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  1. Kannan J, Trapani JG, McGillicudy K (2026) Immersive Learning Using Virtual Reality: Pedagogical Strategies for Building a Community of Inquiry. Teaching and Learning Inquiry 14 (October): 1–20. DOI: 10.20343/teachlearninqu.14.58
  2. Cohen-Bodénès S, Malak EI'25, Trapani JG, Gaidica M, Militchin VA, Newton KC, Sheets L (2025). Station Holding During Rheotaxis: A Sensitive Assay of Lateral Line Function in Larval Zebrafish. Bio-protocol 15(24): e5540. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5540
  3. Teicher G, Riffe RM, Barnaby W, Martin G, Clayton BE, Trapani JG, Downes GB (2025) Marigold: A machine learning-based web app for zebrafish pose tracking. BMC Bioinformatics. 26:30. DOI: 10.1186/s12859-025-06042-2
  4. Schmalzbauer L, Jaswal SS, Corañez-Bolton S, Bunnell SL, Trapani JG (2024) Critical Empathy in the Liberal Arts: The Sociological Imagination as a Mechanism for Re-envisioning Interdisciplinary STEM Education. Published in Sayantan Mandal (Ed.) Road Map for Humanities and Social Sciences in STEM Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-4275-2_14
  5. Gao Y, Khan YA, Mo W, White KI, Perkins M'21, Pfuetzner RA, Trapani JG, Brunger AT, Nicolson T (2023) Sensory deficit screen identifies nsf mutation that differentially affects SNARE recycling and quality control. Cell Reports 42(4):112345. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112345
  6. Venuto A, Thibodeau-Beganny S, Trapani JG, Erickson T (2023) A sensation for inflation: initial swim bladder inflation in larval zebrafish is mediated by the mechanosensory lateral line. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.245635
    Our paper was chosen for the 2023 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize shortlist
  7. Barnaby W, Barclay HED, Nagarkar A, Perkins M'21, Teicher G, Trapani JG, Downes GB (2022) GABAA α Subunit Control of Hyperactive Behavior in Developing Zebrafish. Genetics, 220(4). DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac011
  8. Hussain S, Aponte-Rivera R, Barghout RM'20, Trapani JG, Kindt KS (2022). In Vivo Analysis of Hair Cell Sensory Organs in Zebrafish: From Morphology to Function. In: Groves A.K. (eds) Developmental, Physiological, and Functional Neurobiology of the Inner Ear. Neuromethods, vol 176. Humana, New York, NY. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2022-9_9
  9. Ozdemir YI'19, Hansen CA'17, Ramy MA'18, Troconis EL'15, McNeil LD'21, Trapani JG (2021). Recording Channelrhodopsin-Evoked Field Potentials and Startle Responses from Larval Zebrafish. Methods Mol Biol, 2191:201-220. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0830-2_13
  10. Peterson HP*'17, Troconis EL*'15, Ordoobadi AJ'15, Thibodeau-Beganny S, Trapani JG (2018). Teaching Dose-response Relationships Through Aminoglycoside Block of Mechanotransduction Channels in Lateral Line Hair Cells of Larval Zebrafish. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ (JUNE), 17(1):A40-A49. *equal author contribution
  11. Song S'19, Lee JA'15 Smith College, Kiselev I'16, Iyengar V'14, Trapani JG, Tania N (2018). Mathematical modeling and analyses of interspike-intervals of spontaneous activity in afferent neurons of the zebrafish lateral line. Scientific Reports, (8) Article number: 14851. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33064-z
  12. Sheets L, He XJ, Olt J, Schreck M, Petralia RS, Wang Y-X, Zhang Q, Beirl A, Nicolson T, Marcotti W, Trapani JG & Kindt KS (2017). Enlargement of ribbons in zebrafish hair cells increases calcium currents, but disrupts afferent spontaneous activity and timing of stimulus onset. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(26):6299 – 6313. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2878-16.2017
  13. Troconis EL'15, Ordoobadi AJ'15, Sommers TF'16, Aziz-Bose R'14, Carter AR, Trapani JG (2017). Intensity-dependent timing and precision of startle response latency in larval zebrafish. The Journal of Physiology, 595(1):265-282. DOI: 10.1113/JP272466
  14. Kruger M, Boney R, Ordoobadi AJ'15, Sommers TF'16, Trapani JG, Coffin AB (2016). Natural bizbenzoquinoline derivatives protect zebrafish lateral line sensory hair cells from aminoglycoside toxicity. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 10:83. DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00083
  15. Olt J, Ordoobadi AJ'15, Marcotti W, Trapani JG (2016). Physiological recordings from the zebrafish lateral line. Methods in Cell Biology, 133.
