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Monster Mini-Golf
A reward for spending the day giving and listening to lab chalk talks.

Kaun Lab
Jul 28, 20171 min read


Lab Retreat 2017
A full day of chalk talks and next years plans! Ready to mini golf and BBQ now.

Kaun Lab
Jul 28, 20171 min read


Addiction and Optogenetics lab at CSHL
Teaching the 12 students at the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology: Genes, Circuits, & Behavior course how to track flies that are intoxicated...

Kaun Lab
Jul 16, 20171 min read


Congrats Kavin!
Congratulations to Kavin Nunez for being awarded a 2017 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study! This...

Kaun Lab
Jun 27, 20171 min read



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Kaun Lab
Apr 29, 20170 min read
Research Assistant Opening
We're looking for a motivated and collaborative person interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying memory and...

Kaun Lab
Apr 26, 20171 min read


Welcome Sarah!
Welcome to Sarah Salamon, a visiting Master's student working in Dr. Henrike Scholz's lab at the University of Cologne!

Kaun Lab
Apr 10, 20171 min read


Fly Meeting 2017!
Check out Nick Mei and Kavin Nunez's posters presented at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference in San Diego, California March...

Kaun Lab
Apr 10, 20171 min read


Congrats Sophia!
Congratulations to Sophia Song for being an awarded a Program in Liberal Medical Education Student Research Assistantship to continue her...

Kaun Lab
Mar 31, 20171 min read


Congrats Yanabah!
Congratulations to Yanabah Jacques for receiving an undergraduate research award to continue research on her project in the lab this summer@

Kaun Lab
Mar 31, 20171 min read


Congrats on your UTRA and SRA Sophia!
Congratulations to PLME student Sophia Song, who was awarded an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award to carry out her project in the...

Kaun Lab
Feb 20, 20171 min read


Welcome Karen!
Welcome to Karen Gutierrez who is doing an independent study project this term!

Kaun Lab
Feb 20, 20171 min read


Welcome Kelsey!
Welcome to MCB graduate student Kelsey Schuch, who is doing a rotation in the lab this term!

Kaun Lab
Feb 20, 20171 min read


Welcome Yanabah!
Welcome to Yanabah Jacques who is doing an independent study project this term!

Kaun Lab
Feb 20, 20171 min read


Dopaminergic rules of engagement
Check out our new review: Kaun & Rothenfluh (2017) Dopaminergic rules of engagement for memory in Drosophila in Current Opinion of...

Kaun Lab
Jan 13, 20171 min read
Postdoc position
We're looking for an enthusiastic post-doc interested in understanding circuit function underlying the aversive and appetitive memories...

Kaun Lab
Dec 23, 20161 min read


Which wild-type should I use?
There are many types of "wild-type" strains in flies. How do you know which ones to use for your behavior? Here is a bit of information...

Kaun Lab
Nov 16, 20163 min read


Welcome Matt!
Matthew Boehm is a Brown-NIH Neuroscience Graduate Partnership Program student interested in using optogenetic and thermogenetic methods...

Kaun Lab
Sep 21, 20161 min read


Welcome Sinda!
Sinda Fekir is a Neuroscience Graduate Program student interested in understanding how alcohol affects glial-neuron interactions. Sinda...

Kaun Lab
Sep 21, 20161 min read
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