Harald Sontheimer, PhD, is the department chair, professor, mentor, biotechnology founder, and textbook author behind a recent revolution in the emerging field of cancer neuroscience: a series of breakthrough discoveries that have catalyzed the ongoing translation of scientific research to successful clinical trials.
From the evolutionary roots of binocular vision to recording single membrane ion channels over millionths of a second, Prof. Sontheimer has followed his curiosity to reshape our understanding of the glial cells that drive brain tumors and found institutions for training the next generation of distinguished neuroscientists. Enjoy this latest episode of the Hoos in Stem podcast where Dr. Sontheimer shares his story—a fitting finale of Hoos in STEM’s summer conversations.
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