Spring always brings with it the feeling of a new and fresh start. The Lab celebrated Spring this year with a spring cleaning of our bad...

We wish a warm welcome to Ari Bouchie, our newest research assistant! Ari completed her BSc in Biology at Roger Williams University where...

We are lucky to have PhD Candidate Nadine Nowag working with us from February through May, 2025. Nadine joins us from the Universitat...

The Kaun Lab at the 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference

Members of the Kaun Lab including MSc student Sam Stea and postdoctoral associate Dr. Nandashree Kasturacharya participated in the 2025...

Congratulations to Dr. Tariq Brown who successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Alcohol-Induced Plasticity within Dopaminergic...

Neuroscience graduate student Tariq Brown and Dr. Karla Kaun were highlighted in News from Brown today! Alcohol, a laser light show,...

A Case for Science Advocacy

Science brings hope

We enjoyed many different types of sweets and cookies this year during our Annual Cookie/Sweet Swap while we discussed our Book Club book...

Welcome to the lab new Postdoctoral Associate Dr. Nandashree Kasturacharya! Nandashree recently completed her Ph.D. working with Dr....

Microscopy completed by graduate student Tariq Brown was highlighted in Brown News today in the article " How a shared super-resolution...

Dr. Rebecca Oramas was recently highlighted in the "From the Desk of the Dean: News and information from Mukesh K. Jain, MD Senior Vice...

In a recent article about Innovation Awards offered by the Carney Institute for Brain Science entitled " Return on a decade of innovation...

Members of the Kaun Lab attended and had a wonderful time at the Society for Neuroscience Conference in Chicago, October 5-9, 2024 ....

Welcome to rotation student Daniela Garrod! Daniela is a PhD student in the National Institute of Health (NIH) Graduate Partnership...

We are delighted to welcome three new undergraduates to the Kaun Lab: Nicholas Olson, Vivian Chan and Amelia Wieland. They are joining...

I train students who have been accepted into the the  Neuroscience Grad program  and  MCB Grad program . If you are someone that enjoys...

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...

A huge congratulations to collaborator (and lab alumni) Dr. Kristin Scaplen from Bryant University for being awarded a NIH Academic...

A belated welcome to Post-bacculearreate Research Education Program student Amelia Harman. Amelia joined Dr. Kate O'Connor-Giles lab to...

Welcome new graduate student Sam Stea! Sam is conducting his Master's in Biotechnology at Brown University and joins us with expertise in...

Welcome to new Research Assistant Brenna Levesque! Brenna recently completed her Master's of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology at the...

We are looking for a research assistant interested in the functional implications of co-transmission to join our team! This position...

A belated Congratulations to lab undergraduate researcher Miauxochitl Haskie who graduated with a B.Sc . in Biology, with a focus on...

Members of the Kaun Lab spent time at the RI Audubon Nature Center  for the 2024 Neuroscience Graduate Program  retreat and 2024...

Congratulations to Dr. John Hernandez who was selected to speak in the NYU Neuroscience Institute's Seminars from Postdocs in...

Congratulations to postdoctoral associate Dr. Lewis Sherer for being awarded a two-year fellow position on the Brown University Center...

A huge Kaun Lab welcome to new postdoctoral fellow Dr. Rebecca Oramas Graves. Rebecca recently completed her PhD work on the cellular and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a new grant to the Kaun Lab and NSF collaborator Dr. Sarah Certel (University of...

Neuroscience undergraduate student Megan Wang, who received a 2024 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award to perform full-time...

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...

The Kaun Lab is seeking new Brown University undergraduate students interested in being part of our team! Projects involve learning about...

Listen to a conversation with Prof. Karla Kaun and Gill Eapen on Scientific Sense , a daily podcast focused on Science and Economics...

Learn more about Dr. John Hernandez's participation in the Brown University Carney Institute for Brain Science Advancing Research Careers...

Congratulations to Dr. John Hernandez who just published a fascinating perspective on "Future avenues in Drosophila 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...

Karla travelled to Lisbon, Portugal to teach in the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Quantitative Approaches to Behavior and Virtual...

Dr. Karla Kaun, the 2023-24 President of the International Behaviour and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS), and postdocs Dr. John...

A hearty congratulations to graduating senior Imaad Said for receiving the Brown University Neuroscience Department's James T. McIlwain...

We are looking for a molecular biologist to join our team! This position will have five major duties: 1) performing and assisting lab...

The lab celebrated Imaad's successful honors thesis and acceptance into medical school at the Neuroscience Senior Send-Off party...

Congratulations to Biology Honors Student Miauaxochitl Haskie who presented her Honors Thesis work entitled "Drosophila as a Model System...

Mapping neurons in the fruit fly brain

Dr. John Hernandez and Tariq Brown had a great time participating in Brain Waves RI 2024, the big annual Neuroscience outreach...

Invertebrate research at the 2024 Alcohol GRC.

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work – research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects

Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work

The entire lab is very excited to welcome the latest addition to Amanda and Marco's family! Elisa Anne Verzelles was born this past...

As Brown prepares for the cold New England winter, the Kaun Lab was baking cookies for our annual Sweet Swap. We all went home with a...