Dr Sharon Oleskevich
Senior Research Fellow; Group Leader, Neuroscience Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales
Email: s.oleskevich 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Hearing
Education
1991 PhD Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
1986 BSc (Hons) Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Awards and Honours
2007 Cochlear Foundation Ltd Equipment Grant
2006 BHP Billiton Community Program Grant
2004 BHP Billiton Community Program Grant
2003 NHMRC Project Grant
1995 Ramaciotti Foundation Investigator Award
1991 FRSQ PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canada
Publications
Bogaerts, S., Douglas, S., Corlette, T., Pau, H., Saunders, D., McKay, S. and Oleskevich, S. Microsurgical access for cell injection into mammalian cochlea. J Neurosci Methods 2008;168:156-163.
McKay SM, Oleskevich S. The role of spontaneous activity in development of the endbulb of Held synapse. Hearing Research 2007; 230: 53-63.
Doyle KL, Kazda A, Hort Y, McKay SM, Oleskevich S. Differentiation of adult mouse olfactory precursor cells into hair cells in vitro. Stem Cells 2007; 25(3):621-7.
Pau H, Fagan P, Oleskevich S. Locating the scala media in the fixed human temporal bone for therapeutic access: a preliminary study. J Laryngol Otol 2006: 120:914-915.
Youssoufian MR, Oleskevich S, Walmsley B. Development of a robust central auditory synapse in congenital deafness. J Neurophysiol 2005; 94(5):3168-80.
Leao RN, Oleskevich S, Sun H, Bautista M, Fyffe RE, Walmsley B. Differences in glycinergic mIPSCs in the auditory brain stem of normal and congenitally deaf neonatal mice. J Neurophysiol 2004; 91(2):1006-12.
Oleskevich S, Youssoufian M, Walmsley B. Presynaptic plasticity at two giant auditory synapses in normal and deaf mice. J Physiol 2004; 560(Pt 3):709-19.
Lim R, Oleskevich S, Few AP, Leao RN, Walmsley B. Glycinergic mIPSCs in mouse and rat brainstem auditory nuclei: modulation by ruthenium red and the role of calcium stores. J Physiol 2003; 546(Pt 3):691-9.
Oleskevich S, Walmsley B. Synaptic transmission in the auditory brainstem of normal and congenitally deaf mice. J Physiol 2002; 540(Pt 2):447-55.
