BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Current Position:
Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Professor (Joint), Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences
Education:
B.S., Physics, University of Washington, 1981
Ph.D., Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, 1989
Links:
http://otocore.wustl.edu/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sensory regeneration in the auditory and vestibular systems (click for more information)
Click here for more information of Dr. Warchol's Lab.
PUBLICATIONS:
M.E. Warchol and J.D. Speck (2007) Expression patterns of GATA3 and tenascin in the avian vestibular maculae: normative patterns and changes during sensory regeneration. Journal of Comparative Neurology 500: 646-657
M.E. Warchol (2007) Characterization of Supporting Cell Phenotype in the Avian Inner Ear: Implications for Sensory Regeneration. Hearing Research 227: 11-18.
R.D, Hawkins, S. Bashiardes, K.E. Powder, S.A. Sajan, V. Bhonagiri, D.M. Alvarado, J. Speck, M.E. Warchol and M Lovett (2007) Large scale gene expression profiles of regenerating inner ear sensory epithelia. PLoS ONE 2: e525
S. Sajan, M.E. Warchol, M. Lovett (2007) Towards a Systems Biology of the Inner Ear: Gene Expression Pathways, Patterns and Network Analysis. Genetics 177:631-653
K.H. Lee and M.E. Warchol (2008) Netrin-1 Promotes Neurite Outgrowth and May Facilitate Axon Guidance in Spiral Ganglion Cells. Archives of Otolaryngology 134: 146-151
M.E. Warchol and G.P Richardson (2009) Expression of the Pax2 Transcription Factor is Associated with Vestibular Phenotype in the Avian Inner Ear. Developmental Neurobiology 69: 191-202
M.E. Warchol and M. Montcouquiol (under revision) Reformation of Hair Cell Planar Polarity in the Regenerating Inner Ear. Journal of Neuroscience
J. Cyr, R. Goodyear, J.R. Christiansen, B. Zia, J.E. Gale, M.E. Warchol, J.T. Corwin, and G.P. Richardson (submitted) Identification of Hair-Cell Soma-1 (HCS-1) Antigen as Otoferlin. Journal of Comparative Neurology
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mark E. Warchol, Ph.D.
Department of Otolaryngology
Washington University School of Medicine
Campus Box 8115, 660 S. Euclid Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 747-7186
Fax: (314) 747-7230
Email address: mwarchol@wustl.edu