Sam Pfaff's guest appearances

Sam Pfaff

Where Cures Begin - Salk Institute

Satchin Panda

Joanne Chory

Tony Hunter

Ron Evans

Chris Howard

Emily Manoogian

Abby Buchwalter

Elena Blanco

Pablo Hollstein

Dannielle Engle

Nicola Allen

Ken Diffenderfer

Gerald Pao

Wolfgang Busch

Marga Behrens

OwlTail

Why does the simple act of raising your coffee mug to take a sip involve more computation than a supercomputer can do? Why do robots move, well, robotically? Join neuroscientist Sam Pfaff as he explains the answers to the these questions as well as describing the flashy neurological circuits—called “circuitoids”—his lab builds from stem cells to study repetitive actions like walking—and how that work might provide insights into degenerative motor diseases like ALS. 

<p>Why does the simple act of raising your coffee mug to take a sip involve more computation than a supercomputer can do? Why do robots move, well, <em>robotically</em>? Join neuroscientist Sam Pfaff as he explains the answers to the these questions as well as describing the flashy neurological circuits—called “circuitoids”—his lab builds from stem cells to study repetitive actions like walking—and how that work might provide insights into degenerative motor diseases like ALS. </p>