Neurodegenerative diseases, mapping the human brain, and all things neuroscience.

What is it going to take to achieve major advancements in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s, and how far have we actually gotten in mapping the entire human brain? We’ll answer those neuroscience questions and more with neuroscientist and PhD Bryan Barker. Bryan works as a Research Advocate for Oracle for Research, Oracle’s program dedicated to simplifying the research process to accelerate discovery for researchers. As a Research Advocate, Bryan serves as a scientific collaborator and technology advisor to researchers to speed up time to science. In this episode, Bryan discusses advancements in Parkinson’s disease and where he hopes to speed up discovery, as well as other dementia diseases including Alzheimer’s disease. We also discuss how far we’ve actually gotten in mapping the human brain. The show tackles some fascinating and mind-blowing aspects of brain science and how cloud computing and technology is allowing researchers to understand our brain much faster than we ever thought possible. Learn more about how Oracle for Research can help you speed up your research with grants, cloud computing, and hands-on support and expertise from Research Advocates like Bryan. www.oracle.com/research