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Sept. 2021: Welcome to new undergrad researchers Katelynn, Madeleine, Vy, Taylor, and Hunter! Karen gives a plenary talk at the Cichlid Science meeting.
Aug. 2021: The lab has 6 research presentations at the virtual Animal Behavior Society conference - nice job by Emily, Chase, Teisha, Rose, Saachi, and Evan!
June 2021: Congratulations to Rose and Chase for receiving GIARs from Sigma Xi Society for their research!
May 2021: Congrats to Evan for receiving a summer research grant from LSU Discover!
May 2021: Congratulations to our graduating senior undergrads Ava and Jonathan! Welcome to new undergrad Alora!
May 2020: Congrats to Ian for receiving the Ogden Honors College Outstanding Thesis Award! & Karen receives an LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award!
Feb. 2020: Julie receives the LSU Alumni Association Distinguished Dissertation Award in STEM - congrats! Karen gives a seminar in the Biology Dept. at Brigham Young University - Utah.
Jan. 2020: Welcome to new undergrad researchers Jonathan, Hyerin, and Tabitha!
Jan. 2020: Lab members present their research at the annual SICB conference in Austin, TX. - great job Chase, Mark, Julie, Rose, and Teisha!
Dec. 2019: Congratulations to our graduates - Cy and Dr. Julie Butler!
Aug. 2019: Welcome to new undergrad researchers Braden, Ava, and Ross! and to Chase in his new role as grad student!
July 2019: Karen presents a poster at the Neuroethology GRC, and is a discussion leader for the GRS.
July 2019: Congrats to Saachi for receiving a research grant-in-aid from the LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi! Karen attends the Neuroethology GRS and presents a poster at the GRC.
May 2019: Congrats to Chase for his Outstanding Thesis Award from the Honor's College! Welcome to some new undergrad lab members: Erandi, Ganga, and Evan.
May 2019: Congratulations to our graduating undergrad researchers Chase, Sarah, Brandon, and Ainsley! All are headed to either Medical or Graduate School Programs!
Apr. 2019: Congratulations to Julie for placing in the top 3 poster presentations at the LSU BioGrads Symposium! Karen receives a Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Ogden Honors College.
Apr. 2019: Mark, Cy, and Chase present their research at the LSU Discover Day Symposium. Congrats to Chase for placing first the oral STEM category!
Jan. 2019: Congrats to undergrad researchers Chase (Sigma Xi), Cy (LSU Discover), and Mark (LSU TAF) for their recent research grants!
Jan. 2019: The lab gives 5 presentations at the SICB conference in Tampa (Karen, Teisha, Julie, Chase, Sarah). Congrats to Chase (poster) and Julie (talk) for both receiving honorable mentions in the DNNSB competitions!
Nov. 2018: Congrats to Chase for receiving a TAF scholarship for his Honor's Thesis and a travel stipend from LSU Discover! Congrats to Teisha for her acceptance to the KIPP Accelerator Program! Great job by Julie presenting her research at the JBJC and Society for Neuroscience meetings!
Oct. 2018: Congrats to Julie for receiving a Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Karen M. gives a seminar to the EEBB group at Michigan State University.
Sept. 2018: Welcome to the new lab members! - Saachi (Grad), Rose (rotating Grad), Ainsley (Undergrad), Adam (Undergrad), and Cy (Undergrad)!.
Aug. 2018: Congrats to the graduating Dr. Karen Jr. Field!
July 2018: Great job by LBRN student Arohan presenting his research poster at LSU SURF! Karen M. gives a talk at ICBF in Calgary, Canada.
June 2018: Congratulations to Teisha for receiving a GIAR from Sigma Xi! Congrats to Karen Jr. for successfully defending her dissertation!
June 2018: Karen M. gives the Wed. Night Lecture for the Neural Systems & Behavior course at MBL.
May 2018: Congratulations to Chase for receiving a summer research grant from LSU Discover! Welcome to summer LBRN student Arohan Rimal!
May 2018: Congratulations to our graduating undergraduate researchers Ashley, Makayla, Victoria & Alabel!
Apr. 2018: Congrats to Victoria for successfully defending her Honors Thesis!
Apr. 2018: Tenured!!
Apr. 2018: Undergrads Sarah, Ashley, & Brandon present research posters at LSU Discover Day. Congrats to Brandon for his 2nd place win in the STEM category!
Apr. 2018: Congratulations to Teisha for receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
Mar. 2018: Teisha, Julie, and Karen Jr. present their research at the LSU BioGrads Symposium. Congrats to Julie & Teisha for getting poster awards!
Mar. 2018: Karen M. gives a seminar at LSU Dept. of Comparative Biomedicine at the Vet School. She also receives a faculty award from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
Mar. 2018: Julie gives an awesome talk at TEDxLSU!
Mar. 2018: Congrats to undergrad Sarah for receiving an LSU Discover Scholar Award! & to Julie for receiving an Esprit de Femme Student Leadership Award!
Feb. 2018: Karen M. gives a seminar at Indiana University. Julie visits UM-Duluth to conduct experiments with our collaborators in the Mensinger lab. Former LBRN summer student Chris presents his work at LBRN conference.
Feb. 2018: Karen M. receives the mid-career scholar LSU Rainmaker award! Welcome to new undergrad researcher Alabel!
Jan. 2018: The lab attends the SICB meeting in San Francisco - 3 posters & 1 talk. Congrats to Julie for receiving honorable mention in the DNNSB student presentations & to Teisha for winning the DNNSB best student poster!
Dec. 2017: Congrats to Teisha for receiving a Broadening Participation Travel Award from SICB!
Dec. 2017: See some of our research highlighted "Inside JEB" and in Research Features Magazine.
Nov. 2017: Karen Jr. presents her chemosensory research at Society for Neuroscience in Washington D.C. Colleague Al Mensinger (U of Minn-Duluth) visits the lab to give our Departmental Seminar.
Oct. 2017: Colleagues Nicole Baran (GA tech) and Peter Sorensen (U of Minnesota) visit the lab to learn, share, and collaborate.
Sept. 2017: Congrats to Julie for placing in the top 3 of the LA Coastal Connections 3-min thesis Competition! Karen M. gives her tenure seminar!
Aug. 2017: Great job by summer LBRN student Chris presenting his work on effects of maternal care and energetics on neural activation at the SURF symposium!
July 2017: Julie presents her research on tachykinin expression in the cichlid brain at the SBN meeting in CA.
May 2017: Congrats to our graduated seniors Daniel & Kara! Welcome to some new undergrad researchers - Chase, Austin, Adam, & Hannah, and LBRN summer student Chris! Congrats to Julie for receiving a travel award to attend SBN meeting!
Apr. 2017: Awesome representation by lab members at LSU BioGrads symposium, taking 2 of the top 3 poster awards!
Apr. 2017: Excellent job by Sarah and Daniel presenting their work at the LSU Discover Day undergraduate research symposium!
Mar. 2017: Julie makes it to the finals in the Regional 3 min. thesis competition! Welcome to new undergrad researcher Tyler!
Feb. 2017: Burt's Blog is up and running! - check it out for awesome posts on research from the perspective of a fish named Burt!
Feb. 2017: Karen M. gives a seminar at University of New Orleans, and is interviewed for "The Cichlid Stage" blog.
Jan. 2017: The lab attends the SICB meeting in New Orleans. Great presentations by Karen Jr., Daniel, and Julie.
Jan. 2017: Julie receives a research grant from SICB - congrats!
Nov. 2016: Congrats to Julie for winning 1st place in the LSU 3 min thesis competition!
Oct. 2016: Check out the LSU College of Science Blog post and video about our research program!
Sept. 2016: Karen F. gives a fantastic talk on her research at the LSU Museum Seminar Series!
Sept. 2016: Welcome to new PhD student Teisha, and new undergrad researchers Brandon, Sarah, Victoria, Donny, and Adaoma!
Aug. 2016: Congrats to Julie for receiving a poster prize at the Isiah Warner Education & Research Symposium!
July 2016: The lab is now on twitter! @MaruskaLab
July 2016: Tim Tricas (University of Hawaii) visits the lab to share ideas and learn techniques.
July 2016: The lab attends the JMIH meeting in New Orleans. Julie and Karen Jr. present their research.
June 2016: Julie presents her lateral line research at the ICBF conference in San Marcos, TX.
May 2016: Congrats to the graduating seniors Polly and Christopher!
Apr. 2016: Karen M. receives an LSU Alumni Association Rising Faculty Research Award
Mar. 2016: Congrats to Julie for receiving a research grant from the Animal Behavior Society!
Jan. 2016: Karen M. gives a talk at the Winter Animal Behavior Conference (WABC) in Steamboat Springs, CO. Welcome to undergrads Makayla and Zaida!
Jan. 2016: The lab attends the SICB conference in Portland, OR. Karen Jr. and Julie both give great talks!
Nov. 2015: Congratulations to Karen Jr. for winning the first place poster prize at the LSU BioGrads Symposium! Welcome to undergraduate researcher Ashley Augustus!
Oct. 2015: New paper on the role of the lateral line system during territorial behaviors is featured "Inside JEB"!
Oct. 2015: Karen Jr. presents a poster on her research at the Society for Social Neuroscience meeting in Chicago - nice work!
Sept. 2015: Julie gives her 7921 seminar - great job!
Sept. 2015: Welcome to the new undergraduate researchers Josh, Thomas, and Maddy! and to new Senior Research Associate Alex Nikonov!
Aug. 2015: The lab receives funding from the National Science Foundation for 2 proposals to study 1) multimodal social signals and 2) neural mechanisms of maternal care (in collaboration with S. Renn, Reed College).
Aug. 2015: Congrats to Julie for having her first paper accepted by Journal of Experimental Biology!
Aug. 2015: Welcome to new PhD student Whitney Walkowski and new Research Associate David Roberts!
July 2015: Kara and Charles present their HHMI research projects at the LSU SURF symposium - Great job!
