| Saturday |
| 2:00 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 Session: Temporal Coding in the Auditory Brainstem |
| Discussion Leader: Melissa Caras (New York University, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Jason Sanchez (Northwestern University, USA)
"Maturation of Biophysical Specializations Used for Temporal Coding in the Auditory Brainstem" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Synaptic
and Cellular Dynamics of Auditory and Vestibular Circuits |
| Discussion Leader: Pankhuri Vyas (Johns Hopkins University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Phillip Uribe (Washington State University Vancouver, USA)
"Growth Factor Mimetic Modulates Aminoglycoside-Induced Hair Cell Death" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Travis Babola (Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA)
"The Metabotropic Purinergic Receptor P2ry1 Mediates ATP-Dependent Burst Firing in the Developing Cochlea" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Ondrej Tichacek (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, v.v.i., Czech Republic)
"Physiologically Well-Justified Mathematical Model of the Cochlea and the Auditory Nerve" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Lauren Kreeger (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Genetic Targeting and Characterization of Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons in the Central Nucleus of the Inferior Colliculus of Gerbils" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | From Structure and Function to Behavior |
| Discussion Leader: Blake Butler (University of Western Ontario, Canada) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Yaqing Su (Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, USA)
"Dual Rate Codes for the Pitch of Harmonic Complex Tones in the Auditory Midbrain of Unanesthetized Rabbit" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Bradley Winters (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Cellular Mechanisms to Drive Experience-Dependent Refinement of Glycinergic Inhibition onto Neurons of the Medial Superior Olive" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Julien Azimzadeh (Rockefeller University, USA)
"Stimulation of Frog Vestibular Hair Bundles with Ultraviolet Light" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Melissa Polonenko (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
"Cortical Development Requires Symmetric Access to Sound in Each Ear: Evidence from Children with Bilateral Cochlear Implants and Bimodal Auditory Prostheses" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| 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 | Mentorship Component: Navigating
the Path of a Scientific Career |
| Discussion Leader: Jingjing Wu (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Janet Cyr (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, USA)
"Navigating NIH Research
Funding" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Scientific Career Round Table" |
|
- Joseph Burns (Decibel Therapeutics, USA)
- Melissa Caras (New York University, USA)
- Heath Jones (U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, USA)
- Jason Sanchez (Northwestern University, USA)
- Catherine Weisz (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
