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Michael Deans

  • Department of Cell Biology
    Associate Professor
  • michael.deans@emory.edu
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Cell Biology
    615 Michael St.
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Overview

The focus of my research is to identify fundamental mechanisms of inner ear development that can be used to understand how the ear works in healthy and damaged or diseased conditions. Studies focus on genes and molecules used by the sensory receptors and neurons that mediate hearing and balance in the mouse.

Education

Degrees

  • PhD from Harvard University

Research

Publications

  • Contributions of mirror-image hair cell orientation to mouse otolith organ and zebrafish neuromast function.
    Elife Volume: 13
    11/12/2024 Authors: Ono K; Jarysta A; Hughes NC; Jukic A; Chang HHV; Deans MR; Eatock RA; Cullen KE; Kindt KS; Tarchini B
  • Emx2 lineage tracing reveals antecedent patterns of planar polarity in the mouse inner ear.
    Development Volume: 151
    05/15/2024 Authors: Goodrich EJ; Deans MR
  • Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification.
    Sci Data Volume: 11 Page(s): 416
    04/23/2024 Authors: Buswinka CJ; Rosenberg DB; Simikyan RG; Osgood RT; Fernandez K; Nitta H; Hayashi Y; Liberman LW; Nguyen E; Yildiz E
  • Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification.

