Research Associates
Professor Manfred
Kössl (University of Frankfurt) Peripheral, central, and comparative
auditory physiology.
Professor Marianne
Vater (University of Potsdam) Anatomy, ultrastructure and physiology of
the peripheral and central auditory system.
Dr Elisabeth
Glowatzki, (John Hopkins Medical School) Electrophysiology, biophysics.
Professor Paul Fuchs,
(John Hopkins Medical School) Electrophysiology, biophysics.
Professor Guy van
Camp
(Dept of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Belgium) Production
of transgenic mouse models for human hereditary deafness.
Dr Marlies Knipper
(University of Tubingen, Germany) Analysis of tectorial membrane
ultrastructure in hypothyroid mice.
Dr Douglas Forrest
(Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York) Analysis of tectorial
membrane ultrastructure in thyroid hormone receptor mutant mice.
Professor Christine
Petit (Institut Pasteur, Paris) Immunoelectron localisation of
molecules involved in hearing and deafness.
Dr Andy Forge
(University College, London) Evolution and structure of acellular
matrices in the inner ear.
Dr Douglas Cotanche
(Children's Hospital, Boston, USA) Expression of RPTPs during hair-cell
regeneration.
Professor Karen Steel
(Sanger Centre, Hinxton, UK). Mechano-electrical transduction in hair
cells with myosin VIIA mutations.
Dr Sietse van Netten
(University of Groningen, The Netherlands) Mathematical models of
mechano-electrical transduction.
Professor Matthew
Holley (University of Sheffield) and Dr Richard Helyer (University of
Bristol) Molecular mechanisms of inner ear
development studied using immortalized cell lines.
Dr Helen Kennedy
(University of Bristol) Calcium regulation in hair cells.
Professor Karen
Avraham
(Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel) Mechano-electrical
transduction in hair cells with myosin VI mutations.
Professor Bruce
Tempel
(University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA)
Calcium-dependent processes in hair cells with mutations in the plasma
membrane calcium pump PMCA2.
Dr Jutta Engel and Dr
Stefan Muenker (University of Tuebingen, Germany) Computer simulation
of hair cell electrophysiology.
Dr Joerg Striessnig
and Dr Annelies Schrott (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Effects of
L-type Ca-channel knockout on vestibular hair cells.
Dr Martin Thomas
(Cairn Research, Faversham) Membrane capacitance tracking.
Dr Thomas
Schimmang (University of Hamburg, Germany) Functional analysis of
Fgf3 and Fgf10 in inner ear development.
Dr Ulla Pirvola
(University of Helsinki, Finland). FGF signalling in the inner
ear.
Dr Rick Friedman
(House Ear Institute, California, USA). Yeast hybrid libraries
and targets of the transcription factor Eya1.
Dr Robb
Krumlauf
(Stowers Institute, Kansas, USA) Regulation and functional
analysis of genes in the developing hindbrain.
Dr May Tassabehji
(Universtiy of Manchester, UK). Williams syndrome.