2012 The Auditory System GRC/GRS; July 7-13, 2012, Bates College, Lewiston, ME

2012年戈登研究研讨会和会议上的“听觉系统“的听觉系统是奇迹的速度，准确性和多功能性。动物使用声音来定位并在很远的距离上相互交流，识别和避免危险，并以音乐的形式获得快乐。2012年听觉系统戈登研究会议（GRC）将探讨一系列相互关联的主题，这些主题涉及该系统如何在开发过程中首次出现，如何通过经验塑造，以及如何代表复杂的声学环境。会议将汇集一群不同的科学家和学生，他们将分享他们的最新发现，从毛细胞转导的分子机制到听觉感知。该项目的一个关键目标是指导学生和初级调查人员。因此，研究生和博士后研究员被鼓励聚集在一个较小的戈登研究研讨会（GRS），立即之前的GRC。在这里，学生们将相互交流想法，并与少数高级研究人员交流，他们将提供科学反馈和职业建议。会议将在农村和大学环境中举行，时间表旨在促进讨论，无论是在正式演讲期间还是之后。将有充分的机会进行非正式对话和头脑风暴会议期间，免费下午和共享餐。具体课程将涵盖功能的成熟，环境噪声暴露或剥夺的影响，多感官整合，编码和解码声学信号，以及语音通信。除了受邀的演讲者外，还将从提交的摘要中选择几个简短的演讲，这些演讲是专门为学生和初级教师设计的。所有参与者还将能够在每天下午和晚上会议之后的高度互动的海报会议上分享他们的成果。听觉系统GRS和GRC将为参与者提供一个极好的环境，以建立新的合作，并了解他们自己的工作如何与当代听力科学研究交叉。

2012 Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on "The Auditory System"The auditory system is marvel of speed, accuracy and versatility. Animals use sound to locate and communicate with one another over great distances, to identify and avoid danger, and to derive pleasure in the form of music. The 2012 Auditory System Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will explore a set of interconnected themes that address how this system first emerges during development, how it is shaped by experience, and how it represents a complex acoustic environment. The conference will bring together a diverse group of scientists and students who will share their most recent findings, from the molecular mechanisms of hair cell transduction to auditory perception. A key goal of this project involves mentorship of students and junior investigators. Thus, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to gather for a smaller Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) that immediately precedes the GRC. Here, students will exchange ideas with one another, and with a small number of senior investigators who will be available for scientific feedback and career advice.The conference will take place in a rural and collegial setting, with a schedule designed to stimulate facilitate discussion, both during and after the formal presentations. There will be ample opportunity for informal conversations and brainstorming sessions during the free afternoons and at shared meals. The specific sessions will cover the maturation of function, the effect of environment noise exposure or deprivation, multisensory integration, encoding and decoding acoustic signals, and vocal communication. In addition to the invited speakers, several short talks will be selected from amongst the submitted abstracts, and these are specifically designed to include students and junior faculty. All participants will also be able to share their results during highly interactive poster sessions each afternoon and following the evening sessions. Together, the Auditory System GRS and GRC will provide a superb environment for participants to establish new collaborations and learn how their own work intersects with contemporary research in the hearing sciences.