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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Olt J, Ordoobadi AJ '15 , Marcotti W, Trapani JG (2016). Physiological recordings from the zebrafish lateral line. Methods in Cell Biology , 133.
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. Smedemark-Margulies N '13 and Trapani JG (2013). Tools, methods, and applications for optophysiology in neuroscience. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience , 6:18.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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 )
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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 )
  30. Korn SJ and Trapani JG (2005). Potassium Channels. IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience , 4: 21-33.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. Trapani JG and Korn SJ (2003). Effect of external pH on activation of the Kv1.5 potassium channel. Biophysical Journal , 84(1):195-204.