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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."},{"lastName":"Cheng","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Otolaryngology"},{"focus":"Hearing loss"},{"focus":"Cholesteotoma"},{"focus":"Pediatric sinus disease"},{"focus":"Pediatric head and neck tumors"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Assistant Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Child Health Research Institute"},{"appointment":"Assistant Professor (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Assistant Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=8272&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Alan G. 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Ongoing work focuses on delineating the developing significance of these putative stem/progenitor cells and their behavior after damage."},{"lastName":"Oshima","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Instructor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Instructor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=9293&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Kazuo Oshima","firstName":"Kazuo","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Kazuo_Oshima","researchInterest":"Stem cell-based research on the inner ear"},{"lastName":"Oghalai","clinicalFocus":[{"focus":"Neurotology"},{"focus":"Cochlear Implantation"},{"focus":"Skull Base Surgery"},{"focus":"Otology"},{"focus":"Schwannomas, Vestibular"},{"focus":"Cholesteatoma"},{"focus":"Otosclerosis"},{"focus":"Otolaryngology"}],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"},{"appointment":"Associate Professor (By courtesy),Pediatrics"}],"primaryAppointment":"Associate Professor,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18187&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"John S. 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We perform translational research using animal models of hearing loss and clinical research in both adult and pediatric patients to accomplish our goals."},{"lastName":"Ronaghi","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=18186&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Mohammad Ronaghi","firstName":"Mohammad","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Mohammad_Ronaghi","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Nasr","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Life Science Research Asst,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Life Science Research Asst,Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=28438&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Marjan Nasr","firstName":"Marjan","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marjan_Nasr","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Zhang","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=20469&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Zhenjie Zhang","firstName":"Zhenjie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Zhenjie_Zhang","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Hestrin","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Comparative Medicine","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4343&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Shaul Hestrin","firstName":"Shaul","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Shaul_Hestrin","researchInterest":"The main interest of my lab is to understand how the properties of neocortical neurons and the circuits they form give rise to cortical activity and function. Our approach includes recordings from multiple cells, calcium imaging, two-photon imaging and viral-based optogenetic methods to activate  cortical neurons as well as cortical afferents."},{"lastName":"Thompson","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor,Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences)","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=6245&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Stuart Thompson","firstName":"Stuart","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Stuart_Thompson","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"MacIver","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Professor (Research),Anesthesia"},{"appointment":"Member,Bio-X"}],"primaryAppointment":"Professor (Research),Anesthesia","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=4009&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"M Bruce MacIver","firstName":"M","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/M_MacIver","researchInterest":"We study drug effects on the nervous system. Cellular, synaptic and molecular drug actions are investigated using electrophysiological and pharmacological tools in cortical/hippocampal brain slice preparations. 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The synapses are the structural connection between neurons that mediates the communication between neurons, which underlies our various cognitive function. 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Currently we aim to define the molecular mechanism for CRAC channel activation and the means by which calcium signal dynamics mediate specific activation of transcription factors and T-cell genes during development."},{"lastName":"Lee","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Bioengineering","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=23467&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Soo Yeun Lee","firstName":"Soo Yeun","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Soo Yeun_Lee","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Luoma","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=24597&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jessie Luoma","firstName":"Jessie","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jessie_Luoma","researchInterest":""},{"lastName":"Aoto","clinicalFocus":[],"appointments":[{"appointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute"}],"primaryAppointment":"Postdoctoral Research fellow, Neurosciences Institute","imageUrl":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/viewImage?facultyId=14864&type=small&showNoImage","displayName":"Jason Aoto","firstName":"Jason","href":"http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Jason_Aoto","researchInterest":""}]}