Episode 21 - Kara Marshall: The Science of Bladder Control

Science Changing Life

Dr. Kara Marshall is based in the Department of Neuroscience at Scripps Research, working as a postdoctoral researcher in Professsor Ardem Patapoutian’s lab. Listen as we talk about the circuitry involved in urination, burst bladders and improv comedy. Show notes: The Patapoutian Lab https://patapoutianlab.org/ Kara’s recent discovery on bladder function https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2830-7 Deciphering how the body’s cells sense touch https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03955-w Proprioception: the silent ‘sixth’ sense https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/11/22/20920762/proprioception-sixth-sense