Mechanotransduction of the Hair Cell

Dr. Wei Xiong is a principal investigator at the School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University.  Recruited as part of China’s youth thousand talents plan, his research primarily focuses on the biological basis of audition and pathological mechanisms of hearing impairment and deafness. He has published several research articles in top journals in the field, such as Cell, Neuron and PNAS. Dr. Zhigang Xu is currently a professor at the School of Life Sciences, Shandong University. His research mainly focuses on the molecular basis of hearing and deafness. His work has been published in Neuron, PNAS, J. Neurosci., etc.

• A Brief Introduction.- Cellular structure for hair-cell mechanotransduction.- Biophysical properties of mechanotransduction.- Molecular components of mechanotransduction machinery.- Mechanotransduction and Inner Ear Function.- Summary: Mechanotransduction and Beyond.