Biophysics of Hearing
MAKING SENSEofSENSATION
We study how living systems detect and amplify stimuli. Our primary focus is the ear, whose properties are remarkable for any physical system, let alone a biological one.
HEARING
SENSITIVITY
COCHLEA
AMPLIFICATION
HAIR CELLS
NANOSCALE
HEARING
SENSITIVITY
COCHLEA
AMPLIFICATION
HAIR CELLS
NANOSCALE
About the Lab
Who WeAre
We study how living systems detect and amplify sound, combining physics, computation, and experiment to understand one of nature's most extraordinary sensors.
A New Lab
Our lab opens at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Autumn 2026, led by Francesco Gianoli, with a founding team of senior researchers relocating from A. J. Hudspeth's pioneering group at The Rockefeller University. Funded by an ERC Starting Grant (ActivEAR).