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Kaun Lab
Sep 1, 20191 min read
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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Kaun Lab
Sep 1, 20191 min read
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...
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Kaun Lab
Aug 1, 20191 min read
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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Kaun Lab
Jun 12, 20191 min read
Welcome to the 2019 summer undergraduates!
Anthony Walley is a Presidential Scholar at Brown University, majoring in Neuroscience. He is working on how internal state regulates...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 12, 20191 min read
Welcome baby Paolo!
Our newest lab member came into the world yesterday. Congratulations Amanda and Marco, and welcome to the lab little Paulo!
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Kaun Lab
May 31, 20191 min read
Kavin presents at 2019 Neuromodulatory Mechanisms GRC
Graduate student Kavin Nunez presented his work at the 2019 Neuromodulatory Mechanisms Underlying Flexible Brain Functions and Behavior...
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Kaun Lab
May 29, 20191 min read
The Brown Alumni Magazine features Tyler!
Computational Biology undergraduate student Tyler Blackwater is one of the featured Brown undergraduates in the Brown Alumni Magazine...
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Kaun Lab
May 29, 20191 min read
Congrats Sophia, winner of the '19 John P. Donoghue Prize!
The John P. Donoghue Prize is awarded to a neuroscience graduate that has demonstrated excellence in the classroom and in the laboratory,...
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Kaun Lab
May 29, 20191 min read
Congrats to the '19 Graduates!
Congratulations to Kaun Lab (former) undergraduates Sydney Gang (Biochemistry '19), Ryan Cohen (Neurobiology '19), Sophia Song...
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Kaun Lab
Mar 14, 20191 min read
Automated real-time quantification of group locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster
Check out our new paper describing the flyGrAM: a cost efficient method to monitor fly activity. We developed an easy-to-use apparatus...
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Kaun Lab
Feb 6, 20191 min read
Hiring a research assistant!
Do you enjoy coding and want to work in a scientifically and culturally diverse environment? We're looking for a research assistant to...
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Kaun Lab
Dec 21, 20181 min read
Happy Holidays 2018!
Happy Holidays Everyone! This has been such a great year for the lab. It's been amazing working alongside all of you. I'm not sure how...
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Kaun Lab
Oct 25, 20181 min read
To drink or Not(ch) to drink
Congrats to Emily, Mike, Nicolas, Ed and Yanabah whose study "Alcohol activates Scabrous-Notch to influence associated memories" was...
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Kaun Lab
Sep 22, 20181 min read
Karla at Waterfire 9/22
Want to learn more about how we can use flies to understand addiction? Join Karla for her lecture, 6pm at the RISD auditorium (7 Canal...
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Kaun Lab
Sep 20, 20181 min read
On the Neural Frontier
Read about how researchers at Brown (including the Kaun Lab) are using cutting edge research to understand how our brain functions in a...
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Kaun Lab
Aug 2, 20181 min read
Lab Retreat 2018
Thanks to everyone in the Kaun Lab that helped make our retreat a success. Great chalk talks, and fun and productive discussion. Colt...
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Kaun Lab
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Jamie's poster @ SfN2019
So excited for the upcoming SfN where Jamie Catalano will present her poster "Assessing motivational drive to attain ethanol in...
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Kaun Lab
May 14, 20181 min read
Congrats Kristin!
Congratulations Kristin for winning first place in the poster competition at the first Annual UMass Interdisciplinary Neuroscience...
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Kaun Lab
May 14, 20181 min read
Welcome Jamie!
We're so excited that Jamie Catalano, grad student in the Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Graduate Program has decided to complete...
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Kaun Lab
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Congrats Emily!
Congrats to Emily Petruccelli who will be starting her position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at...
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