Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
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Academic Appointments Professor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Member, Bio-X
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor (By courtesy), Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research InterestMost types of congenital and acquired hearing loss arise from damage to, or loss of hair cells, the sensory cells of the inner ear. Our work focuses on generating mouse and human inner ear cell types from stem cells and we are interested in signaling pathways that control hair cell (re-)generation in vitro and in vivo. In a second line of research, we are working on the identification and the molceular characterization of proteins that are important for hair cell function.
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Academic Appointments Postdoctoral Research fellow, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
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Academic Appointments Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences
Member, Bio-X
Member, Child Health Research Institute
Professor (By courtesy), Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Research InterestWe are interested in the neuronal mechanisms that underlie synchronous oscillatory activity in the thalamus, cortex and the massively interconnected thalamocortical system. Such oscillations are related to cognitive processes, normal sleep activities and certain forms of epilepsy. Our approach is an analysis of the discrete components (cells, synapses, microcircuits) that make up thalamic and cortical circuits, and reconstitution of components into in silico computational networks.
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