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DR KARINA NEEDHAM



Contact Details

Organization: Otolaryngology Eye and Ear Hospital
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
Email:
Work: 9929 8428
Fax: 9663 1958
Room: 2.14
Level: 02
Building: Eye And Ear Hospital
Campus: Eye And Ear Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Auditory Neurophysiology Australia
Otolaryngology Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
PhD (Auditory Neurophysiology) University of Melbourne 27-Apr-2006
Bachelor of Science (Hons) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2001
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Neuroscience Society Member 01-Jan-2002

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship University of Melbourne Melbourne Research Scholarship 01-Feb-2002
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme 01-Jan-2009

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Changes to ion channel activity in spiral ganglion cells following deafness and neurotrophin-treatment Chief Investigator GARNETT PASSE & RODNEY WILLIAMS MEMORIAL FUND Research Training Fellowships 01/03/2009
Ion channel activity in auditory neurons following deafness and neurotrophin treatment Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Medical Research and Technology Grants 23/10/2009

Additional Grant and Contract Information


Grants:

2009       Early Career Researcher Grant, The University of Melbourne
2009       Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital Research Funding

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Evidence that Task1 Channels Contribute to the Background Current in AH/Type II Neurons of the Guinea-Pig Intestine
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Neuroscience
    Volume: 155
    Page numbers: 738-750
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The Commissural pathway and cochlear nucleus bushy neurons:  An in vivo intracellular investigation.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Brain Research
    Volume: 1134
    Page numbers: 113-121
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Neural timing, inhibition and the nature of stellate cell interaction in the ventral cochlear nucleus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 216
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 31-42
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Balanced inhibition and excitation underlies spike firing regularity in ventral cochlear nucleus chopper neurons.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1236-1248
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  • Balanced inhibition and excitation underlies spike firing regularity in ventral cochlear nucleus chopper neurons.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1236-1248
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Fast inhibition alters first spike timing in auditory brainstem neurons.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Neurophysiology
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 2615-2621
    Publisher: American Physiological Society(Maryland)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

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