Barbara Sahakian

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Barbara Sahakian

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May 29, 2012

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Jim Al-Khalili meets neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian. Neurotransmitters are chemicals in the brain which effect our memory and understanding, and neuropharmacology is the study of drugs which can be used in conditions like Alzheimer's disease or depression. But can new treatments improve the performance of surgeons or pilots and could they even be used to make us more entrepreneurial?

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May 29, 2012

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future.

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Lord Robert Winston: Lord Robert Winston on IVF, the House of Lords and scientists' ethical responsibilty. by The Life Scientific
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John Sulston: Jim al-Khalili talks to biologist John Sulston. by The Life Scientific
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Iain Chalmers: Jim Al-Khalili talks to pioneering health services researcher, Iain Chalmers. by The Life Scientific
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Robin Murray: Psychiatrist Robin Murray on why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia. by The Life Scientific
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Prof Robert Mair: Robert Mair talks about tunnelling under Big Ben, Crossrail and engineering for the future by The Life Scientific
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Richard Dawkins: Jim Al-Khalili meets evolutionary biologist and author Prof Richard Dawkins. by The Life Scientific
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Sunetra Gupta: Jim Al-Khalili meets Prof Sunetra Gupta, a scientist and novelist. by The Life Scientific
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John Lawton: Jim Al-Khalili talks to ecologist John Lawton. by The Life Scientific
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Andrea Sella: Jim Al-Khalili discovers why Andrea Sella's chemistry demonstrations are filling theatres. by The Life Scientific
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Uta Frith: Jim meets psychologist Prof Uta Frith, whose work changed how we view brain disorders. by The Life Scientific
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Nicky Clayton: Nicky Clayton talks to Prof Jim Al-Khalili about her work on the intelligence of birds. by The Life Scientific
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Frances Ashcroft: Frances Ashcroft on a lifetime spent studying the link between blood sugar and insulin. by The Life Scientific
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Tim Hunt: Prof Jim al-Khalili talks to Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist Sir Tim Hunt. by The Life Scientific
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Tony Ryan: What is the future of nanotechnology? Chemist Tony Ryan shows some of its surprising uses. by The Life Scientific
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Dame Ann Dowling: Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling. by The Life Scientific
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Tejinder Virdee: Jim Al-Khalili talks to physicist Tejinder Virdee about the search for the Higgs boson. by The Life Scientific
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Martin Rees: Jim Al-Khalili enters the multiverse with the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees. by The Life Scientific
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Annette Karmiloff-Smith: Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith. by The Life Scientific
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Steve Jones: Geneticist Steve Jones lives life in the slow lane, studying snails. by The Life Scientific
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Chris Stringer: Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer to find who our ancestors were. by The Life Scientific
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Colin Pillinger: Prof Jim Al-Khalili talks to planetary scientist Colin Pillinger about life on Mars. by The Life Scientific
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James Lovelock: James Lovelock on elocution lessons, defrosting hamsters and Gaia. by The Life Scientific
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Pat Wolseley: Jim Al-Khalili talks to Pat Wolseley talks about her obsession with lichen. by The Life Scientific
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Robert May: Jim al-Khalili talks to the former chief scientific advisor Robert May about public trust. by The Life Scientific
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Angela Gallop: Jim Al-Khalili talks to the forensic scientist Angela Gallop. by The Life Scientific
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David Nutt: Jim Al-Khalili interviews Prof David Nutt about research into drugs and the brain. by The Life Scientific
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Hugh Montgomery: Jim Al-Khalili interviews Professor Hugh Montgomery about the gene for fitness. by The Life Scientific
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John Gurdon: 2012 Nobel Prize winner John Gurdon on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep. by The Life Scientific
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Amoret Whitaker: Amoret Whitaker talks about insects and their role in helping solve crimes. by The Life Scientific
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Martin Siegert: Jim Al-Khalili goes under the Antarctic ice with glaciologist Martin Siegert. by The Life Scientific
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