Episode 1

July 19, 2017 – Dr. Katherine Bryant, Ph.D. and Dr. Erin Hecht, Ph.D. are co-founders of My So Called Lab.  In Episode 1, Katherine interviews Erin, who is a research scientist in Atlanta, Georgia studying how different evolutionary trajectories have produced different behaviors and abilities in different animals.

Listen as Katherine and Erin discuss:

• Dr. Hecht’s overarching research questions (1:05)
• The amazing 50-year Russian domesticated fox experiment (2:22)
• Why Erin wants to know how brains differ across dog breeds (4:54)
• How dog and fox brains are different from our own (6:35)
• “Playing scientist” as a kid (8:54)
• Unexpected facets of being a scientist (10:35)
• What happens when the outside world intrudes on the sanctuary of the lab (11:55)
• Providing and receiving mentorship (13:49)