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How are sensory organs formed?
We are investigating the very first steps in the developmental (and perhaps evolutionary) history of inner ear sensory organs...
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How are hair cells produced and regenerated?
We are studying how these two cell types are produced during development, and the mechanisms controlling their patterning.
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Stereocilia formation and maintenance
We have shown that one gene encoding an actin-bundling protein, Plastin1, is essential for their maintenance - and therefore hearing.