Dennis Trune, Ph.D.
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Immune-related
hearing loss
Characterization of immunologic hearing disorders and how steroid therapies control them |
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Peter Steyger, Ph.D. | Aminoglycoside-induced deafness
Identifying how ototoxic drugs enter the cochlea to induce deafness |
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Peter Gillespie, Ph.D. | Hair-cell transduction
Identification and characterization of proteins responsible for mechanotransduction by hair cells |
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Richard Walker, Ph.D. | Invertebrate mechanosensory transduction
Investigation of mechanosensation using Drosophila as a model system. |
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Tianying Ren, Ph.D. | Distortion product otoacoustic emission
Propagation of the otoacoustic emission in the cochlea |
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Alfred Nuttall, Ph.D. | Cochlear blood flow
Regulation of cochlear blood flow and effect of sound-induced ischemia in the cochlea |
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Karen J. Fong, M.D. | Effects of estrogen on olfactory neurons
Investigation into the effects of estrogen on the developing peripheral olfactory system |
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Mark K. Wax, M.D. | Microvascular Reconstruction Laboratory
Using a rat abdominal model to examine revascularization of allogenic materials |
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Robert Folmer, Ph.D. |
Mechanisms and treatment of chronic tinnitus
Investigating different mechanisms of tinnitus and various treatments |
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Xiao-Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D. |
Molecular mechanisms of tumor invasion during epithelial carcinogenesis
Studying molecular mechanisms of tumor invasion | |
Zhi-Gen Jiang, M.D. |
Neurohumoral regulation of inner ear artery: cellular electrophysiology
Characterizing ion channels, receptors and signal transduction pathways in inner ear artery cells |
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John V. Brigande, Ph.D. |
Pattern formation and cell fate specification in the mammalian inner ear
Determination of lineage relationships among cells of the mouse inner ear. |
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Teresa Nicolson, Ph.D. |
Genetic screening of inner ear mutations in zebrafish
Genetic approach using zebrafish to identify molecules required for mechanotransduction in sensory hair cells |
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