Chris Pastras
@ChrisPastrasPhD
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🇦🇺 Early Career Researcher studying inner ear physiology, mechanics, and related disorders.
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined August 2017
Did you know that globally, over 80% of ear and hearing care needs remain unmet? This #WorldHearingDay meet 3 @Macquarie_Uni researchers who are working with #smartsensors to address hearing issues with empowering technologies. (1 of 4) 👇
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Such a great retreat today for the EMCR Grassroots Network by Larry Marlow (Marlow Hampshire). Fantastic support for ECRs by @MuHearing @Macquarie_Uni 🦻👩🔬💪🔬
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Awesome Young Investigator Luncheon at @AROMWM and fantastic talk by @CederrothCR on how to navigate the research terrain as a young scientist.
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Had an awesome time presenting some of my recently published work at @AROMWM. Such a fun meeting and great to catch up with collaborators.
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One part of my PhD research investigating the function of brainstem vestibular efferent innervation was presented yesterday by Prof. Brichta at @AROMWM. More to come today by me. 🔬
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Packed presidential symposium at @AROMWM on OTOF gene therapy for genetic hearing loss. Exciting times ahead!
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Great to be back in the lab! Real time recordings of ultrafast inner ear action potentials (nerve signals) visualized on an analog oscilloscope #neuroscience #ECRlife @Macquarie_Uni
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Our own Director Prof @davidmcalpine4 talking to @sunriseon7 on @Channel7 about how video games 🎮can cause irreversible hearing loss. U can #TurnVolumeDown 🎧🔉👇 #ProtectYourHearing 👂 https://t.co/AcvrhhWywT . More from @WHO here 👉 https://t.co/VQEntrCqi1
7news.com.au
David Mcalpine from Australian Hearing Hub addresses the alarm bells ringing over ‘irreversible’ hearing loss caused by video games.
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🙏 @Shivaune @forbes_au 4 telling our story We research 2 transform #HearingHealth Proud of ⭐️ @kelly_m_miles Jorg Buchholz @davidmcalpine4 🥇 partners @CochlearGlobal @ShepherdCentre @nextsenseau @NALresearch @Hearing_aus @googledownunder @Macquarie_Uni
forbes.com.au
Forbes Australia is given exclusive access to the 'Hearing Hub,' a recipient of the funds allocated under Google Australia's Digital Futures Initiative.
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Great to celebrate the end of year with the awesome EMCR Grassroots Network! @Macquarie_Uni @MuHearing 👂💪🔬🌈🎉
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Late year experiments in the RPA temporal bone lab with @Payal_Aus, looking at restoring conductive hearing loss with customized 3D printed middle ear bones 👂 🔬 @Macquarie_Uni
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Super proud of @LipingLiMicrobe from @PaulsenLab and Ram Maharjan from my group winning the @Macquarie_Uni @MQSciEng Faculty’s annual Research Excellence Award for their work on understanding the nasty bug Acinetobacter this year. Well done both!!
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@ActuallyDrBarry talking about central plasticity after noise exposure. Loving the annual Auditory workshop! @UWAhumanscience @uwanews
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Kicking off our annual @MQSciEng ECR retreat at the Epping club with an opening session on the fantastic @Macquarie_Uni research centres! @mqnatsci @MQAppBioSci @MQMathsStats @computing_mq @MQEngineering
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Speedy inner-ear messages signal a leap forward for balance disorder treatments: https://t.co/3lQ9J69Gxy
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Excited to introduce our new study in @SfNJournals now featured in @Macquarie_Uni #Lighthouse providing evidence of unique temporal coding in the inner ear balance system driven by ultrafast nonquantal synaptic transmission. #JNeurosci @MQEngineering
https://t.co/f9u6Ug8ULS
lighthouse.mq.edu.au
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For @NewYorker, I wrote about my attempt to understand dizziness: a sensation that is hard to medically pin down, and even harder to describe. This piece brought me to a German center for dizziness, a labyrinth in France, and ultimately, back to myself.
newyorker.com
Balance disorders like vertigo can be devastating for patients—but they’re often invisible to the doctors who treat them.
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A fun (and cheap) part of ephys prep is making your own electrodes #electrophysiology #neuroscience #biopotentials
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