SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | DETECTING AND PERCEIVING SOUNDS: A PRIMER |
| Discussion Leader: Karl Kandler (University of Pittsburgh) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Keynote Address: Shihab Shamma (University of Maryland)
"Attention Induced Cortical Plasticity During Auditory Behavior" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Keynote Address: Jim Hudspeth (Rockefeller University)
"Making an Effort to Listen: Mechanical Amplification by Myosin Molecules and Ion Channels in Hair Cells of the Inner Ear" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HIGH LEVEL PROCESSING AND THE PERCEPTION OF SOUND |
| Discussion Leader: Jos Eggermont (University of Calgary) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (Boston University)
"Mechanisms of Auditory Attention" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | David Poeppel (New York University)
"Human Auditory Cortex and the Temporal Structure of Sounds" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Ruth Litovsky (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"Auditory Perception in Complex Listening Conditions in Children" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Cindy Moss (University of Maryland)
"Active Listening in a Complex Scene: Spatial Perception, Attention and Memory" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Ross Maddox (Boston University)
"Masking sounds reveal a location dependence in songbird auditory neurons" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Gunsoo Kim (University of California, San Francisco)
"Organized representation of spectrotemporal features in songbird auditory forebrain" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Sarah Woolley (Columbia University)
"Behavioral Recognition and Neural Coding of Individual Songs in Birds" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | AUDITORY DYSFUNCTION: HEARING LOSS AND CENTRAL PROCESSING DEFECTS |
| Discussion Leader: John Middlebrooks (University of California, Irvine) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Marci Lesperance (University of Michigan)
"Molecular Genetics of Auditory Neuropathy" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Martin Schwander (Scripps Research Institute)
"Genetic Analysis of Hair Cell Function in Mice" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Doug Vetter (Tufts University)
"Local HPA-equivalent signaling within the cochlea establishes cochlear sensitivity and protects against metabolic stress and NIHL" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Jos Eggermont (University of Calgary)
"Traumatic, as well as, Non-traumatic Sound Exposure Changes Cortical Representations in Adult Cats" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | COCHLEAR DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: David Corey (Harvard Medical School) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Ruth Anne Eatock (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary)
"Hair Cells in the Mammalian Saccule, an Organ with Vestibular and Auditory Capabilities" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Ana Belen Elgohyen (University of Buenos Aires)
"Prestin and the Cholinergic Receptor of Hair Cells: Positively Selected Proteins in Mammals" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Guy Richardson (University of Sussex)
"The Tectorial Membrane: A Multi-Tasking Matrix of the Inner Ear" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Wei Xiong (Scripps Research Institute)
"Harmonin Mutations Cause Mechanotransduction Defects in Cochlear Hair Cells" |
11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Bora Sul (N.I.D.C.D.)
"How mechanotransducer channels are associated with tip links: connectivity of two channels per tip link" |
11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Donna Fekete (Purdue University)
"Neurosensory Development in the Inner Ear" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Matthew Kelley (N.I.D.C.D.)
"Development of the mammalian cochlea; coordination of cell fate and patterning" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | REWIRING AUDITORY CIRCUITS: MECHANISMS OF PLASTICITY |
| Discussion Leader: Ruth Litovsky (University of Wisconsin, Madison) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Will DeBello (University of California, Davis)
"Connectome Remodeling and Learning in the Barn Owl Auditory Localization Pathway" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Patrick Kanold (University of Maryland)
"Circuits That Control Cortical Plasticity" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Anne Takesian (New York University)
"Critical period for experience-dependent regulation of cortical inhibitory synapses" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Takao Hensch (Children's Hospital, Boston)
"A Thalamocortical Critical Period in Auditory Cortex" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | THE ASSEMBLY & FUNTION OF ASCENDING PATHWAYS |
| Discussion Leader: Ed Rubel (University of Washington) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Robin Davis (Rutgers University)
"Sensational Neurotrophins: Shaping Spiral Ganglion Neuron Phenotype by BDNF and NT-3" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Steve Maricich (Case Western Reserve University)
"Developmental Interdependencies of Murine Auditory Neurons" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Karl Kandler (University of Pittsburgh)
"Sharpening Up Inhibition in the Developing Auditory Brainstem" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Cindy Lu (Harvard Medical School)
"Expression Profiling of Spiral Ganglion Neurons throughout Auditory Circuit Assembly Identifies Npr2 as a Regulator of Spiral Ganglion Axon Bifurcation" |
11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:35 am | Christine Portfors (Washington State University)
"Efficient Encoding of Behaviorally Relevant Sounds in the Auditory Midbrain" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | George Pollak (University of Texas, Austin)
"Mechanisms of FM Directional Selectivity in the Inferior Colliculus Evalutated with In Vivo Whole Cell Recordings" |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Dan Polley (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary)
"Structure-Function Relationships in the Mouse Auditory Thalamocortical Circuit" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | STEM CELLS & NEURAL PROSTHESES |
| Discussion Leader: Donna Fekete (Purdue University) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Neil Segil (House Ear Institute)
"Development and Regeneration of the Inner Ear: Coordinating Cell Cycle and Differentiation - Constraining Notch Activity" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | David Raible (University of Washington)
"Hair Cell Regeneration in Zebrafish" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Katie Kindt (Oregon Health Sciences University)
"Developmental acquisition of hair-cell activity and polarity" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Xiaowei Lu (University of Virginia)
"Non-Ciliary Function of Kif3a During Auditory Hair Cell Morphogenesis" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | John Middlebrooks (University of California, Irvine)
"Auditory Temporal Processing Probed with Electrical Cochlear Stimulation" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN AUDITORY CIRCUITS |
| Discussion Leader: Ana Belen Elgohyen (University of Buenos Aires) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Tobias Moser (University of Goettingen)
"Molecular Physiology of Hair Cell Ribbon Synapses" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Teresa Nicolson (Oregon Health Sciences University)
"Ribbon Synapse Formation and Function in Zebrafish Hair Cells" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Dwight Bergles (John Hopkins University)
"Spontaneous Activity in the Developing Auditory System" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Mark Rutherford (University of Goettingen)
"The synaptic ribbon promotes synaptic vesicle docking and Ca2+ channel clustering" |
11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:35 am | Paul Manis (University North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Synaptic Dynamics and Local Circuits in the Cochlear Nucleus" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Sukant Khurana (University of Texas, Austin)
"Binaural coincidence detection in the MSO is refined by a developmentally programmed modulation of I(h)" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Gabriel Corfas (Children's Hospital, Boston)
"New roles for supporting in the postnatal sensory epithelium" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MODULATION OF AUDITORY FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Young (John Hopkins University) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Paul Fuchs (John Hopkins University)
"Efferent Synapses on Cochlear Hair Cells" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Ian Forsythe (University of Leicester)
"NO Signaling: Activity-dependent Plasticity in Neuronal Excitability" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Daniel Winkowski (University of Maryland)
"Control of auditory cortical plasticity by the prefrontal cortex in the mouse" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Alan Palmer (University of Nottingham)
"Corticofugal Modulation of Auditory Processing" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |