| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Lecture |
| Discussion Leader: Barbara Trattner (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Thanos Tzounopoulos (University of Pittsburgh)
"Zinc-Mediated Synaptic Signaling: Zinc as a Neurotransmitter in the Auditory System" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Central Auditory Processing: Theory and Experiment |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Bremen (University of California Irvine) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Munenori Ono (University of Connecticut)
"Synaptic Inputs to Inferior Colliculus (IC) Neurons Underlying Coding of Interaural Level Differences in Mouse" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Lei Feng (Johns Hopkins University)
"Neural coding of harmonicity in auditory cortex of awake marmosets" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Melissa Caras (University of Washington)
"Estradiol selectively enhances auditory function in monotonically-driven forebrain neurons" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Lingyun Zhao (Johns Hopkins University)
"Understanding spectro-temporal receptive fields and their changes with input statistics by efficient coding principles" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Electrical, Aquatic, and Impaired Hearing |
| Discussion Leader: Armin Seidl (University of Washington) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Janet Cyr (NIDCD)
"Funding opportunities through NIDCD" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Heath Jones (University of Wisconsin)
"Creating a Virtual Cochlear Implant Auditory Space: Localization by Normal Hearing Listeners through a Cochlear Implant Simulator" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Katie Willis (University of Maryland)
"Specialization for Underwater Hearing in the Testudines" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Todd Mowery (New York University)
"The maturation of auditory cortex intrinsic properties displays a brief sensitive period to mild hearing loss" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Auditory Development |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Brown (University of Washington) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Walid Jalabi (Case Western Reserve University)
"En1: a gene important for superior olivary complex development" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Laurence DeLacroix (University of Liege, Belgium)
"Role of sox E genes in the development of the auditory portion of the inner ear" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |