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Kaun Lab
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Congrats John!
Congratulations to Dr. John Hernandez who was selected to speak in the NYU Neuroscience Institute's Seminars from Postdocs in...
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Kaun Lab
Aug 12, 20241 min read
Congrats Lewis!
Congratulations to postdoctoral associate Dr. Lewis Sherer for being awarded a two-year fellow position on the Brown University Center...
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Kaun Lab
Aug 5, 20241 min read
Welcome Rebecca!
A huge Kaun Lab welcome to new postdoctoral fellow Dr. Rebecca Oramas Graves. Rebecca recently completed her PhD work on the cellular and...
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Kaun Lab
Aug 5, 20241 min read
New grant on co-transmission
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a new grant to the Kaun Lab and NSF collaborator Dr. Sarah Certel (University of...
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Kaun Lab
Aug 1, 20241 min read
Megan at the summer research symposium!
Neuroscience undergraduate student Megan Wang, who received a 2024 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award to perform full-time...
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Kaun Lab
Jul 31, 20241 min read
Farewell (for now) Amanda!
On Thursday July 25 we bid lab technician Amanda Waterman and her family a fond farewell during an evening barbeque at Karla's place. We...
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Kaun Lab
Jul 22, 20241 min read
Recruiting Undergraduate Researchers!
The Kaun Lab is seeking new Brown University undergraduate students interested in being part of our team! Projects involve learning about...
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Kaun Lab
Jul 19, 20241 min read
Scientific Sense Podcast with Karla
Listen to a conversation with Prof. Karla Kaun and Gill Eapen on Scientific Sense , a daily podcast focused on Science and Economics...
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Kaun Lab
Jul 18, 20241 min read
Carney ARC program features John
Learn more about Dr. John Hernandez's participation in the Brown University Carney Institute for Brain Science Advancing Research Careers...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Future MB Research Perspective by John!
Congratulations to Dr. John Hernandez who just published a fascinating perspective on "Future avenues in Drosophila mushroom body...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Fiala & Kaun Editorial on the Mushroom Body
Dr. Andre Fiala and Dr. Karla Kaun collaborated to act as Special Guest Editors for the journal Learning & Memory on a special issue on...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Karla @ CAJAL
Karla travelled to Lisbon, Portugal to teach in the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 11, 20241 min read
The Kaun Lab at IBANGS
Dr. Karla Kaun, the 2023-24 President of the International Behaviour and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS), and postdocs Dr. John...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Congratulations Imaad!
A hearty congratulations to graduating senior Imaad Said for receiving the Brown University Neuroscience Department's James T. McIlwain...
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Kaun Lab
May 3, 20241 min read
We are hiring!
We are looking for a molecular biologist to join our team! This position will have five major duties: 1) performing and assisting lab...
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Kaun Lab
May 1, 20241 min read
Neuroscience Senior Send-Off
The lab celebrated Imaad's successful honors thesis and acceptance into medical school at the Neuroscience Senior Send-Off party...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 19, 20241 min read
Congratulations Miauaxochitl!
Congratulations to Biology Honors Student Miauaxochitl Haskie who presented her Honors Thesis work entitled "Drosophila as a Model System...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
Mapping neurons in the fruit fly brain
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Kaun Lab
Mar 29, 20244 min read
What are the origins of the field of Drosophila behavior?
As someone that has worked on fly behavior for many years, I’ve become more and more fascinated with the beginnings of the field. It...
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Kaun Lab
Mar 28, 20243 min read
Does my mood affect my behavior experiments?
This is probably one of my most controversial opinions, but I think that the mood of a person can affect the outcome of an experiment. To...
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