Olga’s research focuses on identifying and understanding key pathways involved in memory formation. Olga uses an advanced, up-to-date imaging methodology (multiplexed fluorescent imaging and FLIM) to investigate principal mechanisms underpinning astroglia regulation of excitatory synaptic transmission.  Identification of these pathways may allow for a proposal of new avenues towards the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as hippocampal sclerosis, Huntington’s disease, and epilepsy.

Olga has initiated and led multiple international collaborations, including research groups in the University of Alberta, Medical University of Graz, Austria and the Queen Mary University of London.