The Neuroscience Memory Laboratory
Welcome to the official website of the Neuroscience Memory Laboratory at the University of Ottawa! The laboratory was founded by Dr. Melanie Sekeres in 2020 and proudly houses many talented young cognitive psychology and neuroscience researchers.
We are currently recruiting participants for two studies, if you are interested, please click the link below!
Our Research
Our research takes a cross-species approach to understanding how the brain creates episodic memories (memory for the ‘what, where and when’ of an event), and how these memories transform over time. We investigate the networks of brain regions involved in memory formation, reorganization, and storage (systems consolidation), and the underlying molecular mechanisms and plasticity factors that regulate memory stabilization (synaptic consolidation) in the healthy brain.
News & Events
A warm welcome to our NSERC USRA students!
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Kristina and Maryam will be joining our team as NSERC USRA students for the summer semester.
They will both be working on Ashif's study regarding motor memory networks in mice models. We hope this learning experience is fruitful for the both of you!
Congratulations on being awarded the NSERC USRA grant!
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May 2, 2022 & May 16, 2022
Congratulations on officially launching your study Meenakshie!
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After months of hard work, Meenakshie's study "A Moment Captured" is now officially up and running.
The goal of this study is to understand how chemotherapy treatment impacts cognition in women who have survived breast cancer to ultimately determine better treatment routes for women with breast cancer.
Congratulations, Meenakshie! If you are interested in participating in this study, click here.
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April 10th, 2022
A warm welcome to our new honours thesis students!
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We are thrilled to welcome Victoria, Defne, Hamed, and Nura to the laboratory as honours thesis students for the 2022-2023 academic year. We are excited to have the four of you join our team!
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April 6th, 2022
Introducing the new research assistants!
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We would like to welcome our new research assistants Ben and Hamed who will be assisting with Ashif's motor memory study and Meenakshie's cognitive study, respectively.
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April 6th, 2022
Introducing our new Clinical graduate student, Kristina!
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We would like to give Kristina a huge congratulations for being admitted into the M.A.-Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Ottawa for the Fall 2022 semester. Kristina will be supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadian Graduates Scholarship at the Masters Level (CGS-M) for her incoming year. She will also be provided the new Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) scholarship for newly admitted BIPOC psychology graduate students at the University of Ottawa to further support her in her first year in the program. Congratulations Kristina!
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April 1st, 2022