2014 The Auditory System Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar

描述(由申请者提供)：“听觉系统”戈登研究会议(“听觉GRC”)将于2014年7月13日至18日在贝茨学院召集约125-150名具有不同专业知识的科学家，讨论和辩论听力研究和相关领域的新发现，主题为“编码听力：从基因到行为”。在听觉GRC之前，有一个较小的戈登研究研讨会(“听觉GRS”，7月12-13日)，其中包括40-50名正在接受培训的研究人员的演讲和海报，作为GRC的门户。听觉GRC和GRS一起提供了独特的功能组合，包括：研究的广度；前沿的重点；来自各个级别和不同子领域和地点的研究人员的混合；以及亲密的规模和延长的讨论时间，允许密切和持续的互动。其中一些特征来自听力研究领域的独特品质，另一些则来自戈登会议的既定性质。自20世纪30年代以来，GRC组织一直支持以无拘无束的辩论和对新出现的结果的讨论而闻名的会议。2014年听觉GRC的项目强调了听觉和相关信息的不同编码方式，并对其进行了广泛的解释，以纳入从遗传学到中枢神经系统生理和行为等领域的新结果。主题包括内耳上皮、毛束和鸟鸣的遗传调控；毛细胞转导和突触传递；耳蜗级和系统级的噪音创伤；以及声音位置、语音和听觉场景的神经编码。我们从经验中吸取教训，在会议期间传播不同的模式系统和技术，使每一次会议都有适合每个人的东西--鼓励在整个会议期间出席率异常高，并在不同学科之间相互促进。听力研究的临床重要性将通过演讲来强调，这些演讲考虑了人类疾病的潜在机制(例如，噪音、创伤和衰老)，以及修复这些疾病的翻译努力(例如，毛细胞再生)。对于听觉型GRS，演讲是从注册者提交的摘要中挑选出来的，并以一位受邀的导师兼参与者、助理教授的主旨演讲为基础。辅导是GRS的一个积极组成部分--除了主旨演讲者之外，GRC的组织者(更资深的调查人员)也可供讨论，并计划举办一次由NIDCD和其他赠款机构的代表参加的辅导会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): "The Auditory System" Gordon Research Conference ("Auditory GRC") will convene ~125-150 scientists of diverse expertise at Bates College on July 13-18, 2014, to discuss and debate new findings in hearing research and related fields, under the theme of "Encoding hearing: From Genes to Behavior". The Auditory GRC is preceded by a smaller Gordon Research Seminar ("Auditory GRS", July 12-13) comprising talks and posters by 40-50 investigators-in-training and serving as a gateway to the GRC. Together the Auditory GRC & GRS offer a unique combination of features, including: breadth of research; cutting-edge emphasis; mingling of investigators from all ranks and diverse sub-fields and locales; and intimate size and extended discussion time, allowing for close and sustained interactions. Some of these features arise from unique qualities of the hearing research field and others from the Gordon Conferences' established nature. Since the 1930s, the GRC organization has supported meetings that are famous for their unfettered debate and discussion of emerging results. The program of the 2014 Auditory GRC emphasizes the diverse ways in which auditory and related information is encoded, broadly interpreted so as to include new results in areas from genetics to central nervous system physiology and behavior. Topics include genetic regulation of inner ear epithelia, hair bundles, and birdsong; hair cell transduction and synaptic transmission; noise trauma at cochlear and systems levels; and neural encoding of sound location, speech, and auditory scenes. We have learned from experience to spread different model systems and technologies throughout the sessions, so that each session has something for everyone - encouraging unusually high attendance throughout the meeting and cross-fertilization across disciplines. The clinical importance of auditory research will be highlighted with presentations that consider the mechanisms underlying human disorders (e.g. noise trauma and aging) and translational efforts to fix them (e.g., hair cell regeneration). For the Auditory GRS, talks are selected from registrants' submitted abstracts and anchored by a keynote address by an invited mentor-participant who is an assistant professor. Mentoring is an active component of the GRS - in addition to the keynote speaker, the GRC organizers (more senior investigators) are available for discussion, and a mentoring session featuring a representative from NIDCD and other grant agencies is planned.