Image of the Day: Water Sensors

Zebrafish detect water movement around them through signals sent to the brain by cells containing tiny hairs.

Image of the Day: Water Sensors

Zebrafish detect water movement around them through signals sent to the brain by cells containing tiny hairs.

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Long-Sought Hearing Channel Protein Found

Abby Olena, PhD | Aug 22, 2018 | 3 min read

After a decades-long pursuit, researchers have confirmed the identity of the pore of the mechanotransduction channel in vertebrates’ inner ear hair cells.

The Ears Have It

Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 1, 2015 | 8 min read

A teaching obligation in graduate school introduced James Hudspeth to a career focused on how vertebrates sense sounds.