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Kaun Lab
Aug 2, 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...
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Kaun Lab
Jul 30, 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...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 14, 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...
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Kaun Lab
Feb 13, 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...
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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...
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Kaun Lab
Jan 6, 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...
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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...
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Kaun Lab
Sep 24, 20201 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...
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Kaun Lab
Sep 23, 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...
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Kaun Lab
Sep 23, 20201 min read
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...
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Kaun Lab
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 17, 20201 min read
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...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 17, 20201 min read
New neural circuits publication!
Check out our recent publication 'Circuits that encode and guide alcohol-associated preference' in eLife, led by postdoc Dr. Kristin...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 1, 20201 min read
Tariq wins an IBANGS membership!
Congratulations to second year Neuroscience Graduate Program student Tariq Brown who was awarded a free membership to the International...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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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Kaun Lab
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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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Kaun Lab
Sep 16, 20191 min read
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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Kaun Lab
Sep 16, 20191 min read
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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