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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congratulations to Drs. Cristin Welle and Marie Banich on their AB Nexus award for "Restoring Executive Function Through AI-Guided Neuromodulation"!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Don't miss our next seminar! Josh McDermott, PhD, presents "New Models of Auditory Intelligence Via Machine Learning" on September 3 at 9:30 AM, Hensel Phelps West Auditorium, Research Complex 1 North.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Our seminar schedule is here! Check out the lineup of speakers joining us throughout the year. More Details: medschool.cuanschutz.edu/physiology/events/upcoming-events

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are excited to kick off this year's Seminar Series with a talk by Dr. Anna Dondzillo! Join us for her seminar, "New Models of Auditory Intelligence Via Machine Learning", on Thursday, August 20th, at 9:30AM, in RC1 North, Room 7108.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Exciting news! The Tollin lab has recieved a new NIH R01 grant, titled "Understanding the Link Between Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease."

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Congratulations to Drs. Ben Scholl and Alon Poleg-Polsky on receiving a new NEI grant, "Recurrent interactions in layer 2/3 ferret visual cortex."

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Congratulations to the Fernández-Mariño Lab on their latest publication in Nature Communications!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the Klug Lab on their newest publication in JARO (Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology)! 🎉 Huge congrats to the team on this exciting contribution to hearing research! 👏🔬👂

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Cristin Welle and Dr. Ethan Hughes on their new NIH R01 grant for "Pharmacological and Bioelectric Enhancement of Remyelination and Recovery"! Proud to see this work funded out of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at CU Anschutz. 🎉#CUAnschutz #Neuroscience

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Congrats to the Klug Lab on receiving a MindFund Mental Health Innovation and Novel Discoveries Award! Support like this keeps our research moving forward.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to Selin Schamiloglu, Postdoctoral Fellow in the DiGregorio Lab, on being selected as a 2026 Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Fellow! 🎉 We're so proud to have Selin representing our department in this incredible program. Congrats, Selin! 👏

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Congratulations to Drs. Cristin Welle and Dan Denman on receiving the ASPIRE grant award. Joining with them outside of our department are Dan Kramer, Isabelle Buard, and Marie Banich! "Creating a cognitive neuroprosthesis for enhanced executive function"

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congratulations to the Christie lab on the publication of a new paper in Nature Neuroscience! “Synchronous climbing fiber activity enables instructive signaling for cerebellar learning through modulation of disinhibitory circuits” Read here: nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02268-2

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We would like to extend our thanks to Dr. Eduardo Perozo for his presentation for our 26th annual A.R. Martin Lectureship! We would also like to thank Dr. John Bankston for hosting our wonderful speaker. Collaborative efforts like these strengthen scientific community & help drive discovery!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Please join us on Thursday, May 21st, for the 26th Annual A.R. Martin lecture hosted by our department. "Prestin Conformational Dynamics and the Molecular Basis of Auditory Amplification” ⏰9:30-10:20AM 📍Hensel Phelps West Auditorium

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Join us this Thursday, May 7th, at 9:30AM, for a seminar with Dr. Gaby Maimon in the Hensel Phelps West Auditorium. "Functional logic of a cognitive brain system."

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Parley Neurotech & CU Anschutz Enroll First Patient in Clinical Trial Targeting the #1 Modifiable Risk Factor for Dementia!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Researchers Dr. Achim Klug and Dr. Dan Tollin have received a multi-year federal grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a potential new treatment for age-related hearing loss.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

CU Anschutz Communications Highlights Our CAPD Clinical Trial!” Spotlight on the Klug lab’s CAPD hearing-loss therapy now entering human trials 🔗 news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories/cu-anschutz-launches-clinical-trial-for-capd-therapy-that-reversed-hearing-loss-in-models

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CU Anschutz Launches Clinical Trial for CAPD Therapy That Reversed Hearing Loss in Models

CU Anschutz researchers are offering hope to people with central hearing loss through a novel combination treatment of an oral drug and an acoustic therapy

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🔔 New publication by the Peng lab! 🔔 Alternative splicing of the Rbm24 gene is essential for cochlear hair cell stereocilia integrity and hearing function in mice 🔗 Read it in full: pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2531564123

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

New Publication by the Denman Lab! "Non-uniform spike count shared variability in the mouse early visual system" Read the full paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41830477/

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Join us for a seminar with Dr. Brice Bathellier! “The Transformations of Sound Representations in the Auditory System and Applications to Auditory Restoration by Central Neurostimulation” 🕤 9:30 AM 📅 April 27 📍 RC1 North, Room 7108

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This Women’s History Month, we honor the remarkable women of our Department of Physiology & Biophysics. Here’s to the women advancing science, expanding knowledge, and inspiring all of us to push the boundaries of what’s possible. 💪⚛️👩‍🔬

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ddigregorio.bsky.social @ddigregorio.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I am excited to share a new study on cerebellar granule cell neural sequences from our lab (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...). This study is the result of years of work by an exceptional team of postdocs and students. @adamhantman.bsky.social

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

"What Fainting Goats, Spicy Salsa and Heartbeats Have in Common: A Story of Your Body’s Electricity" Join us to learn more about your body's natural, cellular electricity that powers and enriches our lives. 🕕 Wednesday, March 25th 📍Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 E Colfax Ave, Denver

