Ian Mahar's guest appearances

Ian Mahar

On Your Mind Neuroscience Podcast

Dan Wilson

Allison Brager

Brad Dieter

Shawna Thompson

Aadil Bharwani

Sophia Rinaldis

Michael Nestor

Nipun Chopra

Claire Champigny

Veljko Dubljevic

Kimberly Girling

Joe Makkerh

Maya Sapiurka

Ian Blum

Robin Keeley

OwlTail

This week on the On Your mind neuroscience podcast: Kathryn may have abandoned Liam, but she left him in the capable hands of birthday boy and returning guest Ian Mahar (@ianmahar). Ian is in one of the most exciting phases of a PhD, the endzone, where life consists of writing papers, theses, and postdoc proposals.  Back in the lab, Liam has realized that he should use his supervisor for guidance and support (sometimes called supervision)  instead of waiting to come up with solutions to every problem on his own.  While frittering away time in the lab, Liam's been catching up on some of our competition,  aka other great science and neuroscience podcasts. Check out Axons and Axioms if you're into the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy, Brain Matters for engaging interviews with experts in their field, Goggles Optional for an irreverent take on the latest science news, and You Are Not So Smart for the latest in the science of self delusion.  Ian has been getting into the pros and cons of open peer review, where the authors of a paper know which peers reviewed it. While both sides make some good points, he comes down in favour of maintaining our current anonymous system, which has less room to start fights, while Liam is a little more bullish on open reviews, as long as that bull is running slowly so we can jump out of the way if it looks too dangerous.  Finally, in our paper this week (open access here) we discuss the role of aromatse neurons, which convert testosterone to estrogen, in aggression and other behaviours you probably thought testosterone did without becoming estrogen first.  For full links, show notes and all our other episodes, head to www.onyourmind.ca

This week on the On Your mind neuroscience podcast:  Kathryn may have abandoned Liam, but she left him in the capable hands of birthday boy and returning guest Ian Mahar <a href="mailto:(@ianmahar).">(@ianmahar).</a> Ian is in one of the most exciting phases of a PhD, the endzone, where life consists of writing papers, theses, and postdoc proposals.    Back in the lab, Liam has realized that he should use his supervisor for guidance and support (sometimes called supervision)  instead of waiting to come up with solutions to every problem on his own.    While frittering away time in the lab, Liam's been catching up on some of our competition,  aka other great science and neuroscience podcasts. Check out <a href="http://www.axonsandaxioms.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axons and Axioms</a> if you're into the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy, <a href="http://brainpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brain Matters</a> for engaging interviews with experts in their field, <a href="http://gogglesoptional.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goggles Optional</a> for an irreverent take on the latest science news, and <a href="http://youarenotsosmart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You Are Not So Smart</a> for the latest in the science of self delusion.    Ian has been getting into the <a href="https://grumpygeophysicist.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/is-peer-review-better-anonymous-or-signed/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pros</a> and <a href="http://smallpondscience.com/2014/03/26/why-i-prefer-anonymous-peer-reviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cons</a> of open peer review, where the authors of a paper know which peers reviewed it. While both sides make some good points, he comes down in favour of maintaining our current anonymous system, which has less room to start fights, while Liam is a little more bullish on open reviews, as long as that bull is running slowly so we can jump out of the way if it looks too dangerous.    Finally, in our paper this week (open access <a href="http://www.cell.com/article/S2211-1247%2814%2901093-6/abstract" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>) we discuss the role of aromatse neurons, which convert testosterone to estrogen, in aggression and other behaviours you probably thought testosterone did without becoming estrogen first.    For full links, show notes and all our other episodes, head to <a href="http://www.onyourmind.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.onyourmind.ca</a>

OYM64: Macho Estrogen with Ian Mahar

This week on the On Your Mind Neuroscienc Podcast: Its yet another guested podcast. Ian has returned, since Kat's away in Victoria B.C. for a conference! This week the gang talks about science in the media and how much of good reporting depends on the scientist themselves. Also, we discuss about what its like to be a broke student and whether that feeling might change when we actually grow and get jobs. Finally, the article for this week is about the analgesic effects in mice of male experimenters just standing in the room! This paper is making a lot of noise in the media and is also making scientists working with animal models a little nervous!   For links to everything we've talked about to day and full show notes head to www.onyourmind.ca/mice-get-afraid

This week on the On Your Mind Neuroscienc Podcast: Its yet another guested podcast. Ian has returned, since Kat's away in Victoria B.C. for a conference! This week the gang talks about science in the media and how much of good reporting depends on the scientist themselves. Also, we discuss about what its like to be a broke student and whether that feeling might change when we actually grow and get jobs. Finally, the article for this week is about the analgesic effects in mice of male experimenters just standing in the room! This paper is making a lot of noise in the media and is also making scientists working with animal models a little nervous! For links to everything we've talked about to day and full show notes head to <a href="http://www.onyourmind.ca/mice-get-afraid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.onyourmind.ca/mice-get-afraid</a>

OYM 33: When Kats away, the mice get afraid with Ian Mahar

We’ve got our first ever guest host, Ian Mahar at OYM this week, talking neurogenesis in the hippocampus, antidepressants and the use of animal models of behaviour. Our tenth episode also has us talking about the pressure of huge conferences, the use of article-level metrics to evaluate a paper’s impact and a strange medical disorder.

We’ve got our first ever guest host, Ian Mahar at OYM this week, talking neurogenesis in the hippocampus, antidepressants and the use of animal models of behaviour. Our tenth episode also has us talking about the pressure of huge conferences, the use of article-level metrics to evaluate a paper’s impact and a strange medical disorder.