Neuwritewest

Our guest this week is Egle Cekanaviciute, a 5th year graduate student in Marion Buckwalter's lab, who teaches us how to make a Sazerac, and talks to us about teaching, neuroinflammation, and brain parasites and zombie mice! This is the SHORT version of this episode, which includes the following sections: Introducing Egle Cekanaviciute: 0:00-0:38 Making a Sazerac: 0:38-2:45 Early life in Lithuania: 2:45-5:29 Egle the polymath:: 5:29-8:15 Studying shamans in the Amazon: 8:15-11:40 Teaching: 11:40-17:32 Not My Field: 17:32-21:06 Immune response in the brain: 21:06-26:43 Goodbye and end credits: 26:43-27:26