On this (50th!) episode of Brain Matters, Anthony talks to Dr. Fred Wolf (Assistant Professor, UC Merced). Dr. Wolf is interested in how alcohol and other drugs of abuse change our genes when we take them. Using the fruit fly as a model organism, he is able to use powerful techniques to delve into the complex relationship between drugs, genes, and behavior.

Dr. Wolf helps run his own biology podcast, RadioBio, with graduate students at UC Merced.

The music on today’s podcast was by koleżanka.

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From Alzheimer cluster sparks dream of cure, Dr. Kenneth Kosik talks about how genetics in Antioquia, Colombia can help researchers understand Alzheimer’s disease.

Listen to the Brain Matters interview with Kosik for free on iTunes.