• Mark Maconochie, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, 
Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK

• Thomas Theil, Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK

• Marlies Knipper, Tübingen Hearing Research Center (THRC), 
University of Tübingen, Department of Otolaryngology, Molecular Neurobiology,
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 5, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany

• Marian Ros, Departamento de Anatomía y Biología Celular, 
Universidad de Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain

• Dieter Riethmacher, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, 
University of Hamburg, Falkenried 94, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany