Zeynep Okray

Zeynep Okray is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist affiliated with the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford, working within the Waddell Group. Her research focuses on neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory, particularly in Drosophila models.

• Key Research Areas:
  • Neural engram formation in multisensory learning
  • Gut microbiome interactions with memory and sleep
  • Classical conditioning paradigms
• Recent Publications:
  • 2024 – Classical Conditioning of Adult Drosophila (Cold Spring Harb Protoc)
  • 2023 – Multisensory learning binds neurons into a cross-modal memory engram (Nature)

Her work explores how prior experiences modulate new learning processes and investigates cross-modal memory integration at the neuronal level.