Karla Kaun
Assoc. Prof. Neuroscience at Brown University. Neurogeneticist investigating the neural and molecular mechanisms of cravings. Loves trees🌲 and breaks boards 🥋. Tân’si 👋🏻!
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- It's difficult to know how motivated a fly is, and how motivated behaviors change with experience. To do this, we've been developing new ways to measure operant learning in flies, as described in our new Open-LA paper below.
- Ever wonder how individuals decide what to eat & what to avoid? We used our novel #OperantLearningAssay (Open-LA) to let #Drosophila control their sensory world and study their motivated choices over time. Read my full work with @karlakaun.bsky.social & co-authors at doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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- Friday was one of my favorite lab meetings of the year: the lab cookie swap. This year we had guest cookie appearances by @drosophilosophy.bsky.social and Thum lab PhD student Nadine Nowag. It was just too good not to share. www.kaunlab.com/post/2025-co...
- The lab is hiring Research Assistants to look at how changes in gene regulation impact motivation for addictive stimulants. www.kaunlab.com/post/researc...
- Are flies a good model to discover and investigate mechanisms of treatments for alcohol use disorder? We validated known treatments and suggest a potential new treatment: gamma secretase inhibitors.
- Ever wonder how fruit flies can be used to help uncover novel therapies for #AlcoholUseDisorder? My new paper with @karlakaun.bsky.social describes a behavioral assay pipeline using #Drosophila that can be used to screen new treatments and to investigate the mechanism of currently available drugs.
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- And that's a wrap! I had a ton of fun at the inaugural New England Addiction Neuroscience Research Conference Friday and am looking forward to seeing everyone next year, if not sooner! newenglandaddictionconsortium.wordpress.com/annual-confe...
- The keynote lecture by @dgordonwinder.bsky.social was a huge highlight!
- Reposted by Karla Kaunpresented my first data blitz on our MDMA-assisted therapy work at the first new england addiction neuroscience (NEAN) research conference, hosted at brown. thanks to the organizers for the opportunity! @karlakaun.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Karla KaunMy university has announced a special international graduate fellowship for PhD students whose acceptance at a US university has been rescinded. Check it out: grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...
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- Reposted by Karla KaunURGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯 Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below. This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
- My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate. www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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- Scientists turned out to Stand Up For Science at the State House in Providence. There’s power in numbers 💪.
- To all parents of school age kids: University labs train nearly all people going into science in the US, which is about 25% of the US workforce. These budget cuts to the NIH and NSF means your kids won’t be able to get trained to be scientists. This crisis is putting your kids’ future in peril.
- Reposted by Karla KaunDear All, I believe that this thread will become one of my most important contributions to the fly field (I hope I will make other contributions)! Here, I introduce the Soy Milk Machine Fly Food Method, a.k.a., DeepCook!#Drosophila#NewPI
- Reposted by Karla KaunFederal restrictions & funding freezes threaten vital research and halts scientific progress that benefits all Americans. Join fellow #NeuroAdvocates in urging Congress to protect congressionally approved funding & ensure uninterrupted support for the scientific workforce. 👇 #NeuroSky
- Us scientists can advocate for how science brings hope in so many ways. I'm in awe of the advocacy work my colleagues at the Brown Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies do! carney.brown.edu/news/2025-01...
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- Omar Abubaker, Eric Nestler and I spoke about how science brings hope for those suffering from alcohol and substance use disorders at an Advocacy forum @sfn.org #SfN24. Our message is that as scientists we need to be better at communicating this. @ericjnestler.bsky.social
- A challenge for basic scientists is to guarantee that the future generation of health-care professionals and policymakers understands the importance of addiction and mental health research. By Omar Abubaker, @karlakaun.bsky.social, @ericjnestler.bsky.social bit.ly/42oULRu #neuroskyence
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Now accepting Travel Award Applications for GBB25 Fiji, May 19-22. Many Stipends available: Details here: ibangs.org/travel-award... @wimcrusio.bsky.social @karlakaun.bsky.social @camronbryant.bsky.social @davidashbrook.bsky.social Please RT - Reposted by Karla Kaun[Not loaded yet]
- Let's talk about weed ba-bee Let's talk about THC Let's talk about all the good highs and the bad vibes it may be let's talk abooouut weed 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBRa...
- Super excited about this addiction advocacy forum on Oct 8 #SfN24. How can we (as scientists) influence policy decisions and advocate for those affected by alcohol and substance use disorders?
- Reposted by Karla KaunHard to overstate how pleased I am that the FlyWire consortium converted our FAFB ("Full Adult Fly Brain") EM volume into a connectome, and that the resulting science has been (and will be) so impactful. Thanks to everyone involved. #neuroscience www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
- You can easily get lost in the gorgeous images from this collection of papers 🤩. #Drosophila www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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- The Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at Brown University under the new leadership of Bess Frost invites applications from investigators focused on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias for a tenure-track or tenured position. apply.interfolio.com/154858. Join us!!!
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- We are looking for a research assistant interested in the mechanisms and functional implications of co-transmission to join our team! Learn more: www.kaunlab.com/post/we-are-...
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- My favorite line from our editorial "Overall, technological advances in neuroscience follow a repetitive pattern: If you wish to know where brain science in general will be in the future, you might look at what #Drosophila researchers are doing now." 🪰🧠😈💅
- It's an honor to co-edit a special edition of Learning & Memory on the mushroom body with Andre Fiala. Following the 1998 original by Martin Heisenberg, it starts with our editorial "What do the mushroom bodies do for the insect brain? Twenty-five years of progress" www.kaunlab.com/post/fiala-k....
- It's an honor to co-edit a special edition of Learning & Memory on the mushroom body with Andre Fiala. Following the 1998 original by Martin Heisenberg, it starts with our editorial "What do the mushroom bodies do for the insect brain? Twenty-five years of progress" www.kaunlab.com/post/fiala-k....
- “Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined”. This is such a fantastic article: theconversation.com/alcohol-use-...
- We are looking for a molecular biologist to join the lab! We are looking for someone interested in collaborating on genes-circuits-behavior projects, with steady hands and killer pipetting skills. www.kaunlab.com/post/we-are-...
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- Whew! 30 posts in 30 days. That's it for now folks! For tips, tricks and history on #Drosophila behavior check my Fly Behavior Blog: STUDYING BEHAVIOR IN THE FLY. I’d love feedback and ideas for more posts - please email me! www.kaunlab.com/behavior-blog
- 30 - Did you know that scientists have been studying #Drosophila behavior as long as flies have been studied in the lab? tldr - from William E. Castle > Thomas Hunt Morgan > Jerry Hirsch > Seymour Benzer, behavior has always been important to understanding genetics. www.kaunlab.com/post/what-ar...
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- Reposted by Karla KaunPostdoc position available in my lab! We study sensory coding and memory in the Drosophila mushroom body. More about us at www.aclinlab.org Deadline 25 March. Please spread the word! bit.ly/LinPostdoc2024
