• California State University, Los Angeles, CA, Bachelor of Sciences, 1982-1986
• University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, Ph.D., 1986-1991
• University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1991-1993
• University of Miami, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1993-1997
• University of Miami, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-1998

• Instructor, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 1998 - 2001
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, 2001 - present

• Society for Neuroscience
• Association for Research in Otolaryngology

• 1993 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Martín AE, Burgess BK, Iismaa SE, Smartt C, Jacobson MR and Dean DR (1989): Construction And Characterization Of An Azotobacter vinelandii Strain With Mutations In The Genes Encoding Both Flavodoxin And Ferredoxin I. J Bacteriol 171:3162-3167.

Martín AE, Burgess BK, Stout SD, Cash V, Dean DR, Jensen G, and Stephens PJ (1989): Site-Directed Mutagenesis Of Azotobacter vinelandii Ferredoxin I: [Fe-S] Cluster Driven Protein Rearrangement. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 87:598-602.

Stephens PJ, Jensen GM, Devlin FJ, Morgan TV, Stout SD, Martín AE, Burgess BK (1990): Circular Dichroism And Magnetic Circular Dichroism Of Azotobacter vinelandii Ferredoxin I. Biochemistry 30:3200-3209.

Iismaa SE, Vázquez AE, Jensen GM, Stephens PJ, Butt JN, Armstrong FA, Burgess BK (1991): Site-Directed Mutagenesis Of Azotobacter vinelandii Ferredoxin I: Changes In [4Fe-4S] Cluster Reduction Potential And Reactivity. J Biol Chem 266:21563-21571.

Vázquez AE, Shen B, Negaard K, Iismaa SE, Burgess BK (1994): Overexpression Of Ferredoxin I In Azotobacter vinelandii. Protein Expression and Purification 5:96-102.

Calvo DJ, Vázquez AE, Miledi, R. (1994): Cationic Modulation Of Aminobutyrate Receptors Expressed In Xenopus Oocytes. Proc Nat Acad Sci 91:12725-12729.

Martinez-Torres A, Vázquez AE, Panicker MM, Miledi R (1998): Cloning And Functional Expression Of Alternative Spliced Variants Of The Aminobutyrate Receptor. Proc Nat Acad Sci 95:4019-4022.

Rossi SG, Vázquez AE, Rotundo RL (2000) Local Control of Acetylcholinesterase Expression in Multinucleated Skeletal Muscle Fibers: Individual nuclei respond to signals from the overling plasma membrane. J Neurosc 20:919-928.

Vázquez AE, Luebke AL, Martin GK, Lonsbury-Martin BL, (2001): Temporary And Permanent Noise-Induced Changes In Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions In CBA/CaJ Mice. Hear Res 156, 31-43.

Xu Y, Chiamvimonvat N, Vázquez AE, Akunuru S, Ratner N, Yamoah EN (2002): Gene-Targeted Deletion Of Neurofibromin Enhances The Expression Of A Transient Outward K+ Current In Schwann Cells: A Protein Kinase A-Mediated Mechanism. J Neurosc 22:9194-9202.

Dou H, Vázquez AE, Namkung Y, Chu H, Cardell EL, Shin H, and Yamoah EN (2003) Null Mutation of (a)1D Ca2+ Channel Gene Results in Deafness but no Vestibular Defect in Mice. In press. JARO.

Xu, Y., D. Tuteja, Z. Zhang, J. Rodriguez, L. Nie, H. Tuxson, N. Young, K. A.. Glatter, Vázquez AE, E. N. Yamoah, and N. Chiamvimonvat. 2003. A novel small conductance, Ca2+-activated K+ channel in human and mouse hearts: Roles in cardiac repolarization. In press Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Si, F, Brodie, H. Gillespie, PG,Vázquez AE and Yamoah E.N. Developmental Assembly of Transduction Apparatus in the Chick Basilar Papilla. In press. J Neurosc.

Nie, L.P, Song H, Chen MF, Chiamvimonvat N, Beisel K, Yamoah EN, Vázquez AE. 2003. Cloning And Expression of A Small Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channel, SK2, From The Mouse Cochlea: Coexpression with Acetylcholine a9/a10 Receptors. Journal of Neurophysiology. Revised.

Invited Papers/Chapters

Rotundo FL, Rossi BL, Godinho, RO, Vázquez AE, Trivedi B (1995): Restricted Regulation Of Acetylcholinesterase Transcription, Translation And Localization. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Meeting on Cholinesterases, Quinn, DM et al (eds.). New York: Plenum Press pp 239-246.

Vázquez AE and Yamoah EN (2002): Mechanisms Of Hair Cell Mechanoelectrical Transduction: An Update. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 10:403-406.

Gratton MA and Vázquez AE (2003): Age-related hearing loss: current research. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery 11:367-371.

Research projects funded during the last three years

Molecular Basis of Hearing Loss in Aging Mice

Ana E Vázquez PhD.---Principal Investigator
Agency: National Institute on Aging
Type: RO3 (AG17275) Period: July 1 1999-June 30 2000
The primary goal of this project is to establish the crucial molecules that contribute to the premature aging observed for the cochlear function of the C57 mouse strain.

Regulation Of Gene Expression In Noise Susceptibility
Ana E Vázquez PhD.---Principal Investigator
Agency: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Type: R21 (DC05578-02) Period: September 25 2001- August 1 2003
The major goal of this project is to monitor the effects of noise over-exposure on gene expression in the cochlea, and by taking advantage of the availability of inbred mice strains that exhibit different degree of susceptibility to noise damage, to determine the factors that render the ear resistant or susceptible to noise insults.