Dr Adam Carlton

School of Biosciences

Wellcome Research Fellow

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Dr Adam Carlton
School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
91Ö±²¥
S10 2TN
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2024-Present, Wellcome Research Fellow, University of 91Ö±²¥, UK
2021-2024 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of 91Ö±²¥, UK
2017-2021 D.Phil, University of 91Ö±²¥, UK
2013-2017 MBiomedSci (Biomedical Science), University of 91Ö±²¥, UK

Research interests

The feedback the mammalian inner ear receives from the brainstem is perhaps the most poorly understood aspect of the auditory system. Studies that completely destroy this feedback have shown that it is responsible for fine-tuning the inner ear's activity at rest and during hearing to assist with noise protection, hearing in noisy environments, and sound localisation.

The aim of my research is to understand the actual activity of all of aspects of this feedback to the inner ear and how it can adapt during an entire lifetime. I hope to achieve this with electrophysiology, immunolabelling, and biochemistry techniques using the mammalian brainstem.

Teaching activities

BMS335 Sensory Neuroscience - Lectures
Post-Graduate Personal Tutor

Professional activities and memberships

Member of RNID Flexi-Grant Review Panel
Review Editor for Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience