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Recent Lab News:

General News
  • All Kalueff Lab 2012 events are now uploaded to our Facebook page.
  • Our lab is organizing the 18th International "Stress and Behavior" Neuroscience Conference in New Orleans (June 22-24, 2012). Visit the conference website for more details.
  • Spring 2012 is around the corner. The lab will accept undergraduate students to work on our projects. Interested? - Apply online through the lab web application
  • Summer 2012 - our lab participates in NIH/NIDA-sponsored summer research program for under-represented students; see more information here.
2012
  • Mar 3-4, 2012 - Our lab participates in "Behavior, Biology and Chemistry of Addiction Conference in San-Antonio, TX. Dr Kalueff will chair the symposium there.
  • Jan 26, 2012 - Congratulations to Andrew Roth on his 2012 BBC Addiction Neuroscience conference Travel award, to present his research on habituome at their conference in San Antonio in March.
  • Jan 14, 2012 Congratulations to Marco Elegante, our former lab member, on his acceptance to Tulane Medical School.
  • Jan 4, 2012 - Our lab's paper "Effects of hallucinogenic agents mescaline and phencyclidine on zebrafish behavior and physiology" by Kyzar et al. has been accepted to Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Jan 3, 2012 - Two of our lab papers (Kalueff et al., 2007, and Egan et al., 2009 are listed as # 6 and 7 most cited papers published in last 5 years in Behavioral Brain Research.
  • Jan 1, 2012 - Happy New Year from Kalueff Lab!
2011
  • Dec 26, 2011 - For the first time, one of our papers ("Whats wrong with my mouse model?", Kalueff et al., 2007) has been cited >100 times.
  • Dec 19, 2011 - Read two recent reviews of our "Serotonin transporter" book here and here.
  • Dec 4, 2011 - Congratulations to our former lab member John Chung on his acceptance to a Neuroscience PhD program in Seoul (Korea).
  • Dec 1-4, 2011 - Lab annual Fall retreat (4th Tulane-Arkansas Tech Neuroscience symposium) and our trip to Ozarks (see photos here).
  • Nov 25, 2011 - Our lab's paper "The Zebrafish Neurophenome Database (ZND): a dynamic open-access resource for zebrafish neurophenotypic data" by Kyzar et al. was accepted for publication to "Zebrafish".
  • Nov 25, 2011 - Our lab's paper "Perspectives of zebrafish models of epilepsy: what, how and where next?" by Stewart et al. was accepted for publication to Brain Res Bull.
  • Nov 24, 2011 - Happy Thanksgiving from Kalueff Lab! Enjoy this funny clip (by Chris Collins) here.
  • Nov 20, 2011 - Congratulations to our lab member Andrew Roth on his appointment as a full-time instructor of Biology and Genetics in Delgado College.
  • Nov 18, 2011 - Our lab's publication by Gaikwad et al. (2011) is listed as #2 among "most read articles" published in 'Behavioural Processes' during the last 10 years.
  • Nov 15, 2011 - Lab's talk "Standardizing, heterogenizing, or domain interplay-based modeling of brain disorders?" at the Satellite Society for Neuroscience (SfN-2011) symposium in Washington DC.
  • Nov 14, 2011 - Lab's zebrafish talk "Phenotyping social behaviors in zebrafish" at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN-2011) symposium in Washington DC.
  • Nov 11, 2011 - Dr. Kalueff's talk on zebrafish models of anxiety at "Anxiety and Depression: 21st Neuropharmacology" Conference in Washington, DC.
  • Nov 3, 2011 - Congratulations to Jeremy Green on his acceptance to the LSU Medical School.
  • Oct 22-Nov 4, 2011 - Dr. Kalueff's lectures in Europe: Universities of Zurich (Oct 24, 25), Utrecht (Oct 26), Leiden (Oct 26), Nijmegen (Oct 27), Magdeburg (Oct 28), Wurtzburg (Nov 2) and Innsbruck (Nov 4).
  • Oct 18, 2011 - Congratulations to Evan Kyzar and Nick Capezio on their Deans' Grants to attend the Society for Neuroscience Conference in Washington DC in Nov 2011.
  • Oct 16, 2011 – Kalueff Lab October Zebra-fest Poetry Competition (read all poems here).
  • Oct 11, 2011 - Congratulation to Russell Riehl on his acceptance to Tulane Medical School.
