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Animal models such as Aplysia are used to tackle questions of neuronal cargo transport at the cellular and systems levels. Photo by Scott Wiseman

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A long-noncoding RNA transported into synaptic compartments for long-term memory storage

2023 Publication in eNeuro, Sadhu et al describes temporal changes in the composition of anterograde transport complexes during sensitization in Aplysia

Puthanveettil lab publishes in Cell Reports, Swarkar et al, Molecular motor KIF5C mediated long distance transport of RNAs and long-term memory storage!

Puthanveettil lab publishes in Science Advances, Grinman et al, activity dependent dendritic transport of IncRNA ADEPTR!

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Puthanveettil lab publishes in Cell Reports, Swarkar et al, Molecular motor KIF5C mediated long distance transport of RNAs and long-term memory storage!

Puthanveettil lab publishes in Science Advances, Grinman et al, activity dependent dendritic transport of IncRNA ADEPTR!

Puthanveettil lab publishes in Cell Reports, Badal et al.: Sea slug study illuminates how mitochondria move

Puthanveettil lab publishes in Scientific Reports, Swarnkar et al.: Discovery of kinesins that function as inhibitory constraints.

Puthanveettil lab reports role of a novel long noncoding RNA in regulating synapse function.

Puthanveettil lab identify molecular substrates of long-term memory and novel role of prelimbic cortex in encoding contextual fear memory. 

In a pair of related studies, scientists have identified a number of new therapeutic targets for memory disorders and have developed a new screening test to uncover compounds that may one day work against those disorders.

Scientists at Scripps Florida and Columbia University find the Huntington’s gene’ plays an important role in normal long-term memory.

Scripps scientist wins grant to study memory problems.

Scripps Florida Scientists Offer New Insight into Neuron Changes Brought About by Aging.

Area Students Excel at Science & Engineering Fair.

Xin-An Liu, Alexandra Kaye and Sathya Puthanveettil

Scientists Create Novel Approach to Find RNAs Involved in Long-Term Memory Storage.

Scripps Scientists rely on grants to achieve national acclaim for research.

Scripps scientist wins 2 grants to study long-term memory.

Scripps Research Scientist wins pair of grants to study critical component of memory.