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Episode 31 – Sandra Encalada: Linking traffic jams in the brain to neurodegenerative disease

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We kick off the Summer 2022 podcast season with the first of a three-part mini-series dedicated to brain health. Professor Sandra Encalada is based in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Scripps Research, where her lab investigates the transport of cargo within brain cells and its role in health and disease. Listen as we talk about new therapeutic agents to stop and reverse neurodegeneration, environmental neurotoxins and when to listen to your gut feeling. Show notes: Episode transcript: https://www.scripps.edu/_files/images/2022_images/podcast-images/Sandra-Encalada-transcript.pdf Encalada illuminates how brain cells die in prion diseases https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2021/20211222-encalada-brain-cells-prion-diseases.html Encalada lab website https://www.encalada.scripps.edu/ Tweet: @EncaladaLab Explore the Scripps Research Magazine https://magazine.scripps.edu/ Subscribe to receive our monthly e-newsletter https://signup.e2ma.net/signup/1879047/1890109/