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Building a Dynamic Nervous System: Dr. Pelin Volkan

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In this episode of BioGist, Benjamin Asomani, a member of the class of 2024 majoring in Computer Science and Biology, interviews Dr. Pelin Volkan, an Associate Professor in the Biology department at Duke University. Listen to hear about how Dr. Volkan spends her days using flies to study how the nervous system is built and how those circuits change over time. The full transcript for this episode is available at https://biology.duke.edu/building-dynamic-nervous-system-dr-pelin-volkan To find out more about Dr. Volkan, visit her lab website at https://sites.duke.edu/volkanlab/ , and follow her on Twitter @pelincvolkan. Thanks to the Duke Biology department for supporting BioGist, and to Poddington Bear for the music. Have questions or feedback about the show? Email us at [email protected]

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