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Christopher Shults

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders;

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1

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The mouse Cdh23ahl allele drives early cochlear dysfunction and phenotypic heterogeneity before progressive hearing loss

Sherylanne Newton, Marisa Flook, Christopher Shults, Pavandeep Gill, Carlos Aguilar, Wei Song, Michelle E Stewart, Sara Wells, Ronna Hertzano, Jing-Yi Jeng, Michael R Bowl

This study shows the Cdh23ahl allele causes early cochlear dysfunction and phenotypic variability in mice before progressive hearing loss, with altered mechanoelectrical transduction and transcriptional changes.

bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

A comparative single-cell transcriptomic atlas for diverse populations of vertebrate hair cells

Mahashweta Basu, Nesrine Benkafadar, Beatrice C. Milon, Carlo Colantuoni, Brian R. Herb, Amanda N. Ciani Berlingeri, Ivan A. Cruz, Joshua Orvis, Emilia Luca, Mitsuo Satõ, Dunia Abdul‐Aziz, Meghan Dewan, Kathleen Gwilliam, Gabriella Manilla, Christopher Shults, , Lisa V. Goodrich

The paper constructs a cross-species single-cell transcriptomic atlas of hair cells across multiple vertebrates and identifies conserved and species-specific gene expression programs.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience