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Robert J. Morell is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within biomedical science, focusing primarily on molecular biology, sensory systems, and neuroscience. Their work integrates biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Morell's research also extends into subfields such as molecular biology, sensory systems, cognitive neuroscience, cell biology, and rheumatology.

  • Molecular Biology
  • Sensory Systems
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology
  • Rheumatology

The topics addressed in their scientific work cover diverse areas, particularly focused on hearing and cochlear function, as well as genetics and associated conditions. These include:

  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies
  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Morell has published extensively, with a record of papers appearing frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Clinical Genetics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Genes

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Morell illustrate their research interests:

  • Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing From Mouse Incisor Reveals Dental Epithelial Cell-Type Specific Genes, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • TGF-β uncouples glycolysis and inflammation in macrophages and controls survival during sepsis, 2023, Science Signaling
  • Characterizing Adult Cochlear Supporting Cell Transcriptional Diversity Using Single-Cell RNA-Seq: Validation in the Adult Mouse and Translational Implications for the Adult Human Cochlea, 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Characterization of rare spindle and root cell transcriptional profiles in the stria vascularis of the adult mouse cochlea, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Single-Cell RNA-Seq of Cisplatin-Treated Adult Stria Vascularis Identifies Cell Type-Specific Regulatory Networks and Novel Therapeutic Gene Targets, 2021, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Morell's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Michael Hoa
  • Shoujun Gu
  • Rafal T. Olszewski
  • Thomas B. Friedman
  • Daniel Martı́n

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the Connexin 26 Gene (GJB2) among Ashkenazi Jews with Nonsyndromic Recessive Deafness

    Morell Rj;Kim Hj;Hood Lj;Goforth L

  • Usher Syndrome 1D and Nonsyndromic Autosomal Recessive Deafness DFNB12 Are Caused by Allelic Mutations of the Novel Cadherin-Like Gene CDH23

    Julie M. Bork;Linda M. Peters;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein

  • Mutations in the gene encoding tight junction claudin-14 cause autosomal recessive deafness DFNB29.

    Edward R Wilcox;Quianna L Burton;Sadaf Naz;Saima Riazuddin;Saima Riazuddin

  • Correction of deafness in shaker-2 mice by an unconventional myosin in a BAC transgene

    Frank J. Probst;Robert A. Fridell;Yehoash Raphael;Thomas L. Saunders

  • Association of Unconventional Myosin MYO15 Mutations with Human Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB3

    Aihui Wang;Yong Liang;Robert A. Fridell;Frank J. Probst

  • Mutations of the protocadherin gene PCDH15 cause Usher syndrome type 1F.

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Saima Riazuddin;Steve L. Bernstein;Zahoor Ahmed

  • Mutation in transcription factor POU4F3 associated with inherited progressive hearing loss in humans.

    Oz Vahava;Robert Morell;Eric D. Lynch;Sigal Weiss

  • A dysbiotic microbiome triggers T H 17 cells to mediate oral mucosal immunopathology in mice and humans.

    Nicolas Dutzan;Nicolas Dutzan;Tetsuhiro Kajikawa;Loreto Abusleme;Loreto Abusleme;Teresa Greenwell-Wild

  • CDH23 Mutation and Phenotype Heterogeneity: A Profile of 107 Diverse Families with Usher Syndrome and Nonsyndromic Deafness

    L.M. Astuto;J.M. Bork;M.D. Weston;J.W. Askew

  • Mutations in the γ-Actin Gene (ACTG1) Are Associated with Dominant Progressive Deafness (DFNA20/26)

    M. Zhu;T. Yang;S. Wei;A.T. DeWan

  • Perrault Syndrome Is Caused by Recessive Mutations in CLPP, Encoding a Mitochondrial ATP-Dependent Chambered Protease

    Emma M. Jenkinson;Atteeq U. Rehman;Tom Walsh;Jill Clayton-Smith

  • Targeted Capture and Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies C9orf75, Encoding Taperin, as the Mutated Gene in Nonsyndromic Deafness DFNB79

    Atteeq Ur Rehman;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Robert J. Morell;Inna A. Belyantseva;Shahid Y. Khan

  • Single-cell RNA-Seq resolves cellular complexity in sensory organs from the neonatal inner ear

    Joseph C. Burns;Michael C. Kelly;Michael Hoa;Robert J. Morell

  • Mutations of MYO6 Are Associated with Recessive Deafness, DFNB37

    Zubair M. Ahmed;Robert J. Morell;Saima Riazuddin;Andrea Gropman

  • Modification of Human Hearing Loss by Plasma-Membrane Calcium Pump PMCA2

    Julie M. Schultz;Yandan Yang;Ariel J. Caride;Adelaida G. Filoteo

  • Frequency and distribution of GJB2 (connexin 26) and GJB6 (connexin 30) mutations in a large North American repository of deaf probands.

    Arti Pandya;Kathleen S. Arnos;Xia J. Xia;Katherine O. Welch

  • Mutations in a novel gene, TMIE, are associated with hearing loss linked to the DFNB6 locus.

    Sadaf Naz;Chantal M. Giguere;David C. Kohrman;Kristina L. Mitchem

  • Spatiotemporal pattern and isoforms of cadherin 23 in wild type and waltzer mice during inner ear hair cell development.

    Ayala Lagziel;Zubair M. Ahmed;Julie M. Schultz;Robert J. Morell

  • Mutation of a transcription factor, TFCP2L3, causes progressive autosomal dominant hearing loss, DFNA28

    Linda M. Peters;David W. Anderson;Andrew J. Griffith;Kenneth M. Grundfast

  • Loss-of-Function Mutations of ILDR1 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Hearing Impairment DFNB42

    Guntram Borck;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Atteeq Ur Rehman;Kwanghyuk Lee;Hans Martin Pogoda

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas B. Friedman
Thomas B. Friedman National Institutes of Health
Sheikh Riazuddin
Sheikh Riazuddin University of Health Sciences Lahore
Saima Riazuddin
Saima Riazuddin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Andrew J. Griffith
Andrew J. Griffith National Institutes of Health
Zubair M. Ahmed
Zubair M. Ahmed University of Maryland, Baltimore
Shaheen N. Khan
Shaheen N. Khan University of the Punjab
Inna A. Belyantseva
Inna A. Belyantseva National Institutes of Health
Suzanne M. Leal
Suzanne M. Leal Columbia University Medical Center
Wasim Ahmad
Wasim Ahmad Quaid-i-Azam University
Richard J.H. Smith
Richard J.H. Smith University of Iowa

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