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    New collaborative work with the Barnea lab, led by Dr. Kristin Scaplen published!
    Kaun Lab
    • Feb 13
    • 1 min

    New collaborative work with the Barnea lab, led by Dr. Kristin Scaplen published!

    In collaboration with the groups of Dr. Gilad Barnea at Brown University and Dr. Yoshi Aso at Janelia Research Campus, Dr. Kristin Scaple...
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    New work from the lab by Anne Oepen et al
    Kaun Lab
    • Feb 13
    • 1 min

    New work from the lab by Anne Oepen et al

    During her time as an exchange student completing her Master's from University of Cologne, Anne Oepen investigated how natural variation ...
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    New work by Dr. D'Silva and Katie is available on bioRxiv!
    Kaun Lab
    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    New work by Dr. D'Silva and Katie is available on bioRxiv!

    A new project spearheaded by postdoc Dr. Natalie D'Silva and grad student Katie McCullar was recently posted to bioRxiv. "Neuromolecular ...
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    Congrats to Eve and Katie for their SfN Trainee Professional Development Awards!
    Kaun Lab
    • Jan 6
    • 1 min

    Congrats to Eve and Katie for their SfN Trainee Professional Development Awards!

    Congrats to undergraduate student Eve Glenn and graduate student Katie McCullar for being awarded Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Trainee ...
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    Congrats on your Graduate Award Jamie!
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Congrats on your Graduate Award Jamie!

    Congratulations to Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology graduate student Jamie Catalano for being awarded a Carney Institute for Brain S...
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    Dr. Hernandez speaks at the IBANGS Trainee symposium
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dr. Hernandez speaks at the IBANGS Trainee symposium

    Dr. John Hernandez gave a great summary of his new behavioral paradigm to measure escalation of ethanol self-administration in Drosophila...
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    New pre-print from Dr. Scaplen et al.
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    New pre-print from Dr. Scaplen et al.

    A multi-lab collaboration came to fruition this morning as Kristin Scaplen's manuscript "Transsynaptic mapping of mushroom body output ne...
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    Congrats on your F99/K00 Award Kavin!
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 6, 2020
    • 1 min

    Congrats on your F99/K00 Award Kavin!

    Huge congratulations to MPP graduate student Kavin Nunez for receiving a NIH F99/K00 Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postd...
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    Congratulations on your new position Dr. Scaplen!
    Kaun Lab
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Congratulations on your new position Dr. Scaplen!

    Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Scaplen who will be joining faculty in the Department of Psychology at Bryant University as an Assistant P...
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    New neural circuits publication!
    Kaun Lab
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    New neural circuits publication!

    Check out our recent publication 'Circuits that encode and guide alcohol-associated preference' in eLife, led by postdoc Dr. Kristin Scap...
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    Temporary Lab Closure
    Kaun Lab
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Temporary Lab Closure

    We are sad to say that the Kaun Lab will be closed from March 13 until further notice in order to keep everyone safe via strict Social Di...
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    Tariq wins an IBANGS membership!
    Kaun Lab
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Tariq wins an IBANGS membership!

    Congratulations to second year Neuroscience Graduate Program student Tariq Brown who was awarded a free membership to the International B...
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    Kavin receives an OSNAP award!
    Kaun Lab
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Kavin receives an OSNAP award!

    Congratulations to Kavin Nunez for being awarded a placement in the NIH Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP)! Learn ...
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    Dr. Scaplen wins a poster award!
    Kaun Lab
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dr. Scaplen wins a poster award!

    Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Scaplen who won an award at the 2020 Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference for best po...
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    Dr. Kaun is tenured!
    Kaun Lab
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Dr. Kaun is tenured!

    Karla is pleased to announce that she will be promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, with tenure, as of July 1, 2020.
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    Welcome John!
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Welcome John!

    A huge welcome to Dr. John Hernandez, who is joining the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Neuroscience. John recently...
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    Tariq joins the lab!
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Tariq joins the lab!

    We're super excited to welcome Tariq Brown to the lab as a second year graduate student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program. An official...
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    Primo Prelim Performance!
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Primo Prelim Performance!

    Congratulations to Jamie Catalano and Katie McCullar who successfully passed their preliminary PhD exams this month. It's so exciting to ...
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    2019 Kaun Lab Retreat
    Kaun Lab
    • Sep 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    2019 Kaun Lab Retreat

    Our lab retreat this year was at a gorgeous spot at Colt State Park. Everyone gave fantastic chalk talks on their research and the brains...
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    Summer undergrads present their posters
    Kaun Lab
    • Aug 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Summer undergrads present their posters

    Presidential Scholar Anthony Walley, mentored by graduate student and Gilliam Fellow Kavin Nunez, presented his work looking at the role ...
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