June 2015: Danielle successfully defends her Master's Thesis - congrats! Julie is off to spend 8 weeks at the Neural Systems & Behavior course in Woods Hole.
May 2015: Congrats to the graduating seniors Lloyd and Haley!
Apr. 2015: Check out the pubs page for some recent papers. Undergrad researcher Daniel Vilchez joins the team - Welcome!
Mar. 2015: Congrats to Charles & Kara for being accepted to the LSU-HHMI Research Program!
Feb. 2015: Julie has been selected to attend the 2015 Neural Systems & Behavior course at MBL! Danielle has been accepted to the PhD program at University of Mississippi Medical Center. Congratulations!
Feb. 2015: Karen F. has been elected president of LSU BioGrads - Congrats! Kara Johnson & Vincent Tran join the lab - Welcome!
Jan. 2015: The lab attends the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) meeting in West Palm Beach, FL. Karen M. gives a talk, and Julie and Karen Jr. both give posters on their research.
Dec. 2014: Dr. Brian Grone visits the lab to begin new collaborations & our CRH2 gar paper was accepted by JCN! Charly graduates - congrats!
Nov. 2014: The lab attends the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in Washington D.C. Danielle gives a poster on her research at SfN and Karen M. gives a talk at the Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) meeting.
Oct. 2014: Karen M. gives a seminar for the Department of Biology at University of Oklahoma.
Oct. 2014: Karen F. & Danielle give their 7921 Departmental seminars - great job!
Sept. 2014: Fall classes have started, welcome to the new students Charles, Haley, and Christopher, & Geaux Tigers!
Aug. 2014: Charly and Macy present their research at the LSU SURF poster session - great job!
July 2014: Dr. Sunny Scobell from Brooklyn College visits the lab to learn techniques.
May 2014: Congrats to Julie for receiving a Raney Award from ASIH!
May 2014: Karen M. attends the Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) Summer Institute at LSU.
May 2014: Congrats to the graduating seniors Kenny & Kelsey! & Welcome to the new students - Macy, Charly, Polly, Lloyd, & Alex!
Apr. 2014: Montana presents her research at the LSU Honors College Undergraduate Research Colloquium. Great job Montana!
Apr. 2014: Congratulations to Julie for receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a Sigma Xi grant!
Feb. 2014: Kelsey Hershey has been accepted to Medical School at LSU-New Orleans - congrats Kelsey!
Jan. 2014: Julie, Danielle, Karen F, and Karen M. all attend the annual SICB meeting in Austin, TX. Danielle and Karen F. present posters on their research.
Nov. 2013: Karen F. presents a poster at the annual BioGrads Symposium.
Oct. 2013: Collaborator Brian Grone visits to continue work on our gar project.
Oct. 2013: Karen M. attends and presents at the BARD cichlid endocrinology workshop in Israel.
Sept. 2013: Karen M. gives a seminar at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Aug. 2013: Karen M. attends the Gordon Conference in Neuroethology as a discussion leader.
Aug. 2013: Julie Butler joins the lab as a PhD student & receives a Board of Regents Graduate Fellowship. Welcome & congrats Julie!
Aug. 2013: Undergraduate researcher Sudarshan Thapa joins the lab. Welcome Sud!
Aug. 2013: Anupa presents her summer research at the LSU SURF poster session - great job Anupa!
July 2013: Karen M. attends the Gulf Coast Summer Institute & becomes a National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences.
June 2013: Karen M. gives a talk at the "Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology" meeting in Atlanta, GA.
June 2013: Some new faces around the lab for the summer - Welcome to Anupa, Kenny & Montana!
June 2013: Collaborator Dr. Brian Grone visits the lab to work on in situ hybridization experiments in the gar and cichlid.
May 2013: Karen M. presents a poster at the "50 years of Underwater Bioacoustics" symposium in Sarasota, FL.
May 2013: Karen M. receives an ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.
May 2013: Congratulations to Danielle Porter for receiving a research grant from the LSU Chapter of Sigma Xi!
May 2013: Karen Field receives an Animal Behavior Society Research Grant! Congratulations Karen Jr.!
May 2013: We have fish! Thanks Fernald Lab!
May 2013: Congratulations to Kelsey Hershey for receiving a SURE award to conduct her research!
May 2013: The lab receives a grant from LA Board of Regents to study chemosensory signaling in the cichlid!
Apr. 2013: Congrats to Danielle and Karen Jr. for receiving Sigma Xi grants to support their research!
Mar. 2013: Fish room is finished and tanks are cycling! Karen M. gives a seminar at University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Feb. 2013: Lab website v1.0 is up and running! Thanks to Caroline "Deuce" Hu for the awesome logo!
Jan. 2013: Karen M. presents at the SICB meeting in San Francisco.
Oct. 2012: Karen, Danielle, and Karen Jr. attend the J.B. Johnston Club and Society for Neuroscience meetings in New Orleans.
Sept. 2012: Undergraduate students Kristi Harrison and Kelsey Hershey join the lab!
Aug. 2012: Graduate students Karen Field and Danielle Porter join the lab!
Aug. 2012: The Maruska Lab is established in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at LSU!