    09/01/2023 Authors: Buswinka CJ; Rosenberg DB; Simikyan RG; Osgood RT; Fernandez K; Nitta H; Hayashi Y; Liberman LW; Nguyen E; Yildiz E
  • Getting connected: Pathfinding and synaptogenesis in development, evolution, and disease, Part 2.
    Dev Dyn Volume: 252 Page(s): 1066 - 1067
    08/01/2023 Authors: Deans MR; Williams M
  • The dark kinase STK32A regulates hair cell planar polarity opposite of EMX2 in the developing mouse inner ear.
    Elife Volume: 12
    05/05/2023 Authors: Jia S; Ratzan EM; Goodrich EJ; Abrar R; Heiland L; Tarchini B; Deans MR
  • Getting connected: Pathfinding and synaptogenesis in neural development, evolution, and disease.
    Dev Dyn Volume: 252 Page(s): 7 - 9
    01/01/2023 Authors: Kale S; Williams ME; Deans MR
  • Planar cell polarity signaling guides cochlear innervation.
    Dev Biol Volume: 486 Page(s): 1 - 4
    06/01/2022 Authors: Deans MR
  • Fat3 acts through independent cytoskeletal effectors to coordinate asymmetric cell behaviors during polarized circuit assembly.
    Cell Rep Volume: 38 Page(s): 110307
    02/01/2022 Authors: Avils EC; Krol A; Henle SJ; Burroughs-Garcia J; Deans MR; Goodrich LV
  • Conserved and Divergent Principles of Planar Polarity Revealed by Hair Cell Development and Function.
    Front Neurosci Volume: 15 Page(s): 742391
    01/01/2021 Authors: Deans MR
  • Implication of Vestibular Hair Cell Loss of Planar Polarity for the Canal and Otolith-Dependent Vestibulo-Ocular Reflexes in Celsr1-/- Mice.
    Front Neurosci Volume: 15 Page(s): 750596
    01/01/2021 Authors: Simon F; Tissir F; Michel V; Lahlou G; Deans M; Beraneck M
  • Fgf8 genetic labeling reveals the early specification of vestibular hair cell type in mouse utricle.
    Development Volume: 147
    11/19/2020 Authors: Ratzan EM; Moon AM; Deans MR
  • Role of cochlear synaptopathy in cytomegalovirus infected mice and in children.
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Volume: 138 Page(s): 110275
    11/01/2020 Authors: Almishaal A; Mathur PD; Franklin L; Shi K; Haller T; Martinovic A; Hirschmugl K; Earl BR; Zhang C; Yang J
  • Differential role of planar cell polarity gene Vangl2 in embryonic and adult mammalian kidneys.
    PLoS One Volume: 15 Page(s): e0230586
    01/01/2020 Authors: Derish I; Lee JKH; Wong-King-Cheong M; Babayeva S; Caplan J; Leung V; Shahinian C; Gravel M; Deans MR; Gros P
  • Frizzled3 and Frizzled6 Cooperate with Vangl2 to Direct Cochlear Innervation by Type II Spiral Ganglion Neurons.
    J Neurosci Volume: 39 Page(s): 8013 - 8023
    10/09/2019 Authors: Ghimire SR; Deans MR
  • Topologically correct central projections of tetrapod inner ear afferents require Fzd3.
    Sci Rep Volume: 9 Page(s): 10298
    07/16/2019 Authors: Duncan JS; Fritzsch B; Houston DW; Ketchum EM; Kersigo J; Deans MR; Elliott KL
  • A non-autonomous function of the core PCP protein VANGL2 directs peripheral axon turning in the developing cochlea.
    Development Volume: 145
    06/14/2018 Authors: Ghimire SR; Ratzan EM; Deans MR
  • Domineering non-autonomy in Vangl1;Vangl2 double mutants demonstrates intercellular PCP signaling in the vertebrate inner ear.
    Dev Biol Volume: 437 Page(s): 17 - 26
    05/01/2018 Authors: Stoller ML; Roman O; Deans MR
  • A tectorin-based matrix and planar cell polarity genes are required for normal collagen-fibril orientation in the developing tectorial membrane.
    Development Volume: 144 Page(s): 3978 - 3989
    11/01/2017 Authors: Goodyear RJ; Lu X; Deans MR; Richardson GP
  • Planar cell polarity-dependent and independent functions in the emergence of tissue-scale hair follicle patterns.
    Dev Biol Volume: 428 Page(s): 188 - 203
    08/01/2017 Authors: Cetera M; Leybova L; Woo FW; Deans M; Devenport D
  • Celsr1 coordinates the planar polarity of vestibular hair cells during inner ear development.
    Dev Biol Volume: 423 Page(s): 126 - 137
    03/15/2017 Authors: Duncan JS; Stoller ML; Francl AF; Tissir F; Devenport D; Deans MR
  • Defective Angiogenesis and Intraretinal Bleeding in Mouse Models With Disrupted Inner Retinal Lamination.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci Volume: 57 Page(s): 1563 - 1577
    04/01/2016 Authors: Simmons AB; Merrill MM; Reed JC; Deans MR; Edwards MM; Fuerst PG
  • Disparate Regulatory Mechanisms Control Fat3 and P75NTR Protein Transport through a Conserved Kif5-Interaction Domain.
    PLoS One Volume: 11 Page(s): e0165519
    01/01/2016 Authors: Cheng H; Burroughs-Garcia J; Birkness JE; Trinidad JC; Deans MR
  • Ciliary proteins Bbs8 and Ift20 promote planar cell polarity in the cochlea.
    Development Volume: 142 Page(s): 555 - 566
    02/01/2015 Authors: May-Simera HL; Petralia RS; Montcouquiol M; Wang Y-X; Szarama KB; Liu Y; Lin W; Deans MR; Pazour GJ; Kelley MW
  • Postnatal refinement of auditory hair cell planar polarity deficits occurs in the absence of Vangl2.
    J Neurosci Volume: 33 Page(s): 14001 - 14016
    08/28/2013 Authors: Copley CO; Duncan JS; Liu C; Cheng H; Deans MR
  • A balance of form and function: planar polarity and development of the vestibular maculae.
    Semin Cell Dev Biol Volume: 24 Page(s): 490 - 498
    05/01/2013 Authors: Deans MR
  • Comparison of phenotypes between different vangl2 mutants demonstrates dominant effects of the Looptail mutation during hair cell development.
    PLoS One Volume: 7 Page(s): e31988
    01/01/2012 Authors: Yin H; Copley CO; Goodrich LV; Deans MR
  • Control of neuronal morphology by the atypical cadherin Fat3.
    Neuron Volume: 71 Page(s): 820 - 832
    09/08/2011 Authors: Deans MR; Krol A; Abraira VE; Copley CO; Tucker AF; Goodrich LV
  • Mammalian Otolin: a multimeric glycoprotein specific to the inner ear that interacts with otoconial matrix protein Otoconin-90 and Cerebellin-1.
    PLoS One Volume: 5 Page(s): e12765
    09/15/2010 Authors: Deans MR; Peterson JM; Wong GW
  • Asymmetric distribution of prickle-like 2 reveals an early underlying polarization of vestibular sensory epithelia in the inner ear.
    J Neurosci Volume: 27 Page(s): 3139 - 3147
    03/21/2007 Authors: Deans MR; Antic D; Suyama K; Scott MP; Axelrod JD; Goodrich LV
  • Neuronal gap junctions in the mouse main olfactory bulb: morphological analyses on transgenic mice.
    Neuroscience Volume: 134 Page(s): 757 - 769
    01/01/2005 Authors: Kosaka T; Deans MR; Paul DL; Kosaka K
  • Convergence and segregation of the multiple rod pathways in mammalian retina.
    J Neurosci Volume: 24 Page(s): 11182 - 11192
    12/08/2004 Authors: Vlgyi B; Deans MR; Paul DL; Bloomfield SA
  • Rhythmicity without synchrony in the electrically uncoupled inferior olive.
    J Neurosci Volume: 22 Page(s): 10898 - 10905
    12/15/2002 Authors: Long MA; Deans MR; Paul DL; Connors BW
  • Connexin36 is essential for transmission of rod-mediated visual signals in the mammalian retina.
    Neuron Volume: 36 Page(s): 703 - 712
    11/14/2002 Authors: Deans MR; Volgyi B; Goodenough DA; Bloomfield SA; Paul DL
  • Electrical synapses in the thalamic reticular nucleus.
    J Neurosci Volume: 22 Page(s): 1002 - 1009
    02/01/2002 Authors: Landisman CE; Long MA; Beierlein M; Deans MR; Paul DL; Connors BW
  • Synchronous activity of inhibitory networks in neocortex requires electrical synapses containing connexin36.
    Neuron Volume: 31 Page(s): 477 - 485
    08/16/2001 Authors: Deans MR; Gibson JR; Sellitto C; Connors BW; Paul DL
  • Mouse horizontal cells do not express connexin26 or connexin36.
    Cell Commun Adhes Volume: 8 Page(s): 361 - 366
    01/01/2001 Authors: Deans MR; Paul DL
  • Functional characteristics of skate connexin35, a member of the gamma subfamily of connexins expressed in the vertebrate retina.
    Eur J Neurosci Volume: 11 Page(s): 1883 - 1890
    06/01/1999 Authors: White TW; Deans MR; O'Brien J; Al-Ubaidi MR; Goodenough DA; Ripps H; Bruzzone R
  • Connexin mutations in deafness.
    Nature Volume: 394 Page(s): 630 - 631
    08/13/1998 Authors: White TW; Deans MR; Kelsell DP; Paul DL
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