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Moser, T.; Roos, L.: Toward elucidating the mechanism of cochlear stimulation by infrared light. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (22), e2507582122 (2025)

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Karagulyan, N.; Thirumalai, A.; Michanski, S.; Qi, Y.; Fang, Q.; Wang, H.; Ortner, N. J.; Striessnig, J.; Strenzke, N.; Wichmann, C. et al.; Hua, Y.; Moser, T.: Gating of hair cell Ca²⁺ channels governs the activity of cochlear neurons. Science Advances 11 (25), eadu7898 (2025)

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Cretu, C.; Chernev, A.; Szabó, C. Z. K.; Pena, V.; Urlaub, H.; Moser, T.; Preobraschenski, J.: Structural insights into lipid membrane binding by human ferlins. The EMBO Journal (2025)

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Groshkova, M.; Alvanos, T.; Qi, Y.; Wang, F.; Wichmann, C.; Hua, Y.; Moser, T.: Investigation of neuromodulation of the endbulb of Held synapse in the cochlear nucleus by serotonin and norepinephrine. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 19, 1575158 (2025)

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Thirumalai, A.; Henseler, J.; Enayati, M.; Kusch, K.; Hessler, R.; Moser, T.; Huet, A. T.: Improved optogenetic modification of spiral ganglion neurons for future optical cochlear implants. Theranostics 15 (10), pp. 4270 - 4286 (2025)

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Schaeper, J. J.; Kampshoff, C. A.; Wolf, B. J.; Roos, L.; Michanski, S.; Ruhwedel, T.; Eckermann, M.; Meyer, A.; Jeschke, M.; Wichmann, C. et al.; Moser, T.; Salditt, T.: 3D virtual histology of rodent and primate cochleae with multi-scale phase-contrast X-ray tomography. Scientific Reports 15, 7933 (2025)

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Oestreicher, D.; Malpede, A. M.; Reitmeier, A.; Bräuer, C. P.; Schoch, L.; Strenzke, N.; Pangrsic, T.: Noise-induced ribbon synapse loss in the mouse basal cochlear region does not reduce inner hair cell exocytosis. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 18, 1523978 (2025)

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Lamm, G. H. U.; Marin, E.; Alekseev, A.; Schellbach, A. V.; Stetsenko, A.; Haro-Moreno, J. M.; Bourenkov, G.; Borshchevskiy, V.; Asido, M.; Agthe, M. et al.; Engilberge, S.; Rose, S. L.; Caramello, N.; Royant, A.; Schneider, T. R.; Bateman, A.; Mager, T.; Moser, T.; Rodriguez-Valera, F.; Wachtveitl, J.; Guskov, A.; Kovalev, K.: CryoRhodopsins: A comprehensive characterization of a group of microbial rhodopsins from cold environments. Science Advances 11 (27), eadv1015 (2025)

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Jaime Tobón, L. M.; Moser, T.: Bridging the gap between presynaptic hair cell function and neural sound encoding. eLife 12, RP93749 (2024)

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Oestreicher, D.; Chepurwar, S.; Kusch, K.; Rankovic, V.; Jung, S.; Strenzke, N.; Pangrsic, T.: CaBP1 and 2 enable sustained Ca_V1.3 calcium currents and synaptic transmission in inner hair cells. eLife 13, RP93646 (2024)

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Shaib, A. H.; Chouaib, A. A.; Chowdhury, R.; Altendorf, J.; Mihaylov, D.; Zhang, C.; Krah, D.; Imani, V.; Spencer, R. K. W.; Georgiev, S. V. et al.; Mougios, N.; Monga, M.; Reshetniak, S.; Mimoso, T.; Chen, H.; Fatehbasharzad, P.; Crzan, D.; Saal, K.-A.; Alawieh, M. M.; Alawar, N.; Eilts, J.; Kang, J.; Soleimani, A.; Müller, M.; Pape, C.; Alvarez, L.; Trenkwalder, C.; Mollenhauer, B.; Outeiro, T. F.; Köster, S.; Preobraschenski, J.; Becherer, U.; Moser, T.; Boyden, E. S.; Aricescu, A. R.; Sauer, M.; Opazo, F.; Rizzoli, S. O.: One-step nanoscale expansion microscopy reveals individual protein shapes. Nature Biotechnology (2024)

