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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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 23, 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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 6, 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...

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...

Kaun Lab
Jun 17, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Kaun Lab
Apr 1, 20201 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...

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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 16, 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...

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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 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...

Kaun Lab
Aug 1, 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...

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!

Kaun Lab
Jun 12, 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...

Kaun Lab
May 30, 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...

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,...

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...

Kaun Lab
May 29, 20191 min read
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