Auditory Neurophysiology Lab
The Latest News
April 2023 - Lab is moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan!
4/7/22 - Congrats to our research associates Kaila Nip and our undergraduate Sean Kashiwagura for their 1st co-authored paper, 'Loss of beta-4 spectrin impairs Nav channel clustering at the heminode and temporal fidelity of presynaptic spikes in developing auditory brain', published in Scientific Reports!
2/3/22 - Congrats to our rockstar graduate student Mackenna Wollet on her 1st first author manuscript titled, 'Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is involved in activity-dependent tonotopic refinement of mntb neurons', which got accepted in Frontiers in Neural Circuits!
9/7/21 - Congrats to Dr. Elizabeth Gould for our recently published manuscript in Cell Reports, 'SCN2A contributes to oligodendroglia excitability and development in the mammalian brain'!
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Meet our Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jun Hee Kim
Professor
Kresge Hearing Research Institute
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Education
M.S., Medicine, Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University Medical School, South Korea, 2001
Ph.D., Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University Medical School, South Korea, 2004
Postdoctoral fellow, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Science Center, 2010
Lab's Mission
The Kim Lab focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms whereby auditory inputs, sound, influence the structural and fictional plasticity of the central nervous system in the developing brain or during aging. We have also elucidated neuron-glia interactions, synapse function and dysfunction and myelination within the auditory nervous system.
Using patch-clamp recordings, advanced dynamic imaging techniques, and in vivo auditory function tests, we are studying synaptic activities and plasticity, and neuron-glia interaction in auditory disorders during development or aging.
Previous News
5/21/21 - Congrats to our post-doc Dr. Elizabeth Gould for presenting, 'SCN2A contributes to oligodendroglia excitability and development in the mammalian brain" and our grad student Mackenna Wollet for presenting, 'Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for the structural and physiological refinement of mntb neurons along the tonotopic axis' and winning awards at our Cellular and Integrative Physiology Research Day
5/18/21 - Congrats our graduate student Mackenna Wollet for passing her qualifying exam and becoming a PhD Candidate!
4/9/21 - Congrats to Dr. Eun Jung Kim and Kaila Nip for our recently published manuscript in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience on the development of the auditory brainstem in baboons!
4/1/21 - We recently were awarded with a , in which we hope to determine the cellular mechanisms whereby auditory experiences regulate auditory brain plasticity and central processing via adaptive myelination
03/21/21 - Our research on excitable oligodendrocytes was featured in an article titled, "How oligodendrocytes may shape autism"!
10/15/20 - Congrats to Dr. Tara Barron for her 2020 publication on baboon cerebellum! (see 'Publications' tab for link!)
07/13/20 - Congrats to our current graduate student Mackenna Wollet for her first ever publication in Nature Neuroscience! (see 'Publications' tab for link!)