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Vona, B.; Wollnik, B.; Strenzke, N.; Moser, T.: Catching up but still miles behind—a patient registry for otoferlin. Experimental and Molecular Medicine 56, pp. 1472 - 1473 (2024)

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Chen, H.; Monga, M.; Fang, Q.; Slitin, L.; Neef, J.; Chepurwar, S. S.; Netto, R. C. M.; Lezirovitz, K.; Tabith Jr, A.; Benseler, F. et al.; Brose, N.; Kusch, K.; Wichmann, C.; Strenzke, N.; Vona, B.; Preobraschenski, J.; Moser, T.: Ca²⁺ binding to the C₂E domain of otoferlin is required for hair cell exocytosis and hearing. Protein & Cell 15 (4), pp. 305 - 312 (2024)

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Hain, P. J. H.; Moser, T.: Optical measurement of glutamate release robustly reports short-term plasticity at a fast central synapse. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 17, 1351280 (2024)

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Cepeda, A. P.; Ninov, M.; Neef, J.; Parfentev, I.; Kusch, K.; Reisinger, E.; Jahn, R.; Moser, T.; Urlaub, H.: Proteomic Analysis Reveals the Composition of Glutamatergic Organelles of Auditory Inner Hair Cells. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 23 (2), 100704 (2024)

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Huet, A.; Mager, T.; Gossler, C.; Moser, T.: Toward Optogenetic Hearing Restoration. Annual Review of Neuroscience 47, pp. 103 - 121 (2024)

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Chen, H.; Fang, Q.; Benseler, F.; Brose, N.; Moser, T.: Probing the role of the C₂F domain of otoferlin. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 16, 1299509 (2023)

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Moser, T.; Karagulyan, N.; Neef, J.; Jaime Tobón, L. M.: Diversity matters — extending sound intensity coding by inner hair cells via heterogeneous synapses. The EMBO Journal 42 (23), e114587 (2023)

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Khurana, L.; Harczos, T.; Moser, T.; Jablonski, L.: En route to sound coding strategies for optical cochlear implants. iScience 26 (10), 107725 (2023)

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Karagulyan, N.; Moser, T.: Synaptic activity is not required for establishing heterogeneity of inner hair cell ribbon synapses. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 16, 1248941 (2023)

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Michanski, S.; Kapoor, R.; Steyer, A. M.; Möbius, W.; Früholz, I.; Ackermann, F.; Gueltas, M.; Garner, C. C.; Hamra, F. K.; Neef, J. et al.; Strenzke, N.; Moser, T.; Wichmann, C.: Piccolino is required for ribbon architecture at cochlear inner hair cell synapses and for hearing. EMBO Reports 24 (9), e56702 (2023)

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Grabner, C.; Futagi, D.; Shi, J.; Bindokas, V.; Kitano, K.; Schwartz, E.A.; DeVries, S.H.: Mechanisms of simultaneous linear and nonlinear computations at the mammalian cone photoreceptor synapse. Nature Communications 14, 3486 (2023)

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Zerche, M.; Wrobel, C.; Kusch, K.; Moser, T.; Mager, T.: Channelrhodopsin fluorescent tag replacement for clinical translation of optogenetic hearing restoration. Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development 29, pp. 202 - 212 (2023)

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Hunniford, V.; Kuehler, R.; Wolf, B.; Keppeler, D.; Strenzke, N.; Moser, T.: Patient perspectives on the need for improved hearing rehabilitation: A qualitative survey study of German cochlear implant users. Frontiers in Neuroscience 17, 1105562 (2023)

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Cantu-Guerra, H. L.; Papazian, M. R.; Gorsky, A. L.; Alekos, N. S.; Caccavano, A.; Karagulyan, N.; Neef, J.; Vicini, S.; Moser, T.; Coate, T. M.: Cochlear hair cell innervation is dependent on a modulatory function of Semaphorin-3A. Developmental Dynamics 252 (1), pp. 124 - 144 (2023)

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Jaime Tobón, L. M.; Moser, T.: Ca²⁺ regulation of glutamate release from inner hair cells of hearing mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (49), e2311539120 (2023)

