Lab Members
Prof. Dr. Dirk Beutner 
Middle Ear Research Group Fon: +49 (0)551-39-63771
Nicholas Bevis
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22807
Dr. Thomas Effertz 
Mechano-electrical-transduction in the inner ear Research Fon: +49 (0)551-39-10424
Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser
Institute for Auditory Neuroscience & InnerEarLabFon: +49 (0)551-39-63070
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61940
Özge Demet Özcete
SynapseFon: +49 (0)551-39-61951
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-12669
Alexander Dieter
OptogeneticsFon: +49 (0)551-39-22837
Carlos Duque Afonso
Fast Calcium imaging on inner hair cellsFon: +49 (0)551-39-61951
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22837
Dr. Chad Grabner
High resolution on-cell capacitance measurementsFon: +49 (0)551-201-1676
Antoine Huet
Optogenetic stimulation of the cochleaFon: +49 (0)551-39-22604
Lukasz Jablonski
Fon: +49 (0)551-38-51205
Lina Maria Jaime Tobón
Endocytosis in inner hair cellsFon: +49 (0)551-201-1676
Philippe Jean
Fast Calcium imaging on inner hair cellsFon: +49 (0)551-39-61951
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22843
Daniel Keppeler
Optogenetic stimulation of the cochleaFon: +49 (0)551-39-22604
Dr. Stefanie Krinner
Imaging of single active zonesFon: +49 (0)551-39-61943
David López de la Morena
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61951
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22837
Dr. Jakob Neef
Calcium-dependent excocytosisFon: +49 (0)551-39-61949
Previous members:
Khaled Hassan Abdel-Latif
Optogenetic stimulation of the inner ear
Dr. Tommi Anttonen
Fon: +49 (0)551-201-1676
Dr. Gabi Bauer
Systemphysiologische Messungen zur Funktion synaptischer Transportproteine
Prof. Dr. Dirk Beutner
DirectorDept. of Otorhinolaryngology
University Medical Center Göttingen
Sonja Blume
Technical assistance
Dr. Kai Bodensiek
Dr. Andreas Brandt
Cav1.3-KO, nanodomain 
Dr. Anna Bulankina
Single cell RT-PCR, real time PCR 
Tanvi Butola
Physiology of the endbulb of Held
Dr. Nikolai M. Chapochnikov
Modelling
Dr. Tobias Dombrowski
Dr. Thomas Frank
Confocal microscopy of calcium influx at the hair cell synapse 
Angela Gonzalez
Technical assistance
Dr. Tamas Harczos
Coding strategies for cochlear implants
Dr. Victor Hernandez
Optical stimulation in the inner ear 
Dr. Chao-Hua Huang
Dr. SangYong Jung
Molecular physiology of hair cell ribbon synapses 
Dr. Darina Khimich
Bassoon, immuno, release mechanism, Complexin-, CSPa-, KCNQ4 -KOs
Dr. Astrid Klinge-Strahl
Characterisation of optogenetic stimulation
Manuel Koch
Organotypic cultures of the organ of Corti
Margitta Köppler
Technical assistance
Livia Lasarow
Dr. Christine Lenz
Davide Lombardo
Computational modeling of light-sensitive auditory neurons
Dr. Alejandro M. Schulz
Synaptic transmission at endbulb of Held synapses in cochlear nucleus
Dr. Alexander Meyer
Tonotopic organization of release 
Jospehine Mintel
Mercedes Muske
Studentische Hilfskraft
Rodrigue Nemzou
Synaptic organization in CaV1.3
Dr. Regis Nouvian
Bassoon, Otoferlin, KCNQ4
Jennifer Paech
M. Magdalena Picher
Biophys. Properties of Calcium Channels
Dr. Kirsten Reuter
Molecular neurobiology 
Frauke Rohde
Team assistant
Dr. Mark A. Rutherford
Dept. Otolaryngology 
Christian Rüdiger
Technical assistance
Dr. Gaston Sendin
Hypothyroid mice, ß2-KO
Swati Subramanian
Dr. Hideki Takago
Postsynaptic recording 
Dr. Tzu-Lun Wang
Fast Calcium imaging on inner hair cells 
Dr. Thomas Weber
Synapse
Simon Weiler
Pharmacological modulation of exocytosis 
Dr. Friederike Wolk
Molecular genetics 
Dr. Aaron Wong
Developmental changes of synaptic Ca signaling in inner hair cells 
Christian Wrobel
Optogenetic stimulation of the cochlea
Dr. Andreas Neef
Modelling, cell-attached CmFon: +49 (0)551-39-61107
Previous members:
Pinar Öz
Action potential waveforms modelling
Andres Agudelo Toro
Dr. Marcus Jeschke
Cognitive Hearing in Primates Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22604
Jorge Cabrera Moreno
