Lavinia Sheets

hearing & balance researcher, ichthyophile, mostly lurker

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

Cisplatin at sub-lethal doses—hair cells survive, but at what cost? 🤔 Turns out, it triggers permanent changes in mitochondrial morphology and dynamics.
Stop by Elayna’s poster SU146 and scan the QR codes to watch mitochondrial dynamics - the movies are 🤯 #ARO2026 #AROMWM2026

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

Just popping back on here to say

You should check out Poster 120.01 (Board K3) and Poster 120.02 (Board K4) today 🐟👂🔥

1-5 pm #Sfn2025

[eLife - the journal @eLife]

Why hearing in noisy places gets harder with age, even with “normal” hearing

This study links hidden damage in the ear's neural wiring to speech-in-noise difficulties and increased listening effort in middle-aged adults.
https://t.co/nhfOhVgAg0

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

I'm generally not on this site anymore.
But when I am, it's to amplify threads like this 🧵 📢

[uiowabiology @uiowabiology]

Our final seminar this semester will be led by Lavinia Sheets, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The seminar will begin at 3:30pm on Friday, December 13, in BBE101. All are welcome to attend!

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@pfapostolides

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@pfapostolides That would be cool if it was! It's the ridgline plot from the cover of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album.

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@ZebrafishRock

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

@FredrikJutfelt Shouldn't the answer to citing a paper from _any_ journal be "sometimes, with vetting"? I hope folks read the papers they cite and vet the data themselves.🤷‍♀️

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

Thanks for the shout out @ZebrafishRock 🥰

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#DanioDigest (Sept. 2024)

Community news

Dr. Jason Fish (@FishLab_UHN) wins @CIHR_IRSC Mid-Career Excellence Award in Blood & Blood Vessel Research.

Dr. Junsu Kang (@JunsuKang2) wins @ISRBio Rising Star Award.

Dr. Lavinia Sheets (@Oly_Binewski) promoted to Assoc. Professor @WUSTL_ENT.

Dr. Thomas Juan (@TJ_ThomasJuan) to start as Asst. Professor @UU_University.

Dr. Thomas Desvignes (@TomaDesvignes) to start as an Asst. Professor @UABNews in January 2025.

Dr. Andrea Henle (@AndreaHenlePhD) started @aaas Science and Technology Policy Fellow @NSF in US Federal Government.

Dr. Sofia de Oliveira (@sloliveira) named Associate Councilor of @leukocytebiol.

PhDs Awarded to:

Dr. Simaran Johal (@SimaranJohal) of @AC_Nelson_Lab.

Dr. Natalia Jaroszynska (@NJaroszynska) of @MacDonald_Lab.

Dr. Jia Le Lim (@jllim94) of @LabTrivedi.

Dr. Yazan Salloum (@yazan_salloum95) of @zebragut Lab.

Special to Maddie Ryan (@madeline__ryan), Charli Corcoran (@CharliCorcoran) & Michaela Noskova (@MichaelaNoskov5) for putting this digest together! If you would like to thank the @ZebrafishRock team for their time & effort, you can buy us a strong cuppa at the link below. Every little bit keeps us caffeinated and motivated! We appreciate your support 🙂

🙏 https://t.co/iiDePYW2MY

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[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

@MadS100tist

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@MarinaP63 Finally said hi to Dwight on his way to the posters 🐦

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

Now online @JPhysiol!

Fun collaboration with @KT_Kindt lab featuring rheotaxis data from talented @wustlcrm postbacc Keziah-Khue Nguyen 🐟

https://t.co/TnZqKbWZoN

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

This one has some of my most favorite things - intracellular transport, ribbon synapses, and zebrafish 🚶🎀🐟💓

Excellent study and fun collaboration with @KT_Kindt lab 😆

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

@ET_Lunsford Looking forward to it 🙂

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@pfapostolides @apanhearing @SfNtweets We miss you 😢
Hope to see you at ARO

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😻🐷

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@IndArtur @buswinka

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Final version is online @iScience_CP
"Direct Targeting of Mitochondria by Cisplatin Leads to Cytotoxicity in Zebrafish Lateral Line Hair Cells" 🐟👂
https://t.co/Nk2JM80UpN

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

Check out our latest preprint! Using live imaging in🐟 to evaluate mechanisms of cisplatin-induced hearing loss, we show that sensory hair cell mitochondria are direct targets for cisplatin, and that cumulative metabolic activity increases hair cell vulnerability 👂💉👇

[Lavinia Sheets @Oly_Binewski]

@AravindHearing @bchandra_nu @SoundBrainLab @PittCSD @PittSHRS ““fuzzier” phonemic representations in middle age?!?

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Lateral line neuromast cells in a zebrafish embryo. Credit to @Lush_Biology. #ZebrafishZunday