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🚨 February Publication from the Felsen lab! 🚨 “Correlates of head-fixed directional forelimb movements in mouse superior colliculus and substantia nigra pars reticulata”

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Newly published in Nature Communications🚨 “Machine learning discovers numerous new computational principles supporting elementary motion detection“

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Join us on Thursday, March 19th, for a seminar with Dr. Barbara Block 🎣🧬 “Endothermy in Fish: Thermogenesis in Muscle, Cardiac Biology, and Migratory Physiology.” 📅 March 19th ⏰ 9:30 AM 📍 Hensel Phelps Auditorium

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The Journal of Physiology @jphysiol.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Praveen Kuruppath and colleagues from @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social observed that connexin 36-mediated gap junctions contribute to fine odour discrimination and late-phase excitation of #mitral cells in the mouse #olfactory bulb 🧠 🐁 🔗 Read the study: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🚨Breaking News🚨 Vision Cluster was interviewed about their VISTA Seed Grant from the Department of Ophthalmology!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🔊New Publication in PNAS! “A complete spatial map of mouse retinal ganglion cells reveals density and gene expression specializations” Read more: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2515449122

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

🔊 New Publication in Hearing Research! "Spatial hearing and temporal processing ability of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) measured using prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle"

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Our department extends sincere thanks to Heather Snell, Ph.D., for an amazing seminar on movement and cognition, and our faculty member Tahra Eissa, Ph.D., for hosting our speaker. We value these opportunities to learn together and look forward to carrying these insights forward in our research.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🧠✨ Just published! "Connexin 36-mediated gap junctions contribute to fine odour discrimination and late-phase excitation of mitral cells in the mouse olfactory bulb" 🔗 Read more: tr.ee/ZVD8hz

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Friendly reminder about our seminar tomorrow!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

📢 Join us Thursday, December 18th for Dr. Nathan Schoppa’s seminar: “Function of tufted cells in driving gamma oscillations in the mouse olfactory bulb” 🗓️ December 18 | 9:30AM 📍 RC1 North, Room 7108

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

📢 New PLOS publication from our department! 🧠👂 The study reveals that even brief early-life hearing deprivation, common during childhood ear infections, can cause lasting brainstem processing deficits that impair spatial hearing essential for understanding speech in noisy settings.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Exciting News!🧬📖 "Distinct dendritic integration strategies control dynamics of inhibition in the neocortex” authored by Drs. David DiGregorio and Laurance Cathala published on Neuron! 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40592329/ @ddigregorio.bsky.social

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🧠🔬 Dr. Dan Tollin and Dr. Achim Klug just received a notice of award for a new multi-PI grant from NIH NIDCD which will investigate neural mechanisms involved in hearing in noise such as crowded restaurants! 🍽️ 1/3

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Have you ever had trouble following a conversation in a loud and crowded place such as a busy restaurant or cafeteria? And you were not sure why because you can hear just fine in less noisy environments?

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🎓 Another academic year, another seminar series by Physiology! 📢 The 2025–2026 Physiology Seminar Series kicks off on August 7th and runs the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month through May 21st! 🧠📅 "CU" there!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

👏 Dr. Ben-Zheng Li from the Klug lab received the competitive renewal for year 2 of his Emerging Research Grant awarded by the Hearing Health Foundation!🧠🔊 He is studying neural mechanisms of sound localization with a combined approach of physiology and neuronal modeling!

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Your body runs on electricity—just not the kind with wires. ⚡ Biophysicist Ana Fernandez-Mariño at CU Anschutz studies ion channels, tiny gates in cells that control everything from your heartbeat to your thoughts. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2whd7apv

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What Powers Your Brain and Heart? Exploring Ion Channels in the Human Body | Fernandez-Mariño Lab

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Meet Dr. Daniel Denman, a Department of Physiology faculty member and part of our Vision Research Group 👁️. His lab studies how brains process information 🧠 and the internal language brains use to carry out that processing. 🔗 youtu.be/EOifUrL5k4E

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The Department of Physiology and Biophysics continues to be a leader in excellence 💪 Congratulations to our wonderful faculty member, Dr. Ana Fernandez-Mariño, on her publication: “Structural basis of fast N-type inactivation in Kv channels.” 📖 #NewPub 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09339-7

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Structural basis of fast N-type inactivation in Kv channels - Nature

This paper explores how voltage-gated potassium channels can plug the pore to prevent the conductance of ions during inactivation.

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🚨 Big news from CU Anschutz! 🎉 Our team’s work has been published in PNAS: “Diverse and dynamic influences of saccades on visual representations in the mouse superior colliculus” 👀✨ 🔗 Read it here: bit.ly/3IFl5yK #CUAnschutz #PNAS #Research

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Physiology and Biophysics @cuanschutz-dpb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Meet Dr. Cristin Welle, a professor of Physiology & Biophysics, and Neurosurgery at CU Anschutz. Her lab is leading research at the intersection of technology and the brain, bringing us closer to understanding our nervous systems function. 🎥 Learn more: youtu.be/XKpzR6Fu3Qo

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Rewire Your Brain: Electrical Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Motor and Cognitive Healing | Welle Lab

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