  • Oct 10, 2011 - The lab was awarded Tulane Scholarly Engagement grant to support Evan Kyzar's project on hallucinogenic models of psychoses in zebrafish.
  • Sept 10, 2011 - Our book "Zebrafish Protocols for Neurobehavioral Research" (Eds Kalueff A, Stewart A, Humana Press) is finalized and "in press".
  • Sept 6, 2011 - Good day for neuroscience: mescaline was given to zebrafish for the first time in history. Fish were moderately happy.
  • Aug 25, 2011 - Professor Robert Benno (William Patterson University) visited our lab to see our recent mouse grooming analysis protocol in action.
  • Aug 16-20, 2011 - Our lab hosted exchange visitors from the University of Minnesota (Nia Mill and Katie Oldsberg).
  • Jun 22-24, 2011 - The lab hosted the 16th International "Stress and Behavior" Neuroscience Conference (www.stress-and-behavior.com) attended by US and international scientists from over 15 countries worldwide
  • June 6, 2011 - Our lab's paper "What's wrong with my mouse model?" (2007) is listed as number 6 most cited paper in Behavioral Brain Research in the last 5 years.
  • June 1, 2011 - Summer Research Program started in the lab. Welcome to: Daniel Desmond, Simon Chanin, Danielle Varga, Indya Bruce, Ivan Zapolsky, Jolia Raymond, Jonathan Hester, Sidarth Bagawandoss, Joseph Enriquez, and Caroline Fryar.
  • May 29, 2011 - Our paper "Behavioral and physiological effects of acute ketamine exposure in adult zebrafish" by Riehl et al. has been accepted to Neurotoxicol & Teratol.
  • May 16-29, 2011 - Dr. Kalueff kicks off the 15th International Neuroscience "Stress and Behavior" conference, visits the University of Tampere (Finland) and speaks at the 41st Scandinavian Conference on Laboratory Animal Science (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Apr 27-30, 2011 - Dr. Kalueff visits University of Minnesota and speaks at the UM's Stress Center.
  • April 25, 2011 - Congratulations to Keith Wong, our former lab member, on his acceptance to the UCSD Medical School.
  • Apr 8, 2011 - Dr. Don Ennis (LSU Lafayette) visits the lab and presents his talk at the Pharmacology seminar, hosted by Dr. Kalueff.
  • Apr 8, 2011 - Our lab members Siddharth Gaikwad and Evan Kyzar will present their data at the Experimental Biology EB2011 meeting in Washington, D.C.
  • Apr 7, 2011 - Congratulations to Indya Bruce on her 2011 LSU Summer Fellowship to work another summer in our lab.
  • Apr 6-7, 2011 - Kalueff Lab and Tulane Neurophenotyping Platform participate in the Tulane Medical Center Research Days.
  • Apr 2, 2011 - The first working weekend in the lab this year. Very, very quiet and inspirational. Only 3.5 hard-working scientists were found on the premises.
  • March 30, 2011 - Congratulations to Peter Hart on his acceptance to UIC (Chicago) PhD program in Pharmacology.
  • March 26, 2011 - Our lab was awarded the Newcomb Fellows 2011 grant.
  • March 24, 2011 - Dr. Ron Mervis (USF, Tampa) visits the lab and presents his talk at the Neuroscience Program seminar, hosted by Dr. Kalueff.
  • March 21, 2011 - Congratulations to Evan Kyzar on his 2011 Neuroscience Summer Fellowship, to perform his research project in our lab this summer.
  • March 18, 2011 - Congratulations to Ashley Denmark, our former lab student, on her acceptance to Medical School. Congratulations to Evan Kyzar on his Dean's grant to attend, and present his data at, the Experimental Biology EB2011 meeting in Washington D.C.
  • March 4-6, 2011 - Kalueff lab travels to Addiction Neurobiology Conference in San Antonio, TX (Peter Hart and Siddharth Gaikwad present posters).
  • March 3, 2011 - Congratulations to Evan Kyzar, our lab undergraduate student, who was awarded the Dean's grant to attend the Experimental Biology 2011 Conference in Washington, D.C.
  • Feb 26, 2011 - Kalueff Lab participates in Tulane Neuroscience Program annual scientific retreat.
  • Feb 26, 2011 - Our paper "Behavioral and physiological effects of RDX on adult zebrafish" by Williams et al. has been accepted for publication in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology.
  • Feb 24, 2011 - Welcome to our new lab members - Shavonn Whiten and Robert Jenkins, Xavier University exchange students.
  • Feb 22, 2011 - Our paper "Effects of piracetam on behavior and learning in adult zebrafish" by Grossman et al. has been accepted for publication in Brain Research Bulletin.
  • Feb 22, 2011 - The Kalueff Lab participates in 2011 NSF-funded EDEB (Enhancing Diversity in Environmental Biology) program hosting minority students.
  • Feb 17, 2011 - Our paper "Behavioral effects of MDMA ("Ecstasy") on adult zebrafish" by Stewart et al. has been accepted for publication in Behavioral Pharmacology
  • Feb 16, 2011 - Our lab has received a 25-K grant from Tulane School of Medicine Research Pilot Program, to support our zebrafish movement pattern analysis research.
  • Feb 12, 2011 - The Kalueff Lab Spring Retreat: at Historic Fort Pike, with Captain Charlie and his boat
  • Feb 10, 2011 - Our lab's paper "Three-dimensional neurophenotyping of adult zebrafish" by Cachat et al. has been accepted for publication in PLoS One.
  • Feb 1, 2011 - Our lab has established Tulane Neurophenotyping Platform (TNP) - a Behavioral Core Facility serving Tulane researchers and other investigators from academia and industry. Click here for details.
  • Congratulations to Siddharth Gaikwad on passing his Step II Clinical Exam.
  • Jan 12, 2011 - The Kalueff Lab participates in 2011 NIDA Summer Research Program for under-represented students. Click here for more information (deadline is March 1, 2011).
  • Jan 12, 2011 - Welcome to Andrew Roth, Roshan Razavi, and Louie Monnig, our new lab members. And welcome back, John DiLeo.
  • Jan 4, 2011 - Zebrafish Neurophenome Project (ZNP) was launched by the lab. See the new page here.
2010
  • Nov 11-20, 2010: The Kalueff lab traveled to Society for Neuroscience 2010 conference in San Diego, followed by a NAKFI Conference in Irvine, and a quick research visit to Disneyland.
  • Nov 8-9, 2010: Prof. Zofia Zukowska's (University of Minnesota) visit to our Department.
  • Oct 18, 2010: Congratulations to Evan Kyzar on his recent Lurcy Grant to support his research in our lab.
  • Oct 12, 2010: Congratulations to Evan Kyzar and Katie Chang, our lab undergraduate students, who were awarded Dean's grants to attend Society for Neuroscience 2010 Conference in San Diego.
  • Oct 8-9, 2010: Lab Annual Retreat (Rouse's Cabin, MS) - jointly with a Faculty-Student engagement activity supported by the Provost's Undergraduate Activities fund. P. Hart and J. Cachat presented journal club. See photos here.
  • Oct 8, 2010: Prof. Ken Sufka's (University of Mississippi) visit to our Department.
  • Sept 20-22, 2010: Dr Kalueff will gave a talk on zebrafish models in biological psychiatry at 5th Aquatic Models of Human Diseases conference in OR, followed by a visit to ZIRC.
  • A 2-year R03 grant from NIDA (NIH) is awarded to our lab to study the effects of different hallucinogenic drugs on zebrafish.
  • Dr Kalueff will give a talk on zebrafish models in biological psychiatry at 5th Aquatic Models of Human Diseases conference in OR, Sept 20-22, 2010.
  • Sept 7, 2010: Jonathan Cachat has received the SfN Chapter Graduate Student Travel Award for SfN Conference 2010.
  • July 9, 2010: Dr. Kalueff has been selected to attend a highly selective 150-person "think-tank" style 2010 Annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI) conference, "Seeing the Future with Imaging Science".
  • June 5-11, 2010: Dr. Kalueff is lecturing at RIKEN Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, and Matsushiuma Molecular Biology Summer Symposium in Japan on his lab's recent research with zebrafish as models of brain disorders.
  • June 2010: Our paper reporting LSD effects on zebrafish is now "in press" with Behavioral Brain Research. This is the first study examining the effects of LSD on zebrafish.
  • June 2010: Our paper on modeling zebrafish epilepsy is now "in press" with Brain Research. This is the first paper validating adult zebrafish models of experimental epilepsy. 
  • Congratulations to Brett Bartels and Julia Tan for their acceptance at Tulane Medical School and the University of South Alabama Medical School, respectively.
  • Congratulations to Keith Wong, John Chung and David Tien, who successfully defended their master's thesis.
  • Congratulations to Brett Bartels and Salem Elkhayat, who have been awarded the Student Crest Award - a prestigious Tulane University student award for leadership, scholarship and community service.
  • Congratulations to Jonathan Cachat on his Honorable Mention of the NSF Graduate Fellowship Award.
  • Congratulations to Jason Goodspeed for his acceptance to Ohio State University Graduate Program.
  • Congratulations to David Tien, who was awarded the Tulane 34 Award, awarded annually to graduates who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate life at Tulane by their leadership, service, and academic excellence. The award is one of the most coveted university-wide honors bestowed upon students.
  • Congratulations to Adam Stewart, who was accepted to the University of Illinois at Chicago's Graduate Program in Bioengineering.
  • April 24-28, 2010. Lab Students (K. Wong, B. Bartels, J. Tan and D. Tien) will be presenting the lab research at Experimentail Biology 2010 conference in Anaheim, CA.
  • Congratulations to Anna Tien and Sopan Mohnot, the lab alumnae, who were elected Co-Presidents of Tulane Neuroscience Association (TUNA). Thanks David Tien, our lab member, for his excellent work as TUNA past President.
  • Congratulations to Sudipta Roy, MD, who has received an internship position in Family Medicine.
  • Congratulations to Keith Wong, who was awarded Tulane Health Science Research Day Specialty Award (sponsored by the Tulane-Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research) on his poster on modeling epilepsy in zebrafish, presented March 4 at Tulane Research Day. 
  • Congratulations to Ferdous Kadri, who has been accepted to LSU MD/PhD Program.
  • A new 2010 volume of the Lab Rules has been released - Link
  • June, 6-8 2010. Dr. Kalueff will be lecturing at the 10th Spring Symposium of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Matsushima, Japan).
  • May 2010. Dr. Kalueff will be chairing the 14th International 'Stress and Behavior' Conference (St. Petersburg, Russia).
  • April 2010. Our lab hosts exchange visit from AR Tech and behavioral mini-symposium.
  • March 7, 2010. The lab participates in 2010 Tulane University Neuroscience Program retreat.
  • March 4, 2010 - An absolute lab record: 4 lab members were noticed in the lab working at 3.30 a.m.
  • March 4-8, 2010. The lab visits the Addiction symposium in San Antonio, TX. Congratulations to Adam Stewart who recieved the travel award.
  • March 3, 2010. The lab participates in Tulane Health Sciences Research Days.
  • March 2, 2010. Dr. Kalueff has been awarded the University Senate's Committee on Research COR grant.
2009
  • December 14, 2009. The lab was awarded LA Board of Reagents PFUND grant to support our research.
  • November 24, 2009. Congratulations to Julia Tan, who was awarded Newcomb Fellows student travel grant.
  • Novemember 20, 2009. Dr Kalueff was awarded a Newcomb Fellows Grant from Newcomb College Institute
  • November 14, 2009. Lab visit to Arkansas Tech University to participate in Tulane-ATU Behavioral Neuroscience Symposium. Click here for report.
  • November 3, 2009. Congratulations to three lab's undergraduate students - David Tien, Brett Bartels and Julia Tan, who were awarded prestigious Tulane University's Lurcy Awards to support their research in our lab.
  • October 26, 2009. Congratulations to Julia Tan and Brett Bartels, lab members recently awarded TU Provost's Scholarly and Artistic Engagement Grant.
  • October 16, 2009. Dr. Kalueff gave a special lecture on zebrafish models in biological psychiatry at the opening session of the 35th Science and Technology Congress (Thailand, Bangkok).
  • October 5, 2009. Congratulations to Chris Sucui and Mike Rosenberg, the Lab members recently accepted to Tulane Medical School.
  • October 4, 2009. In the effort to foster faculty-undergraduate student interactions, the lab hosted an informal mini-symposium, sponsored by the University and Tulane University Neuroscience Association. Press Release.
  • October 4, Dr. Kalueff received Louisiana Board of Regents' TGEF award
  • Dr. Kalueff has been named a Newcomb Fellow of the Newcomb College of Tulane University.
  • Our lab became part of Tulane Interdisciplinary PhD program in aging studies, and a member of Tulane University Center for Aging.
  • Marco Elegante and Salem Elkhayat have been accepted to Tulane Neuroscience Masters Program.