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Michael, M.; Wolf, B. J.; Klinge-Strahl, A.; Jeschke, M.; Moser, T.; Dieter, A.: Devising a framework of optogenetic coding in the auditory pathway: Insights from auditory midbrain recordings. Brain Stimulation 16 (5), pp. 1486 - 1500 (2023)

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Mittring, A.; Moser, T.; Huet, A. T.: Graded optogenetic activation of the auditory pathway for hearing restoration. Brain Stimulation 16 (2), pp. 466 - 483 (2023)

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Chakrabarti, R.; Jaime Tobon, L. M.; Slitin, L.; Redondo-Canales, M.; Hoch, G.; Slashcheva, M.; Fritsch, E.; Bodensiek, K.; Özçete, Ö. D.; Gültas, M. et al.; Michanski, S.; Opazo, F.; Neef, J.; Pangrsic, T.; Moser, T.; Wichmann, C.: Optogenetics and electron tomography for structure-function analysis of cochlear ribbon synapses. eLife 11, e79494 (2022)

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Bosse, N. I.; Abbott, S.; Bracher, J.; Hain, H.; Quilty, B. J.; Jit, M.; Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 Working Group; van Leeuwen, E.; Cori, A.; Funk, S.: Comparing human and model-based forecasts of COVID-19 in Germany and Poland. PLoS Computational Biology 18 (9), e1010405 (2022)

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Wolf, B. J.; Kusch, K.; Hunniford, V.; Vona, B.; Kuhler, R.; Keppeler, D.; Strenzke, N.; Moser, T.: Is there an unmet medical need for improved hearing restoration? Embo Molecular Medicine 14 (8), e15798 (2022)

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Grabner, C.; Jansen, I.; Neef, J.; Weihs, T.; Schmidt, R.; Riedel, D.; Wurm, C. A.; Moser, T.: Resolving the molecular architecture of the photoreceptor active zone with 3D-MINFLUX. Science Advances 8 (28), eabl7560 (2022)

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Calapai, A.; Cabrera-Moreno, J.; Moser, T.; Jeschke, M.: Flexible auditory training, psychophysics, and enrichment of common marmosets with an automated, touchscreen-based system. Nature Communications 13 (1), 1648 (2022)

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Khurana, L.; Keppeler, D.; Jablonski, L.; Moser, T.: Model-based prediction of optogenetic sound encoding in the human cochlea by future optical cochlear implants. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 20, pp. 3621 - 3629 (2022)

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Butola, T.; Alvanos, T.; Hintze, A.; Koppensteiner, P.; Kleindienst, D.; Shigemoto, R.; Wichmann, C.; Moser, T.: RIM-Binding Protein 2 organizes Ca2+channel topography and regulates release probability and vesicle replenishment at a fast central synapse. bioRxiv, 435607 (2021)

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Özçete, Ö. D.; Moser, T.: A sensory cell diversifies its output by varying Ca2+ influx‐release coupling among active zones. EMBO Journal 40 (5), e106010 (2021)

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Rankovic, V.; Vogl, C.; Dörje, N. M.; Bahader, I.; Duque-Afonso, C. J.; Thirumalai, A.; Weber, T.; Kusch, K.; Strenzke, N.; Moser, T.: Overloaded adeno-associated virus as a novel gene therapeutic tool for otoferlin-related deafness. Frontiers in Moecular Neuroscience 13, 600051 (2021)

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Grabner, C.; Moser, T.: The mammalian rod synaptic ribbon is essential for Cav channel facilitation and ultrafast fusion of the readily releasable pool of vesicles. bioRxiv, 336503 (2020)

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Keppeler, D.; Schwaerzle, M.; Harczos, T.; Jablonski, L.; Dieter, A.; Wolf, B.; Ayub, S.; Vogl, C.; Wrobel, C.; Hoch, G. et al.; Abdellatif, K.; Jeschke, M.; Rankovic, V.; Paul, O.; Ruther, P.; Moser, T.: Multichannel optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway using microfabricated LED cochlear implants in rodents. Science Translational Medicine 12 (553), eabb8086 (2020)

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Kroll, J.; Özçete, Ö. D.; Jung, S.; Maritzen, T.; Milosevic, I.; Wichmann, C.; Moser, T.: AP180 promotes release site clearance and clathrin-dependent vesicle reformation in mouse cochlear inner hair cells. Journal of Cell Science 133 (2), jcs236737 (2020)

