2020 Inner Ear Workshop Postponed
The 2020 Inner Ear Workshop at JAX has been postponed until 2021 due to Covid-19. The new date is October 18-22, 2021. You can check our ear workshop page to get updates on the event as well as a link to the registration site once it is open. See you in 2021!
Our work on stereocilia row identity featured along with an impressive new study
Jamis McGrath and Ben Perrin write an excellent summary of our Tadenev et al. 2019 paper and a newly published study by Krey, Barr-Gillespie and colleagues showing how transduction impacts stereocilia morphogenesis.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219316720?via%3Dihub
New Postdoc
New Research Assistant
Matt Day has joined us as our new Research Assistant! He will eventually replace Nick when Nick leaves to pursue his graduate research. Matt is a recent graduate from the University of Maine where he received his Bachelor’s in Biology.
New Postdoc!
Research Assistant position
We are looking for a talented and dedicated Research Assistant to complement our team. See details on the job posting.
Protein Daple coordinates single cell and organ-wide directionality in the inner ear
Our latest paper with the Hudspeth lab at The Rockefeller University is now out, in open access:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/12/08/1716522115.full
This was a fun and fruitful collaboration, thank you Kim and Jim!
A nice surprise
Our recent paper was highlighted in Science in the Editor’s choice “This week in other journals” section
Our new paper is out!
The staircase pattern of the hair bundle, with stereocilia of graded heights across rows, is a universal feature of hair cells essential for sensory function. We uncover evidence that suggests this unique architecture could be specified by a protein complex guiding planar polarization of the hair cell before the hair bundle emerges. Article
We join the organizing committee of the “The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research”
The Tarchini Lab participates in the organization of the seventh “Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research” workshop that will take place at the Jackson Laboratory from September 18th to September 23rd, 2016. Click here for more information and a link to register online.