Auditory Neuroscience @ Pitt Neurobiology

We are an interactive and collaborative group of three laboratories studying the structure, function, and plasticity of auditory circuits in health and disease. We investigate these circuits at multiple levels using state-of-the-art anatomical, physiological, imaging, and behavioral techniques.

Trainees will have the opportunity to investigate fundamental questions using a multidisciplinary approach, leveraging the combined expertise of our team. Eligible trainees also have the opportunity to participate in our institutional training grant co-directed by Karl Kandler and Bill Yates.

Recent Highlights
  • Congratulations to Manaswini Kar on her stellar short talk at APAN 2023!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Shang Ma on the successful defense of her thesis, titled “Activity-dependent development of intrinsic networks in the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus”!
  • Satya Parida from the Vatsun lab published a computational and behavioral study in Communications Biology (see UPMC Press Release).
  • Congratulations to Dr. Jongwon Lee on the successful defense of his thesis, titled “The role of GABA co-release in the development of glycinergic connections in the mouse lateral superior olive”!
  • The Annual T32 Retreat is on April 25, 2023 with Dr. Elisabeth Glowatski (JHU) as the keynote speaker!
  • New review on Quantitative models of auditory cortical processing published in Hearing Research.
  • Manaswini Kar and Vatsun lab members publish behavioral support for their theoretical model in eLife!
  • Dr. Maryanna Owoc publishes part of her thesis work titled “Embryonic medial ganglionic eminence cells survive and integrate into the inferior colliculus of adult mice” in Hearing Research!
Positions

None currently posted.

Department of Neurobiology
Department of Bioengineering (Neural Engineering)
Department of Otolaryngology
Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh (CNUP)
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
School of Medicine Graduate Studies Office.

Support

We are grateful to the following organizations for their past or current generous support of our work:

National Institutes on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation (PLHRF)
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Samuel and Emma Winters Foundation.

If you would like to support our work, please contact Karl Kandler.