Hans Straka

This study examines retinotectal projections and visuomotor behavior in one-eyed Xenopus laevis, finding impaired pathfinding and behavioral compensation.

The paper uses magnetic actuation of otoliths in larval zebrafish to study vestibulo-motor processing without head movement, revealing commissural inhibition between brain hemispheres.

This study investigates how Xenopus laevis tadpoles develop gaze control mechanisms after unilateral embryonic ear removal, revealing compensatory strategies in vestibulo-ocular reflexes.

The paper shows that in larval Xenopus, eye movements during swimming develop through changes in how locomotor efference copies and sensory signals interact, with a shift from canceling to summing vestibular inputs as the animal matures.

This study creates a humanized pig model of Usher syndrome type 1, showing disrupted photoreceptor architecture and vision loss, and validates gene therapy approaches.