AuerbachLab

We are a neuroscience lab interested in understanding the synaptic and circuit mechanisms of sensory perception and experience-dependent plasticity

[U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology @MCB_Illinois]

Fragile X syndrome is a commonly inherited form of autism with no treatment. But a team of researchers from the University of Illinois has discovered a novel receptor function that may be used in a therapeutic approach to treatment.

https://t.co/Ad8ZEc5GOL

[Hyperacusis Research @HyperacusisCure]

"Turning a page sounds like a bomb going off. Music sounds like a ice pick to the eardrum; a siren is like a rocket being launched." Read more about the cruel reality of pain #hyperacusis in the Daily Mail: https://t.co/0KO8fkASQ3

[Beckman Institute at Illinois @BeckmanIllinois]

The Auerbach Lab is examining how different genes associated with autism spectrum disorders may similarly impact our brain’s neurons, resulting in heightened sensitivity to sounds.

Their work is supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the @NIH▶️https://t.co/V35LsMmECx

[U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology @MCB_Illinois]

Learn more about the @LlanoLaboratory and Schantz Lab's research into how fetal exposure to PCBs affects hearing health later in life. Their findings are now out in @SfNJournals.

[Hyperacusis Central @HyperacusisC]

Gail Pollard, the mother of Bryan Pollard (the founder of Hyperacusis Research), has started a fundraiser for Hyperacusis Research in his memory.

We encourage everyone to donate to support more research on pain hyperacusis. Thank you! 🙏

https://t.co/WVdaZY0Wm3

[Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Hearing @hearingnihr]

If you are a parent of a child 2-11yr old with hyperacusis (sensitivity to sound) researchers @UoNHearSci need your help to:
-discuss your child’s experiences
-test a questionnaire
Blog: https://t.co/vgqqAIONoB
Info: https://t.co/bUtmsKLbbA
Email: [email protected]

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

Big congrats to our fantastic undergrad researcher Liz Soellner on her Beckman fellowship! Liz will be looking at audiogenic seizure susceptibility in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome over the summer, excited to see what she finds!

[Beckman Institute at Illinois @BeckmanIllinois]

Congratulations to the 12 #ILLINOIS students who received Beckman Institute fellowships and awards this spring! 👏🥳

The awards will fund #interdisciplinary summer research projects ▶️ https://t.co/qiq3tRkbvW

Winners' names in the thread.👇

[Hyperacusis Research @HyperacusisCure]

Read David's story in the @HearingHealthFn's magazine. #hyperacusis #tinnitus. David had to give up the life he loved because of severe noise-induced pain. https://t.co/e6cLdMQx15

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

➡https://t.co/Mojnx2LLiH

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

It's not too late to test your hearing against our rats @BeckmanInst open house today from 9am-4pm. The rats are in the lead but we humans can still make a comeback! #BIOH23

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

@AROMWM @BeckmanInst @MCB_Illinois #hyperacusis

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

We have a fantastic line up of speakers for our #ARO2023 symposium tomorrow morning (8-10am) discussing recent advances in hyperacusis research and advocacy efforts from @HyperacusisCure. Come check it out!

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

Very excited to be participating in the @MIT_Picower 20th Anniversary symposium today. So much amazing work over the last two decades!

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

After 20 years of neuroscience research at MIT, what have we learned? We’ve compiled highlights from 39 areas of inquiry and discovery in our labs here at The Picower Institute. Take a look! https://t.co/BLRB0BQXIT #neuroscience #brains

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

Excited to share this new collaborative review paper from @AuerbachLab and Gritton lab on bottom-up/top-down adaptions for listening in complex environments and the effects of hearing loss:
https://t.co/Altu2sIzPX
@BeckmanInst @MCB_Illinois @VetMedIllinois

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

Check out this new review on hyperexcitability and homeostasis in Fragile X Syndrome from our lab @MCB_Illinois @BeckmanInst in collaboration with @TsaiNien and @vipendra89!
https://t.co/wRTXa0X9s3

[U of I School of Molecular and Cellular Biology @MCB_Illinois]

New research from the Chung lab & collaborators found that mice with a genetic mutation associated w/ epileptic encephalopathy exhibit not only the seizure & behavioral symptoms of the disorder, but also neural degeneration and inflammation in the brain.

https://t.co/G8iXOTqPKw

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

New lab website is up, check it out:
https://t.co/QygildZCSr
@MCB_Illinois @BeckmanInst

[jobRxiv @jobRxiv]

Lab Manager/Research Technician in Sensory Systems Neuroscience Lab with @AuerbachLab

@MCB_Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

https://t.co/fzoa37jAHc

#ScienceJobs @BeckmanInst

[Kenneth D Harris @kennethd_harris]

1. Cortical sensory processing is multimodal: visual cortex responds to auditory stimuli, auditory cortex to somatosensory stimuli, and so on. Is there a difference in how cortical populations encode their primary modality vs. other modalities? https://t.co/tVZla7e5au

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

For more details, look here: https://t.co/hAY4Hrdoyl
If interested, please send resume and brief statement of interest to: [email protected]

[AuerbachLab @AuerbachLab]

On a somewhat related note...we are hiring! The Auerbach Lab @MCB_Illinois @BeckmanInst has an opening for a full-time research technician available immediately. Come join us and study auditory perception in rodent models of autism and hearing disorders.