Dane Larsen joins the Caron lab! Dane is enrolled in the Molecular Biology Program. During his thesis, Dane will study the molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation. Welcome to the Caron lab, Dane!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Abby!
A third graduate student, Abby Zimmerman joins the lab. Abby is enrolled in the Neuroscience Program. During her thesis, Abby will record neuronal activity in the mushroom body as flies are exposed to different multisensory stimuli. Welcome to the Caron lab, Abby!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Camille!
Camille Voth joins our lab. Camille is an undergraduate student completing a major in Biology. She is also part of the ACCESS program. Camille will be work on finding ways to manipulate the connections between the olfactory system and the mushroom body. Welcome to the Caron lab, Camille!
Another UROP for Elom!
Elom received a second fellowship from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Fantastic!
BIOL3240, second edition
Want to know more about the brain? Enrolled in Sophie’s class, BIOL3240: Introduction to Cellular Neurobiology. It starts today!
A UROP for Elom!
Elom received a fellowship from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Way to go Elom!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Katie!
Katie Donovan joins our lab. Katie is an Honors student completing a major in Biology. Katie will be developing a new behavioral paradigm to measure the innate attraction of different Drosophila species to food odors. Welcome to the Caron lab, Katie!
Intelligence in the honeybee mushroom body
Read the Dispatch Sophie wrote with Larry Abbott for Current Biology. It is about a study from the Chittka lab. Intelligence, honeybees and their mushroom body; what could be more exciting?
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)30147-1
Welcome to the Caron lab, Kaitlyn!
A second graduate student, Kaitlyn Ellis, joins the lab. Kaitlyn is enrolled in the Molecular Biology Program. During her thesis, Kaitlyn will investigate whether the biases detected in the connections between the olfactory system and the mushroom body serve a biological function. Welcome to the Caron lab, Kaitlyn!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Elom!
Elom Amematsro joins our lab. Elom is an undergraduate student completing a major in Physics with emphases in Biology and Mathematics. Elom will construct a computer model of the mushroom body in collaboration with the teams of Alla Borisyuk and Fred Adler. Welcome to the Caron lab, Elom!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Adam!
We have a new lab manager, Adam Weinbrom! Adam will be working on developing a new behavioral paradigm to determine whether and how flies use different sensory modalities when learning to associate an object with a reward. Welcome to the Caron lab, Adam!
BIOL3240, first edition
Want to know more about the brain? Enrolled in Sophie’s class, BIOL3240: Introduction to Cellular Neurobiology. It starts today!
A UROP for Ivy!
Ivy received a fellowship from the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. Way to go Ivy!
Grazie Eccles Foundation!
Sophie was appointed the Mario Capecchi Endowed Chair in Biology. Grazie George and Dolores Eccles Foundation!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Jinzhi!
Our very first graduate student, Jinzhi Li joins the lab. Jinzhi is enrolled in the Molecular, Cellular and Evolutionary Biology Program. During his thesis, Jinzhi will determine how individual neurons in the mushroom body integrate inputs from different sensory systems. Welcome to the Caron lab, Jinzhi!
Welcome to the Caron lab, Ivy!
Ivy Chistofferson joins the lab. Ivy is an undergraduate student completing a major in Chemistry. Ivy will be characterizing novel mushroom body input neurons. Welcome to the Caron lab, Ivy!
Hello Utah!
The Caron lab is now open. We are located on the third floor of the Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building. Come and visit us!