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Jing Zheng

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Deafness is the most common sensory defect at birth and one in 800 children is born with some form of severe hearing impairment. Jing Zheng’s long-term goal is to identify molecules that play important roles in mammalian hearing and thus to enrich our understanding of normal and impaired cochlear physiology. Currently, she is focused on understanding the molecular mechanism of motor protein prestin. Prestin is the protein response for "electromotility" of outer hair cells, which is the cochlear amplifier.

Education

PhD	Physiology, Michigan State University
MS	Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR. China
BS	Biology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, PR. China

Publications

Anderson CT, Zheng J., Isolation of outer hair cells from the cochlear sensory epithelium in whole-mount preparation using laser capture microdissection. J Neurosci Methods. 162: 229-236, 2007.

Zheng J, Du GG, Anderson CT, Keller JP, Orem A, Dallos P, Cheatham M., "Analysis of the oligomeric structure of the motor protein prestin." J Biol Chem. 281(29):19916-24., 2006.

Zheng, J., W. Shen, D. Z. Z. He, K. B. Long, L. D. Madison, P. Dallos, "Prestin is the motor protein of cochlear outer hair cells". Nature. 405, 149-155, (2000).

Recent Awards and Honors

2000	Mary Ranson Gunlogson Award for the Best Presentation at 2000 NUIN Postdoc Research Day