Our lab is interested in understanding the neural mechanisms impairing language acquisition and cognitive development across a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, especially those associated with intellectual disability. Ongoing studies in the lab use...
A. Eliot Shearer MD PhD is an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School and an Attending Pediatric Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon) at Boston Children’s Hospital. His lab studies the genetics of...
The Koehler Lab focuses on understanding the development and regeneration of sensory organs. Our primary goal is to elucidate how cells from various layers of the developing embryo converge to form a functioning sense organ. We believe such basic...
Sensory transduction converts stimulus information into electrical information and is at the interface between the world around us and the brain. To understand how information is encoded and transmitted to the brain we study the sensory cells and neurons...
Much of our adult behavior reflects the neural circuits sculpted by experience in infancy and early childhood. At no other time in life does the surrounding environment so potently shape brain function – from basic motor skills, sensation or sleep to...
Sensory hair cells of the inner ear transduce mechanical stimuli into electrical signals which are transmitted to the brain. The primary goal of my research is to characterize the functional and molecular development of these inner ear hair cells. In...