  16. Toro C, Trapani JG, Pacentine I, Maeda R, Sheets L, Mo W, Nicolson T (2015). Dopamine modulates the activity of sensory hair cells. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(50): 1694-16503.
  17. Pujol-Marti J*, Faucherre A*, Aziz-Bose R'14, Asgharsharghi A, Colombelli J, Trapani JG, Lopez-Schier H (2014). Converging axons collectively initiate and maintain synaptic selectivity in a constantly remodeling sensory organ. Current Biology, 24: 2968-2974. *equal author contribution
  18. Monesson-Olson BD, Troconis EL'15, Trapani JG. (2014). Recording field potentials from zebrafish larvae during escape responses. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ, 13(1):A52-A58.
  19. Monesson-Olson BD*, Browning-Kamins J*'13, Aziz-Bose R*'14, Kreines F'12, Trapani JG (2014). Optical stimulation of zebrafish hair cells expressing channelrhodopsin-2. PLoS ONE, 9(5): e96641. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0096641. *equal author contribution
  20. Mooney J'12, Thakur S'11, Kahng P'13, Trapani JG, Poccia DL (2014). Quantification of exocytosis kinetics by DIC image analysis of cortical lawns. Journal of Chemical Biology, 7:43-55.
  21. Smedemark-Margulies N'13 and Trapani JG (2013). Tools, methods, and applications for optophysiology in neuroscience. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 6:18.
  22. Catipovic MA'14, Tyler PM'14, Trapani JG, Carter AR (2013). Improving the quantification of Brownian motion. American Journal of Physics, 81(7):485-491.
  23. Einhorn Z, Trapani JG, Liu Q, Nicolson T (2012). Rabconnectin3a promotes stable activity of the H+-pump on synaptic vesicles in hair cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(32):11144-11156.
  24. Trapani JG and Nicolson T (2011). Mechanism of spontaneous activity in afferent neurons of the zebrafish lateral-line system. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(5):1614-1623.
  25. Sheets L, Trapani JG, Mo W, Obholzer N, Nicolson T (2011). Ribeye is required for presynaptic CaV1.3a channel localization and afferent innervation of sensory hair cells. Development, 138(7):1309-1319.
  26. Trapani JG and Nicolson T (2010). Physiological recordings from zebrafish lateral-line hair cells and afferent neurons. Methods in Cell Biology, 100:219-231. (ISBN 9780123848925)
  27. Trapani JG*, Obholzer N*, Mo W, Brockerhoff, S, Nicolson T (2009). synaptojanin1 is required for temporal fidelity of synaptic transmission in hair cells. PLoS Genetics, 5(5):e1000480. *Equal author contribution
  28. Obholzer N, Wolfson S, Trapani JG, Mo W, Nechiporuk A, Busch-Nentwich E, Seiler C, Sidi S, Sollner C, Duncan RN, Boehland A, Nicolson T (2008). Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 3 Is Required for Synaptic Transmission in Zebrafish Hair Cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 28(9):2110-2118.
  29. Trapani JG, Andalib P, Consiglio JF, Korn SJ (2006). Control of single channel conductance in the outer vestibule of the Kv2.1 potassium channel. Journal of General Physiology, 128(2):231-246.
  30. Korn SJ and Trapani JG (2006). Chapter 4: Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels. In Biological Membrane Ion Channels: Dynamics, Structure, and Applications. S.H. Chung, O.S. Anderson and V.V. Krishnamurthy, editors. Springer:119-170. (ISBN 0387333231)
  31. Korn SJ and Trapani JG (2005). Potassium Channels. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 4: 21-33.
  32. Andalib P, Consiglio JF, Trapani JG, Korn SJ (2004). The external TEA binding site and C-type inactivation in voltage-gated potassium channels. Biophysical Journal, 87(5):3148-3161.
  33. Trapani JG and Korn SJ (2003). Control of ion channel expression for patch clamp recordings using an inducible expression system in mammalian cell lines. BMC Neuroscience, 4:15.
  34. Trapani JG and Korn SJ (2003). Effect of external pH on activation of the Kv1.5 potassium channel. Biophysical Journal, 84(1):195-204.