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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...

The fadok lab gathered around a table with gifts and wrapping strewn about after having a white elephant secret santa party.

Secret Santa and Final Lab Meeting of 2025

The Fadok lab celebrates our final lab meeting of 2025 with a jam packed data presentation from Jose about his recent work in acetylcholine fiber recordings and related behavioral assays. We then...