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Which tracking system should I use?
There are a lot of tracking systems now available for fly behavior. Each has it's advantages and disadvantages. If you are new to fly...

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...

Kaun Lab
Mar 14, 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...

Kaun Lab
Feb 6, 20191 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...

Kaun Lab
Dec 21, 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...

Kaun Lab
Oct 25, 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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 22, 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...

Kaun Lab
Sep 20, 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...

Kaun Lab
Aug 2, 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...

Kaun Lab
Jun 26, 20181 min read


Congrats Kristin!
Congratulations Kristin for winning first place in the poster competition at the first Annual UMass Interdisciplinary Neuroscience...

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...

Kaun Lab
May 14, 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...

Kaun Lab
Apr 23, 20181 min read


Cue-induced ethanol seeking paper is published!
Congrats to Kavin and Reza. Their paper "Cue-Induced Ethanol Seeking in Drosophila melanogaster is Dose-Dependent" is how published in...

Kaun Lab
Apr 23, 20181 min read


Congrats Yanabah!
Congrats to Yanabah Jaques for being accepted into the Brown Neuroscience Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program! We can't wait to...

Kaun Lab
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Posters Galore!
Congrats to Kristin Scaplen for winning best post-doc poster at the Alcohol in the Nervous System Gordon Research Conference and to Ryan...

Kaun Lab
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Karla receives IBANGS Young Investigator Award!
Dr. Karla Kaun was awarded the 2018 Young Investigator Award from the International Behavior and Neural Genetics Society. She will...

Kaun Lab
Dec 19, 20171 min read



Kaun Lab
Dec 12, 20170 min read


Collaborative Post-doc Opportunity
Are you interested in doing a collaborative post-doc studying how development and behavior change chromatin and gene regulation? Please...

Kaun Lab
Nov 2, 20171 min read


Yanabah @ SACNAS
Congrats to undergraduate Yanabah Jaques who is the recipient of a travel award to attend SACNAS 2017 Oct 19-21....

Kaun Lab
Sep 6, 20171 min read


Emily @ CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila!
Congrats to our own Emily Petruccelli who's abstract was selected for a talk at the 2017 CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila meeting....

Kaun Lab
Sep 6, 20171 min read
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