The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research VI

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请所要求的资金用于支持将于2014年9月14-18日在缅因州巴尔港的杰克逊实验室举办的“作为耳研究工具的鼠标”研讨会的部分资金。这个研讨会是独一无二的，将集中在人类遗传性听力和平衡障碍的小鼠模型中表征听觉功能的比较和翻译方面。它为研究生、博士后和研究人员提供了一次密集的培训机会，他们希望获得表征老鼠听觉功能的专业知识。这个研讨会是为少数参与者举办的，上午的课堂讲课，下午的实验室课程。这次研讨会的主要目的是促进与听力和平衡相关的生物学领域的研究人员和临床研究人员之间的交流，重点是鼠标在他们的研究领域中实现的和潜在的应用。为此，来自多个学科的学生和知名研究人员将有机会分享新想法，确定潜在的合作伙伴，并帮助规划耳朵研究的未来进程。讲座将在公海会议中心举行，实践课程将在应用遗传学培训实验室的杰克逊实验室主校区举行。在老鼠模型资源不断扩大的时代，表型鉴定和相关方法学方面的实践培训将继续为该领域的研究人员带来巨大好处。目前解决听觉生物学和疾病的唯一教育方案要么是大型无定形社会会议，要么是需要两周以上时间承诺的有限进入研讨会。

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 VI" to be held at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, on September 14-18, 2014. This workshop is one of a kind and will focus on comparative, translational aspects of characterizing auditory function in mouse models of human hereditary hearing and balance disorders. 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 Highseas Conference Center, and hands on sessions will be held at The Jackson Laboratory main campus in the Applied Genetics Training Laboratory. 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 are either large amorphous society meetings or limited-entry workshops that require more than a two-week time commitment.