Kaltschmidt, an associate professor at Stanford University talks to us about her research on how neuronal circuits form as well as what she thinks is important to getting to the essence of science.By Gastronauts

In this episode, Dr. Kanoski, an associate professor from the University of Southern California, tells us about how the a region of the brain thought to be involved in memory plays a role in food consumption and energy regulation and how he's focused his lab on several distinct projects aimed at uncovering what regulates our eating.…

In this special episode, we have a recording from a prior Zoomside Chat around the future of food, featuring: Drs Giles Yeo, Darren Logan and Laura Boykin.By Gastronauts

In this episode, we focus on the tiny critters that reside in our gut: the microbiome. We continue our double-header by talking to Dr. Carlotta Ronda from Columbia University on microbial engineering and Dr. Martina Sgritta from Baylor College of Medicine on bacteria that can influence our sociability.…

In this special episode, we have a recording from a prior Zoomside Chat around why we self-medicate.By Gastronauts

In this episode, we talk to two rising stars in their fields. Dr. Natale Sciolino from the NIEHS tells us about her research on the locus coeruleus and how some cells in here may play a role in feeding behaviors. Dr. Sofia Axelrod from Rockefeller University tells us about circadian rhythms and the importance of timing with regards to both eating a…

Dr. Schwartz is a Profesor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He shares a career on studying how we make sense of what we eat starting from taste and moving to the gut. Along the way we get some advice on how to seek out collaborative opportunities and improve both our writing as well as our evaluation of science.…

Dr. Clevers is the director of research at the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology and a professor of molecular genetics at Utrecht University. He shares his journey, how he thinks about science, and why he uses animations to help explain his work.By Gastronauts