Principal Investigator
Paul Colombo
Dr. Colombo studies neuronal mechanisms of memory formation and age-related memory impairment by combining behavioral analyses of spatial memory with molecular-biological methods. In specific, spatial memory formation among individual young and aged rats is related to the distribution and concentrations of protein kinases that play an important role during neuronal signaling. Subjects are trained on various learning tasks and then quantitative Western blotting and immunocytochemical methods are used to identify proteins involved during short- and long-term memory formation. In addition, these methods are used to determine the extent to which alterations of signaling proteins in aged subjects are related to various forms of memory impairments.

Graduate Students

Bala Kathirvelu
Bala is a 5th year Psychology graduate student.

Meaghan Crawley
Meaghan is a 3rd year graduate student in Psychology. Her research interests are epigenetic mechanisms of learning and memory.

Brett East
Brett is a 2nd year Neuroscience graduate student.

Amanda Hill
Amanda is a 2nd year Neuroscience graduate student.

Dan Kochli
Dan is a first year graduate student in Psychology.

Undergraduates

Liam Foster
Liam is a senior neuroscience major at Tulane. After graduation, he plans to attend medical school.

Brooke Wojtowicz
Brooke is a junior at Tulane also majoring in neuroscience. After graduation, she plans to enroll in an MD/PhD program.

Julie Cupka

Shrey Patel
Shrey is a junior with a double-major in Neuroscience and International Relations. After graduating, he plans to pursue an MD/PhD.

Ahad Mussarat
Ahad is a freshman double majoring in Neuroscience and English. After graduation, he plans to go to medical school or into a Neuroscience PhD program.

Rachel Britton

Joseph Zambratto