Dr. Chunlai Wu
LSU HSC New Orleans
My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic structural plasticity, in the context of neural development, activity-driven synaptic remodeling, as well as learning and memory.
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/neuroscience/faculty_detail.aspx?name=wu_chunlai
Contact: cwu@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Elliott Beaton
University of New Orleans
We use a multimodal research approach (eg. MRI, physiology, hormones, immunology) to understand how stress contributes to the etiopathology of mental illness in high-risk populations of children and adults.
Lab Website: https://unoscanlab.com/
Contact: ebeaton@uno.edu
Dr. Laurie Earls
Loyola University
We study miRNAs and microPeptides in normative cognitive aging and cognitive disease
Dr. Scott Edwards
LSU HSC New Orleans
We investigate the neurobiology of alcohol use disorder and related co-morbidities taking a translational approach across rodents, non-human primates, and humans.
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/physiology/faculty_detail.aspx?name=Edwards_Scott
Contact: sedwa5@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Paul Colombo
Tulane University
We study experience-dependent behavioral and neural plasticity in people across the lifespan.
Lab Website: https://sse.tulane.edu/psyc/faculty/colombo
Contact: pcolomb@tulane.edu
Dr. Xiaolin Tian
LSU HSC
Using fly and mouse model to understand dopaminergic regulation of aging and how the gene Mask/ANKHD1 altered cellular properties of dopaminergic neurons that leads to behavioral changes in animals.
Lab Website: https://www.medschool.lsuhsc.edu/neuroscience/xiaolian_tian.aspx
Contact: xtian@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Laura A Schrader
Tulane University
We use a combination of electrophysiology, behavior and molecular techniques to understand changes in neural circuitry that may underlie behavioral effect.
Contact: schrader@tulane.edu
Dr. Kevin Zwezdaryk
Tulane University
Role of pathogens and aging on cognitive function
Contact: kzwezdar@tulane.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi
Tulane University
A primary goal of Dr. Engler-Chiurazzi’s laboratory is to explore how the nervous and immune systems converge to impact brain function, mental health, cognitive aging, and neurological disease.
Contact: eenglerchiurazzi@tulane.edu
Dr. Tracy Fischer
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Our lab investigates neuropathogenesis of viral infections and neurodegenerative disease associated with chronic inflammation.
Contact: tfischer1@tulane.edu
Dr. Hai Huang
Tulane University
We aim to understand the synaptic mechanisms that support reliable and precise synaptic transmission in the auditory system under physiological and pathological conditions.
Contact: hhuang5@tulane.edu
Dr. Ricardo Mostany
Tulane University
Our lab studies how aging and neurodegenerative disorders affect synaptic plasticity of cortical neurons using imaging, electrophysiology, behavior, and molecular techniques.
Lab Website: https://mostanylab.tulane.edu/
Contact: rmostany@tulane.edu
Dr. Diedre Devier
LSU HSC
We focus on the cognitive effects of neurodegenerative diseases
Contact: ddevie@lsuhsc.edu