Cata Vélez-Ortega
@catavelezo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ University of Kentucky
Reposted by Cata Vélez-Ortega
Webinar Mon, Oct 27! "Unusual Protagonists: Cochlear Supporting Cells": Emerging Research Grants scientist A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega, Ph.D., describes how, after noise exposure, cochlear supporting cells are involved in detecting tissue damage and in regulating hearing sensitivity. hhf.org/webinar
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Webinar Mon, Oct 27! "Unusual Protagonists: Cochlear Supporting Cells": Emerging Research Grants scientist A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega, Ph.D., describes how, after noise exposure, cochlear supporting cells are involved in detecting tissue damage and in regulating hearing sensitivity. hhf.org/webinar
The #VelezLab is growing! Today was the #WhiteCoatCeremony for Payton Nies, the third PhD student to join the lab!
August 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The #VelezLab is growing! Today was the #WhiteCoatCeremony for Payton Nies, the third PhD student to join the lab!
Celebrating the publication of our latest paper:
"TRPA1 Deficiency Affects Cochlear Potentials Days After Noise Exposure"
#VelezLab
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
"TRPA1 Deficiency Affects Cochlear Potentials Days After Noise Exposure"
#VelezLab
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
July 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Celebrating the publication of our latest paper:
"TRPA1 Deficiency Affects Cochlear Potentials Days After Noise Exposure"
#VelezLab
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
"TRPA1 Deficiency Affects Cochlear Potentials Days After Noise Exposure"
#VelezLab
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
The latest paper from the #VelezLab is free to download in the link below until August 31st!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
July 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The latest paper from the #VelezLab is free to download in the link below until August 31st!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lQ981M5IZ...
"Dear Dr Velez-Ortega,
I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication."
Great way to start the long weekend!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! 🇺🇸
Don't forget to wear hearing protection if you are attending a fireworks show 🎆 👂
I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication."
Great way to start the long weekend!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! 🇺🇸
Don't forget to wear hearing protection if you are attending a fireworks show 🎆 👂
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"Dear Dr Velez-Ortega,
I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication."
Great way to start the long weekend!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! 🇺🇸
Don't forget to wear hearing protection if you are attending a fireworks show 🎆 👂
I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication."
Great way to start the long weekend!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! 🇺🇸
Don't forget to wear hearing protection if you are attending a fireworks show 🎆 👂
June 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
And just like that... my NIH grant got terminated 😢
May 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
And just like that... my NIH grant got terminated 😢
Our new review titled "Lifelong Dynamic Maintenance of Stereocilia Bundles in Mammalian Auditory Hair Cells" is available online! Get free access (until May 29) using this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kvHbFzn7W...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kvHbFzn7W...
April 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Our new review titled "Lifelong Dynamic Maintenance of Stereocilia Bundles in Mammalian Auditory Hair Cells" is available online! Get free access (until May 29) using this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kvHbFzn7W...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kvHbFzn7W...
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
youtu.be
February 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Do I know anyone that could send me fixed cochleae from jerker mice?
January 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Do I know anyone that could send me fixed cochleae from jerker mice?
Reposted by Cata Vélez-Ortega
Official celebration of the latest publication from the #VelezLab on the role of myosin XVA isoforms in the plasticity of the stereocilium cytoskeleton!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
December 20, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Official celebration of the latest publication from the #VelezLab on the role of myosin XVA isoforms in the plasticity of the stereocilium cytoskeleton!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
Sep/11/2024
R.I.P. Dr. Francisco Lopera.
I am glad to have met you and to have called you a colleague. The memory of you will continue to be with me during the execution of our collaboration project. I am sure dozens of other researchers feel the same way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/s...
R.I.P. Dr. Francisco Lopera.
I am glad to have met you and to have called you a colleague. The memory of you will continue to be with me during the execution of our collaboration project. I am sure dozens of other researchers feel the same way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/s...
Francisco Lopera, Pioneer in Alzheimer’s Research, Dies at 73
A neurologist in Colombia, he worked with the world’s largest extended family with Alzheimer’s and helped fuel research to prevent or delay dementia symptoms.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Sep/11/2024
R.I.P. Dr. Francisco Lopera.
I am glad to have met you and to have called you a colleague. The memory of you will continue to be with me during the execution of our collaboration project. I am sure dozens of other researchers feel the same way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/s...
R.I.P. Dr. Francisco Lopera.
I am glad to have met you and to have called you a colleague. The memory of you will continue to be with me during the execution of our collaboration project. I am sure dozens of other researchers feel the same way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/s...
Aug/16/2024
Today was the #WhiteCoatCeremony for the second PhD student joining the #VelezLab!
Welcome to the lab, Samantha Radomski
Today was the #WhiteCoatCeremony for the second PhD student joining the #VelezLab!
Welcome to the lab, Samantha Radomski
November 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Aug/16/2024
Today was the #WhiteCoatCeremony for the second PhD student joining the #VelezLab!
Welcome to the lab, Samantha Radomski
Today was the #WhiteCoatCeremony for the second PhD student joining the #VelezLab!
Welcome to the lab, Samantha Radomski
Jul/18/2024 Elected as one of the vice chairs for the Auditory System GRC in 2026 (and one of the chais for the 2028 GRC)!! 🥳
November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Jul/18/2024 Elected as one of the vice chairs for the Auditory System GRC in 2026 (and one of the chais for the 2028 GRC)!! 🥳
Some of my posts on other platforms never made it here, so prepare to see lots of "old" posts from me 😉
November 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Some of my posts on other platforms never made it here, so prepare to see lots of "old" posts from me 😉
Honored to be the keynote speaker for BCTC's Women in Science event this month!
@bluegrassctc
Feel free to join us if you are in Lexington, KY!
@bluegrassctc
Feel free to join us if you are in Lexington, KY!
March 6, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Honored to be the keynote speaker for BCTC's Women in Science event this month!
@bluegrassctc
Feel free to join us if you are in Lexington, KY!
@bluegrassctc
Feel free to join us if you are in Lexington, KY!
On #WorldHearingDay I would like to highlight the team performing all experiments in the #VelezLab
March 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM
On #WorldHearingDay I would like to highlight the team performing all experiments in the #VelezLab
