Chris Magnus
Laboratory Research Scientist
Department of Neuroscience &
Department of Otolaryngology
Education
B.Sc.University of Aberdeen
M.Sc. Birkbeck College
I have a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and an M.Sc. in Biomolecular Organization from Birkbeck College, London. I have not been working in hearing research for long, but I have nearly thirty years of experience as a lab technician, and nearly twenty years of experience in electrophysiology. I have worked on many preparations using the patch clamp technique, fluorescent ion indicators and flash photolysis. Much of this work was done with David Ogden in the Neurophysiology Department of the MRC NIMR, at Mill Hill, London.
Since moving to the USA in 2003 I have worked on GABA receptors with Steve Moss at Penn, and most recently with Jeff Corwin here at UVA, on the developmental regulation of inner ear hair cells in wound repair. I moved to Jeff Holt's lab in September of 2006 where I am learning more about hair cell physiology every day. As well as making recordings from native and genetically modified hair cells I am learning the molecular techniques involved in modifying genes and incorporating them into viruses that will allow us to express proteins of interest in hair cells. I also help with the running of the lab, liaising with various departments and offices around UVA, and generally trying to ease the administrative load on senior lab members to allow them more time for research.
Contact information
Email: cmagnus@virginia.edu
Office:(434) 243-9499
Lab: (434) 243-9499
Fax: (434) 982-4380
Mailing Address
University of Virginia
Department of Neuroscience
Box 801392
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Delivery Address
University of Virginia
409 Lane Rd
MR4 Building, Room 5116
Charlottesville, VA 22908
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