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The Brain Fix

The Brain Fix

By: The University of Manchester
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A podcast series from the Division of Neuroscience at the University of Manchester and the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre covering all things neuroscience. If you want an insight into the world of neuroscience and how the brain works, and how we are trying to treat diseases of the brain, then this is the place!© 2025 The University of Manchester Science
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Episodes
  • The Jeff
    Apr 8 2025

    In this episode Professors David Brough and Omar Pathmanaban discuss the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, also known as The Jeff. David and Omar are joined by The Jeff co-directors Professors Stuart Allan and Andrew King who discuss the development, goals and future of Manchester's translational neuroscience centre.

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    32 mins
  • How we detect light
    Mar 10 2025

    In this episode, Dr Nina Milosavljevic talks to Prof Rob Lucas about photobiology, and how animals detect light. They discuss an exciting world of animal photopigments and optogenetics and how they have potential, as future therapies, to restore vision in blind patients.

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    17 mins
  • The Fly Brain
    Feb 13 2025

    In this episode Prof David Brough talks to Prof Richard Baines about his research at the University of Manchester and the use of fruit flies in neuroscience research.

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    16 mins

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