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Donahue, Margaret
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Margaret (Meg) Donahue

Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Neuroscience


INS Graduate Student - Colgin Lab

My primary research interests are memory systems and dynamics. Specifically, I study how the activity of populations of hippocampal neurons contribute to memory processes using in vivo electrophysiology. My current project aims to identify abnormalities in hippocampal activity in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome, the leading monogenetic cause of autism. 

Previous education:

     MS, Neuroscience, University of Delaware (May 2018)

     BS, Neuroscience, University of Delaware (May 2017)

Gemzik, ZM, Donahue MM, Griffin AL. Optogenetic suppression of the medial septum impairs working memory maintenance. Learning and Memory, 2021. DOI: 10.1101/lm.053348.120

(2022) Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship (NRSA - NIH F31 MH127933)

(2021) University of Texas at Austin Graduate School PhD Fellowship

Donahue MM, Robson E, Hewitt LT, Brager DH, Colgin LL. Awake replay of CA1 place cells is impaired in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome. Pathway to Memory: Learning, Consolidation, and Representation. May 2022. Irvine, CA. Poster presentation.

Donahue MM, Robson E, Colgin LL. Investigating awake replay in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. November 2021. Virtual. Poster presentation.

Robson E, Mably AJ, Hewitt LT, Demetrovich P, Donahue MM, Colgin LL. The effects of social and neutral odors on hippocampal place cell activity. Society for Neuroscience Meeting. November 2021. Virtual. Poster presentation.

Donahue MM, Robson E, Trimper JB, Colgin LL. Decoding place cell sequences in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome. University of Texas at Austin Institute for Neuroscience retreat. May 2021. Virtual. Oral presentation.

Donahue MM, Gemzik ZM, Griffin, AL. Medial septal inactivation disrupts the maintenance of information over a temporal delay. Society for Neuroscience meeting. October 2018. San Diego, CA. Poster presentation.