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Thomas Suslak
PhD Student
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Email: thomas.suslak@gmail.com
My research is primarily focused on mechanosensation. I am interested in understanding the mechanisms by which stretch-sensitive endings transduce mechanical stimuli to electrical signals, transmitted to the CNS. The field of mechanosensation has attracted a lot of attention in recent years but so far the underlying mechanisms at the molecular level are poorly understood. Using techniques in electrophysiology, alongside mathematical modelling, I aim to promote deeper insight into the interactions that occur in order to effect mechanotransduction and identify the mechanisms involved using additional techniques in immunohistochemistry and genetics.
Current Projects
Determining the mechanism of electrical transduction in nonciliated stretch receptors
Related Publications and Presentations
Thomas J. Suslak,
Douglas J. Armstrong,
and Andrew Jarman,
"A general mathematical model of transduction events in mechano-sensory stretch receptors",
Network: Computation in Neural Systems, 2011, 22(1-4), 133-142.
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Thomas J. Suslak,
Guy Bewick,
Douglas J. Armstrong,
and Andrew Jarman,
"A general mathematical model of transduction events in mechanosensory stretch receptors",
IUPS, 2012.
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Thomas J. Suslak,
Andrew Jarman,
and Douglas J. Armstrong,
"A mathematical model of electrical transduction events in crayfish stretch receptors",
Scottish Neuroscience Group, 2011.
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Thomas J. Suslak,
Douglas J. Armstrong,
and Andrew Jarman,
"A general mathematical model of transduction events in mechano-sensory stretch receptors",
2nd Scottish Drosophila Research Conference, 2011.
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Thomas J. Suslak,
Jack McKay-Fletcher,
Guy Bewick,
Douglas J. Armstrong,
and Andrew Jarman,
"A model of mechanotransduction in Drosophila non-ciliated, primary endings",
Neuroscience Day, Edinburgh, 2013.
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Thomas J. Suslak,
"Modelling mechanotransduction in primary sensory endings",
Aberdeen Systems Biology Symposium, 2013.
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