
Hearing loss is incurable. Our long-term goal is to develop biological treatments to restore sound sensation in patients
Our lab aims to discover—in detail—the molecular mechanism by which non-mammalian species naturally regenerate lost sensory hair cells in their inner ears. In parallel, we are developing a platform in adult mice that allows us to evaluate systematically and ultimately screen for drugs and manipulations that lead to proliferative hair cell regeneration in the deaf cochlea.