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Congrats on your Travel Award John!
Congratulations to Dr. John Hernandez who was awarded a Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) Junior Investigator Meeting Award to attend...

Kaun Lab
Apr 18, 20221 min read


John at Fly Meeting 2022
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. John Hernandez presented his new data on the role of the alpha'3 mushroom body circuit in operant ethanol...

Kaun Lab
Apr 18, 20221 min read


We are hiring!
There are three new job opportunities in the Kaun Lab! We are hiring a full-time research technician to aid in performing Behavioral...

Kaun Lab
Feb 14, 20221 min read


Congratulations on your F31 NRSA Tariq!
Congratulations to Tariq Brown for being awarded a 3 year NIAAA F31 NRSA entitled "Alcohol-Induced Alternative Splicing in Drosophila...

Kaun Lab
Feb 14, 20221 min read


New grant to investigate opioid abuse
The lab recently received a 2022 Seed grant from Brown University to develop Drosophila as a model to understand the neural and molecular...

Kaun Lab
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Eve Glenn featured in Brown News!
Check out this article in the Brown News featuring Neuroscience Undergraduate Honors Student Eve Glenn! Eve is currently looking at how...

Kaun Lab
Jan 30, 20221 min read


Congratulations Dr. Nunez!
A huge Congratulations! to our very own Dr. Kavin Nunez who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Mechanisms of cue-induced...

Kaun Lab
Nov 7, 20211 min read


Eve Glenn is featured in a Carney Institute Spotlight!
The Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science at Brown University recently published a Community Spotlight on our very...

Kaun Lab
Nov 7, 20211 min read


Tariq presents at Virtual SfN!
Check out NSGP Graduate Student Tariq Brown's Poster at the 2021 Virtual Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting! P307.05 -...

Kaun Lab
Nov 7, 20211 min read


Apple Picking Fall 2021!
The Kaun Lab enjoys a morning picking apples at Barden Family Orchard in November 2021! The best place to get great pictures of flies on...

Kaun Lab
Oct 21, 20211 min read


2021 Summer Lab Retreat
The lab spent their annual retreat at Colt State Park. Everyone gave enlightening chalk talks about their projects and we celebrated...

Kaun Lab
Aug 6, 20211 min read


Congrats on your Graduate Award in Brain Science Tariq!
Congratulations to Neuroscience Graduate Student Tariq Brown for being selected to receive a Carney Institute Graduate Award in Brain...

Kaun Lab
Aug 2, 20211 min read


Lab Kayaking 2021
July 2021 the Kaun Lab and their families enjoyed a day kayaking at Lincoln Woods, RI. It was so much fun we're thinking about making...

Kaun Lab
Jul 30, 20211 min read


Congratulations on your F32 fellowship John!
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. John Hernandez for being awarded a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for...

Kaun Lab
Jun 14, 20211 min read


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...

Kaun Lab
Feb 13, 20211 min read


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...

Kaun Lab
Feb 13, 20211 min read


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...

Kaun Lab
Jan 6, 20211 min read


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...

Kaun Lab
Jan 6, 20211 min read


Congrats on your Graduate Award Jamie!
Congratulations to Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology graduate student Jamie Catalano for being awarded a Carney Institute for Brain...

Kaun Lab
Sep 24, 20201 min read


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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 23, 20201 min read
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