Brain Matters
Beth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of, and suggests what they might have to teach us.
Beth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of, and suggests what they might have to teach us.
Beth is a neuroscientist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, who in 2015 was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship - the so-called 'genius grant' - for her work on microglial cells. In this talk she describes the connections between her research and her own family history, and explains why these cells - for so long overlooked in favour of neurons - may be the key to understanding much about the brain we don't yet know.
Producer: Giles Edwards
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