Optogenetic cochlea implants in marmosetsFon: +49 (0)551 38-51205
Antonino Calapai
Fon: +49 (0)551 38-51345
Dr. Christian Vogl
Molecular physiology of IHC ribbon synapses Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61945
Fax: +49 (0)551-39-12950
Raphael Lange
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61943
Associated members:
Dr. Cristian Setz
Ribbon synapse developmentFon: +49 (0)551-39-61943
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-8974
Dr. Vladan Rankovič
Molecular biology of hearing restoration Fon: +49 (0)551-38-51244
Fon: +49 (0)551-38-51209
Burak Bali
Post AAV infection profilingFon: +49 (0)551-39-12669
Fon: +40 (0)551-38-51244
PD Dr. Ellen Reisinger
Molecular neurobiologyFon: +49 (0)551-39-12555/9688
Hanan Al-Moyed
Molecular biology of hearing and deafnessFon: +49 (0)551-39-12555
Andreia Cepeda
Molecular biology of synaptic transmissionFon: +49 (0)551-39-12555
Previous members:
Narges Bodaghabadi
Molecular biology of hearing and deafness
Dr. Sarah Helfmann
Molecular neurobiology 
Alexandra Müller
Doctoral student
Thomas Räppel
Doctoral student of medicine
PD Dr. Nicola Strenzke
Auditory systems physiologyFon: +49 (0)551-39-22837/9688
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61953
Iman Bahader
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22243
Alek Hanafi-Metwalli
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22243
Maike Pelgrim
Auditory nerve synaptic transmissionFon: +49 (0)551-39-22243
Previous members:
Elisabeth Auge
Doctoral student of medicine
Anna Ihler
Systemphysiologische Messungen zur Funktion synaptischer Transportproteine 
Zhizi Jing
Auditory Systems Physiology, Modeling
Ursula Stalmann
Tomoko Oshima-Takago
Synaptic transmission at the hair cell ribbon synapse 
Gulnara Yamanbaeva
Auditory nerve synaptic transmission
Dr. Tina Pangršič Vilfan
Calcium-dependent exocytosisFon: +49 (0)551-39-61945
Mattia Nova
Cellular mechanisms of noise-induced hearing lossFon: +49 (0)551-39-22837
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61951
Previous members:
Susann Michanski
Synaptic proteins of vestibular sensory organs and cochlea 
Dr. Iliana Panou
Molecular physiology of IHC synapse
Rituparna Chakrabarti
Synaptic vesicular dynamics and morphologyFon: +49 (0)551-39-61124
Anika Hintze
Calyceal synapses of the auditory pathwayFon: +49 (0)551-39-61126
Jana Kroll
Associated memberFon: +49 (0)551-39-61126
Susann Michanski
Morphology of ribbon synapses Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61124
Previous members:
Elisabeth Auge
Doctoral student of medicine
Subhashree Nayak
Structure-function analysis of ribbon synapses 
Dr. Christian Wrobel
Methods to recover hearing and their clinical translationFon: +49 (0)551-39-22807
Nina Katrin Dankenbrink-Werder
Technical AssistantFon: +49 (0)551-39-12669
Nadine Dietrich
MTA-FunktionsdiagnostikFon: +49 (0)551-39-9691
Fon: +49 (0)551-38-81210
Daniela Gerke
Technical assistantFon: +49 (0)551-38-51244
Sandra Gerke
Technical assistantFon: +49 (0)551-39-61955
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22837
Tobias Goldak
Technical assistantFon: +49 (0)551-39-61125
Brigitte Higazi
HNO-Labor SekretärinFon: +49 (0)551-39-22836
Gerhard Hoch
Auditory physiology
Dr. Fritz Kobe
Associated memberFon: +49 (0)551-39-61946
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-22604
Susann Müller
CRC 889 Administrative CoordinatorFon: +49 (0)551-39-61942
Patricia Räke-Kügler
Team AssistantFon: +49 (0)551-39-63071
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61941
Fax: +49 (0)551-39-22299
Dominik Riemenschneider
IT SupportFon: +49 (0)551-39-8974
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-61943
Christiane Senger-Freitag
Technical assistantFon: +49 (0)551-39-61955
Fon: +49 (0)551-39-12555/12669
Stefan Thom
MTA-FunktionsdiagnostikFon: +49 (0)551-39- 9691
Daniel Weihmüller
Engineer / Electronic cochlear implantsFon: +49 (0)551-39-12669
Hans-Peter Wenig
TechnikerFon: +49 (0)551-39-10315
Previous members:
Dennis Spormann
IT Support
