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Yumnah and Chloe standing next to Dr. Fadok with their awards

Neuroscience End of Year Celebration

The Tulane Brain Institute had a celebration yesterday in Paul hall for all of the Neuroscience graduates. At the celebration our senior neuroscience undergrads, Yumnah Siddiqui (Left) and Chloe...

The fadok lab group photo

The 2026 Lab Shindig

The annual lab BBQ has evolved into quite the shindig. We had the best time celebrating the end of the academic year with a huge assortment of food, fun games, and lots of laughs. Dr. Fadok's...

Josie stands next to Luisa her PhD Student Mentor, their poster is visible and Dr. Fadok stands to the right. The bottom image shows Chloe standing with her poster.

Fadok Lab at the NTC Poster Presentation

Undergraduate students Chloe Friedman (Senior) and Josie Leit (Junior) both presented posters at the Newcomb Tulane College (NTC) poster presentation session. Josie (top photo) presented her poster...

Yumnah Standing with her thesis commitee Dr. Wee, Dr. Gadir, and Dr. Fadok

Yumnah Siddiqui Defends Her Honors Thesis

Yumnah defended her honors thesis titled "White Noise Intensity Shapes Defensive Behavior and Neural Activation" to her committee and a group of excited supporters this morning. She passed her defense...

Luisa (left), Maria (right), Chloe (center) Each standing next to their posters with Dr. Fadok

The Fadok Lab Dominates TRICS 2026

Three of our researchers, Luisa Zavala Rodriguez, Maria Najjar, and Chloe Friedman presented their current research at the Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit (TRICS) this year. We are...

Dr. Fadok introduces Chloe for her honors thesis defense

Chloe Friedman Defends Her Honors Thesis

Chloe defended her honors thesis titled "Alprazolam Bidirectionally Modulates Defensive Behavior in a Sex-Dependent Manner" in front of her committee and a crowd of excited listeners on Monday. She...

Chloe Presents her Research at GNOSN

Senior undergraduate researcher, Chloe Friedman, presented her thesis research ahead of her defense the following week at the Greater New Orleans Society for Neuroscience (GNOSN) presentation. 

Dr. Fadok and others stand listening to Maria Najjar present in front of her poster

Tulane Brain Institute Retreat

This past weekend the Tulane Brain Institute held its annual PhD recruitment retreat with current PhD students and faculty presenting their research. This retreat is a unique time for our lab to...