Emerging talents with Huda Zoghbi 2022

00:55 Impact of civil war in Lebanon on my education
2:40 On following your hart and the joy of solving problems
4:06 On the emotional difficulties working with people affected with neurological decease
5:37 On the role of coincidences / serendipity on career choice
6:01 When I decided to switch specialty
6:47 I decided to take a step back in my career to solve Rett Syndrome
8:03 Advice to anyone trying something new
9:28 On how listening to an authority changed my focus to the mendelian disorder
12:34 But I had not forgotten Rett Syndrome - Narrowing it down and brute forcing the problem
14:00 Advice: Go for what you believe in, but don't be foolish
15:00 What we learned about the gene and its function
17:22 Strategy for treating diseases caused by duplication of the gene
18:27 Clinical trials for treatment of duplication. Still working on treatments for Rett
19:26 On how the observation of one patient have impacted what we know about the brain
20:15 I left clinical medicine for research because I love my patients
21:20 The most important thing I've done in my career
23:33 Is a career in science for everybody?
Questions
26:21 How did you find the gene?
27:18 How prevalent was ethical concerns during research?
31:22 On the cost of your neurological research
33:22 What neurological diseases do you hope the next generation can solve?
35:02 How does the duplication-treatment work?
36:20 What would your life look like if you had not gone into research?
37:40 What are you doing next?
39:12 What made you sure that you wanted to continue with science?
40:23 Other hypothesis on Rett Syndrome?
Neuroscientist Huda Zoghbi talks about her career in science. The event was titled Emerging talents with high school students as a target audience.