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Research HighlightMay 17, 2021Building the mirror-image arrangement of sensory hair cells
Coordinated, proper hair cell orientation is vital for both hearing and motion detection, because each cell only detects motion in one direction. But how is that achieved? Basile Tarchini reveals the complex molecular cascade that yields proper hair cell arrangement in a new paper in Nature Communications. -
Search MagazineOctober 09, 2018Of mighty mice and men
Pioneering scientist Se-Jin Lee, a leader in the study of muscle development, moves his groundbreaking research program to JAX. -
Blog PostJanuary 22, 2018The stiffness of stem cells
What causes stiffness factor in induced pluripotent stem cells and what are the functional implications of cell stiffness? -
Blog PostOctober 20, 2016Women in Science: Hilde Mangold and the embryonic organizer (1898-1924)
Hilde Mangold was born October 20, 1898. She was a German embryologist who was best known for her 1923 dissertation which was the foundation for her mentor, Hans Spemann's, 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the embryonic organizer.
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Research HighlightFebruary 28, 2019Two proteins essential for layered sterocilia elongation in the inner-ear
A research team led by Basile Tarchini has found two new proteins that are essential to the correct elongation of stereocilia, tiny hair-like cellular protrusions in the inner ear. -
Blog PostMay 21, 2018The complex genetics of musical talent
Are musicians born or made? Exploring the genetics of musical ability using absolute pitch. -
Press ReleaseDecember 12, 2017Protein Daple coordinates inner-ear single-cell and organ-wide directionality
JAX, Rockefeller research team shows mice lacking Daple show developmental defects in hair cells and bundles. -
Research HighlightOctober 17, 2016Understanding the fine architecture of hearing
Work by a team including JAX Assistant Professor Basile Tarchini, Ph.D., is shedding light on the mechanism that directs the assembly of the staircase pattern of the hair bundle.
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