Welcome to the Colón-Ramos Lab
Overview
A fundamental question in neuroscience is how synapses are assembled in living animals to produce behaviors and store memories. Our lab is focused on this question and uses the nematode C. elegans to examine the cell biological mechanisms by which synapses are precisely assembled during development, maintained during growth and modified during learning to store memories.
Projects
We can scrutinize the interplay between the cell biology of the synapse and behavior at three levels:
Synaptic development in the nematode brain
Maintenance of synaptic positions and function
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Modifying the architecture to form memories
During certain behaviors, experiences persist as memories. How does the cell biology of the synapse encode memories?
Latest News
- January 24, 2024Source: YaleNews
Powering the Brain: How Energy Is Distributed Within Single Cells
- August 26, 2022
Andrea Cuentas-Condori Named 2022 Hanna Gray Fellow
- April 14, 2022Source: YaleNews
Colón-Ramos Awarded Germany’s Humboldt Prize
- February 23, 2022Source: YaleNews
How neurons find their place