Further Information
Academic Staff
Research and Clinical Staff
- Dr Helmy Mulders
- Dr Helen Goulios
- Ms Barbara Gell
Current Honours and PhD Students
Current PhD students
- Mr Christo Bester
- Mr Darryl Vogler
- Mr Nathanael Yates
Incoming Honours students
- Ms Gabrielle Rule
- Ms Kristen Barry (mid year entry
Current vacation scholars
- Ms Kristen Barry (Wil Simmonds scolarship)
- Ms Alecia-Jane Twigger
Recently completed PhD students
- Ms Helen Goulios
- Mr Songyu Dong
- Dr Michael Tan
- Dr Andrew Garrett
- Dr Susmita Thomson
- Dr Catherine McMahon
- Dr Greg O'Beirne
- Dr Mohammed Normani Zakaria
- Dr Daniel Brown
- Dr Kumar Seluakumaran
Recent National and International Collaborators
- Prof Richard Salvi
- Prof Alan Harvey
- Dr Jenny Rodger
- Prof Geoffrey Manley
- Dr Christine Koppl
- Dr Si Yi Zhang,
- Dr Takayuki Sueta
- Dr Ian Winter
- Dr Tony Paolini
- Dr Gary Housley
- Dr. Jerome Ruel
- Dr Takafumi Yamano
The Auditory Laboratory specialises in original research into the physiology of hearing.
It is one of Australia's leading research institutions in auditory physiology, and has established a worldwide reputation for excellence in teaching and research.
Housed in the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, the Auditory Laboratory derives its funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Royal National Institute for Deaf People and from the Australian Research Council.
Original research is presented at national and international conferences, and is published in international science journals of high prestige.
History
The Auditory Laboratory was established by Professor Brian Johnstone, who was appointed lecturer in the Department of Physiology in 1962. Professor Johnstone's background was in physics and pharmacology, and he used his unique skill to start a tradition that has been passed on to a generation of students.
Among his achievements have been the first direct measurements of basilar membrane motion in the living cochlea using the Mössbauer effect, and measuring the electrical properties of the cochlea using multi-electrode techniques.
The laboratory also hosts the UWA Master of Clinical Audiology course under the direction of Dr Robert Patuzzi.
Areas of expertise
The Auditory Laboratory of the University of Western Australia specialises in the following areas.
Cochlear physiology
- Electrophysiology
- Basilar membrane mechanics
- Ototoxicity studies
- Correlates of tinnitus.
In vitro preparations
- Brain slice sharp electrode and patch clamp
- Cochlear slice-sharp electrode and patch clamp
- Infrared and DIC fixed stage microscope.
Neuronal electrophysiology in vivo
- Single auditory nerve fibre and spiral ganglion
- Single unit cochlear nucleus, inferior colliculus and cortex (intra and extracellular recordings).
Otoacoustic emissions
- Transient and distortion product emissions
- Electrically evoked emissions.
Histology
- Immunolabeling of cochlea and brainstem
- Retrograde and anterograde labelling
- Transmitter immunocytochemistry
- Conventional and confocal microscopy.
Molecular Biology
- qRT-PCR (guinea pig)
Behavioural testing
- Tinnitus testing in experimental animals (under development in collaboration with Professor Richard Salvi, University of Buffalo).
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
