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Dr. Rebecca Oramas presents at Fly Meeting
The Kaun Lab at the 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Kaun Lab
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Optogenetics at the 2025 Brain Fair
Members of the Kaun Lab including MSc student Sam Stea and postdoctoral associate Dr. Nandashree Kasturacharya participated in the 2025...
Kaun Lab
Mar 191 min read
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Congratulations Tariq!
Congratulations to Dr. Tariq Brown who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Alcohol-Induced Plasticity within Dopaminergic...
Kaun Lab
Mar 191 min read
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Stand Up For Science 2025
Members of the Kaun Lab spend Friday afternoon at the Rhode Island State House expressing our support for scientists participating in...
Kaun Lab
Mar 91 min read
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Tariq highlighted in News from Brown
Neuroscience graduate student Tariq Brown and Dr. Karla Kaun were highlighted in News from Brown today! Alcohol, a laser light show,...
Kaun Lab
Jan 311 min read
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A Case for Science Advocacy
A Case for Science Advocacy
Kaun Lab
Jan 311 min read
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Communicating that science brings hope
Science brings hope
Kaun Lab
Jan 211 min read
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Lab Holiday Cookie Swap
We enjoyed many different types of sweets and cookies this year during our Annual Cookie/Sweet Swap while we discussed our Book Club book...
Kaun Lab
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Welcome Nandashree!
Welcome to the lab new Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Nandashree Kasturacharya! Nandashree recently completed her Ph.D. working with Dr....
Kaun Lab
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Microscopy Highlighted
Microscopy completed by graduate student Tariq Brown was highlighted in Brown News today in the article " How a shared super-resolution...
Kaun Lab
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Rebecca highlighted by the Dean
Dr. Rebecca Oramas was recently highlighted in the "From the Desk of the Dean: News and information from Mukesh K. Jain, MD Senior Vice...
Kaun Lab
Dec 4, 20241 min read
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Kaun Lab Collaborations Featured
In a recent article about Innovation Awards offered by the Carney Institute for Brain Science entitled " Return on a decade of innovation...
Kaun Lab
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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The Kaun Lab @ SfN 2024
Members of the Kaun Lab attended and had a wonderful time at the Society for Neuroscience Conference in Chicago, October 5-9, 2024 ....
Kaun Lab
Oct 11, 20241 min read
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Welcome Daniela!
Welcome to rotation student Daniela Garrod! Daniela is a PhD student in the National Institute of Health (NIH) Graduate Partnership...
Kaun Lab
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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Welcome Undergrads!
We are delighted to welcome three new undergraduates to the Kaun Lab: Nicholas Olson, Vivian Chan and Amelia Wieland. They are joining...
Kaun Lab
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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Recruiting grad students
I train students who have been accepted into the the Neuroscience Grad program and MCB Grad program . If you are someone that enjoys...
Kaun Lab
Sep 25, 20242 min read
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Lab Retreat 2024
On September 19, members of the Kaun Lab spent the day at Colt State Park, where thy gave chalk talks about their work, had a lively...
Kaun Lab
Sep 21, 20241 min read
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Congratulations Dr. Kristin Scaplen!
A huge congratulations to collaborator (and lab alumni) Dr. Kristin Scaplen from Bryant University for being awarded a NIH Academic...
Kaun Lab
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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Welcome Amelia!
A belated welcome to Post-bacculearreate Research Education Program student Amelia Harman. Amelia joined Dr. Kate O'Connor-Giles lab to...
Kaun Lab
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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Welcome Sam!
Welcome new graduate student Sam Stea! Sam is conducting his Master's in Biotechnology at Brown University and joins us with expertise in...
Kaun Lab
Sep 19, 20241 min read
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