The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research V

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请中要求的资金用于部分支持将于2012年9月30日至2012年10月4日在缅因州巴尔港的杰克逊实验室举行的研讨会“小鼠作为耳研究V的仪器”。本次研讨会是独一无二的，将集中在比较，翻译方面的表征听觉功能的小鼠模型和人类。它为希望获得表征小鼠听觉功能的专业知识的研究生、博士后和研究人员提供了一个强化培训的机会。这个研讨会是少数参与者，包括上午的课堂讲座，下午的实验室会议。本次研讨会的主要目的是促进与听力和平衡相关的各个生物学领域的研究和临床研究人员之间的交流，重点是小鼠在其研究领域的实际和潜在应用。为此，学生们 来自多个学科的资深研究人员将有机会分享新的想法，确定潜在的合作，并帮助制定耳研究未来的路线。讲座将在LCC礼堂举行，并将在遗传资源大楼（GRB）的应用基因组学培训中心（AGTC）举行实践会议。在一个扩大小鼠模型资源的时代，表型和相关方法的实践培训将继续对该领域的研究人员产生巨大的益处。目前唯一的教育产品，解决听觉生物学和疾病要么集中在人类或人类疾病的病理，往往是大型无定形社会会议。通常，这些不是真正意义上的研讨会，而是更大的信息活动，通常持续不超过一天。 公共卫生相关性：该研讨会与人类健康直接相关，因为其重点是使用实验室小鼠来研究和了解人类听觉生物学和疾病。促进负责任地使用适当的模型对于开发治疗人类听力障碍的有效新治疗方法至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The funds requested in this application are for partial support of the workshop "The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research V" to be held at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine on September 30, 2012 - October 4, 2012. This workshop is one of a kind and will focus on comparative, translational aspects of characterizing auditory function in mouse models and humans. It represents an intensive training opportunity for graduate students, postdocs and investigators wishing to gain expertise in characterizing mouse auditory function. This workshop is for a small number of participants and includes classroom lectures in the morning, followed by laboratory sessions in the afternoon. It is the primary aim of this workshop to promote communication between both research and clinical investigators in various fields of biology related to hearing and balance, with a focus on the realized and potential applications of the mouse to their field of study. Toward this end, students and established investigators from several disciplines will have an opportunity to share new ideas, identify potential collaborations and help chart a course for the future of ear research. Lectures will be offered in the LCC Auditorium, and hands on sessions will be held in the Applied Genomics Training Center (AGTC) in the Genetic Resources Building (GRB). In an era of expanding mouse model resources, practical training in phenotyping and related methodologies will continue to be of enormous benefit to researchers in the field. The only current educational offerings that address auditory biology and disease either focus on humans or on the pathology of human disease and are often large amorphous society meetings. Typically, these are not workshops in the true sense, but larger informational events often lasting no more than a single day. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This workshop is directly relevant to human health as its focus is on the use of the laboratory mouse to study and understand human auditory biology and disease. Promoting the responsible use of appropriate models is critical to the development of effective new therapeutic approaches to treating human hearing disorders.