This semester I had the opportunity to confirm the behavioral and synaptogenesis results of the previous phase of the project. This will lead to a possible publication (as first author) this spring. The results of this research support the hypothesis that establishes the DNA ligase inhibitor, ara-C, as a Remote Memory and Hippocampal synaptic plasticity inhibitor. This research has helped establish DNA recombination as a molecular mechanism necessary for consolidation of important and long-lasting memories. I have been also working in primer desing and I hope that soon I can start validating the genes that I selected and order my primers so I can start working in my real time pcrs.

-Jessie

PD. I still have to work on the behavioral and synaptogenesis pages in this webpage, so you guys can understand better where this little project fits and it connection with behavior.