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Auditory System (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

July 7 - 8, 2012
Chairs and
Bates College
2 Andrews Road
Lewiston, Maine, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Auditory System is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is to promote interactions between young investigators who share an interest in hearing but study different aspects of the auditory system using different techniques. The breadth of topics is similar to ARO, but the intimacy of the setting provides an unparalleled opportunity to discuss the important questions both within and outside individual specialties.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Auditory System" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote 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 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCentral 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 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amElectrical, 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 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmAuditory 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 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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