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Michanski, S.; Smaluch, K.; Steyer, A. M.; Chakrabarti, R.; Setz, C.; Oestreicher, D.; Fischer, C.; Möbius, W.; Moser, T.; Vogl, C. et al.; Wichmann, C.: Mapping developmental maturation of inner hair cell ribbon synapses in the apical mouse cochlea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116 (13), pp. 6415 - 6424 (2019)

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Kroll, J.; Jaime Tobon, L. M.; Vogl, C.; Neef, J.; Kondratiuk, I.; König, M.; Strenzke, N.; Wichmann, C.; Milosevic, I.; Moser, T.: Endophilin-A regulates presynaptic Ca2⁺ influx and synaptic vesicle recycling in auditory hair cells. The EMBO Journal 38 (5), e100116 (2019)

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Takago, H.; Oshima-Takago, T.; Moser, T.: Disruption of otoferlin alters the mode of exocytosis at the mouse inner hair cell ribbon synapse. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 11, 492 (2019)

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Al‐Moyed, H.; Cepeda, A. P.; Jung, S.; Moser, T.; Kügler, S.; Reisinger, E.: A dual-AAV approach restores fast exocytosis and partially rescues auditory function in deaf otoferlin knock-out mice. EMBO Molecular Medicine 10 (12), e9396 (2018)

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Grabner, C.; Moser, T.: Individual synaptic vesicles mediate stimulated exocytosis from cochlear inner hair cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115 (50), pp. 12811 - 12816 (2018)

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Hagiwara, A.; Kitahara, Y.; Grabner, C.; Vogl, C.; Abe, M.; Kitta, R.; Ohta, K.; Nakamura, K.; Sakimura, K.; Moser, T. et al.; Nishi, A.; Ohtsuka, T.: Cytomatrix proteins CAST and ELKS regulate retinal photoreceptor development and maintenance. Journal of Cell Biology 217 (11), pp. 3993 - 4006 (2018)

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Brandenburg, S.; Pawlowitz, J.; Fakuade, F. E.; Kownatzki-Danger, D.; Kohl, T.; Mitronova, G.; Scardigli, M.; Neef, J.; Schmidt, C.; Wiedmann, F. et al.; Pavone, F. S.; Sacconi, L.; Kutschka, I.; Sossalla, S.; Moser, T.; Voigt, N.; Lehnart, S. E.: Axial tubule junctions activate atrial Ca²⁺ release across species. Frontiers in Physiology 9, 1227 (2018)

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Mager, T.; de la Morena, D. L.; Senn, V.; Schlotte, J.; D´Errico, A.; Feldbauer, K.; Wrobel, C.; Jung, S.; Bodensiek, K.; Rankovic, V. et al.; Browne, L.; Huet, A.; Jüttner, J.; Wood, P. G.; Letzkus, J. J.; Moser, T.; Bamberg, E.: High frequency neural spiking and auditory signaling by ultrafast red-shifted optogenetics. Nature Communications 9, 1750 (2018)

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Neef, J.; Urban, N. T.; Ohn, T. L.; Frank, T.; Jean, P.; Hell, S. W.; Willig, K. I.; Moser, T.: Quantitative optical nanophysiology of Ca²⁺ signaling at inner hair cell active zones. Nature Communications 9, 290 (2018)

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Richter, K. N.; Revelo, N. H.; Seitz, K. J.; Helm, M. S.; Sarkar, D.; Saleeb, R. S.; D'Este, E.; Eberle, J.; Wagner, E.; Vogl, C. et al.; Lazaro, D. F.; Richter, F.; Coy‐Vergara, J.; Coceano, G.; Boyden, E. S.; Duncan, R. R.; Hell, S. W.; Lauterbach, M. A.; Lehnart, S. E.; Moser, T.; Outeiro, T.; Rehling, P.; Schwappach, B.; Testa, I.; Zapiec, B.; Rizzoli, S. O.: Glyoxal as an alternative fixative to formaldehyde in immunostaining and super-resolution microscopy. EMBO Journal 37 (1), pp. 139 - 159 (2018)

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