WashU Medicine hearing researchers gear up for national meeting

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Hearing scientists in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine are busy preparing their latest data for presentation at the upcoming MidWinter Meeting of the American Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO). The association is the world’s largest organization of hearing and balance researchers, with members located in universities, medical centers, research […]

WashU conference highlights advances in auditory research

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Washington University Departments of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Neuroscience co-hosted a conference featuring the latest advances in auditory research, November 18-19. The event was held at both the Eric P. Newman Education Center and the Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Building on the medical school campus. The conference featured presentations by global leaders […]

Rubinstein offers stimulating 44th annual Senturia lectureship

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Jay T. Rubinstein, MD, PhD, professor and Virginia Merrill Bloedel chair of the department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at University of Washington Medical Center delivered the  44th annual  Senturia Lecture to the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine on Nov. 13. Rubinstein received undergraduate and master’s degrees in engineering at Brown […]

Hirose receives grant to study CMV-related hearing loss

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A new study at Washington University School of Medicine hopes to shed some light on one of the most common causes of hearing loss in newborns – a viral infection known as cytomegalovirus or CMV. Pediatric otolaryngologist and Principal Investigator Keiko Hirose, MD, knows well the risk of CMV infection in utero. Her lab studies […]

WashU researchers recognized at national meeting

photo of Craig Buchman presenting at ACIA 2024

The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) hosted the 17th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Technologies, July 10-13 in Vancouver. Surgeons, trainees and audiologists from the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University made several important research contributions to the event. The annual meeting is designed to showcase trending topics, novel research, and interdisciplinary […]

Hearing science on display at annual meeting

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Basic scientists from the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University assembled in Anaheim, Calif., for the annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), Feb. 3-7. The meeting is the largest gathering of hearing and balance scientists in the world. Efforts to advance our understanding of hearing and the disorders that affect […]

Yakusheva lab moves to the new Neuroscience Research Building

Assistant Professor Tatyana Yakusheva, PhD, and her team finally settled in their new research lab and work area in the new Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building (NRB), one of the world’s largest neuroscience research buildings. This 11-story building houses hundreds of scientists across the neuroscience research spectrum. The Yakusheva Lab was the first to […]

Single approach shows promise for hearing loss and neurological disorders

A team of Washington University scientists is working on a “one-size-fits-all” approach to help prevent hearing loss and a variety of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Many sensory and neurological disorders are caused by the over-activation of neurons by the neurotransmitter glutamate. Compounds that can block the various classes of glutamate receptors are well known to […]

Disentangling the vestibular schwannoma tumor microenvironment

In a first-of-its-kind study, two Washington University residents – Tom Barrett, MD (Otolaryngology), and Bhuvic Patel, MD (Neurosurgery) – employed two novel single cell genomic techniques to reveal an injury-like process related to the growth of vestibular schwannomas (VS).  The study, accepted for publication in the journal Nature Communications, is the first to examine the […]

Kim brings groundbreaking imaging techniques to WashU ENT

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Jinkyung Kim, PhD, has joined the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine. A specialist in biological imaging, Kim has developed novel techniques that allow real time observation of cellular activity in the living mammalian cochlea. Kim received her doctoral degree at the School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of […]