13th International Mechanics of Hearing Workshop

项目摘要 我们请求部分支持，以支付第13届听力力学（MoH）研讨会的费用， 2017年6月在布鲁克大学。自1983年成立以来，听力工作坊的力学已经 提供了主要的论坛，介绍，辩论，并在听觉领域的进步火花 生物力学和生物物理学。讲习班每三年举行一次，为期一周， 激烈的讨论研究人员在分子，细胞和系统的听力力学工作 水平使用生物学，数学和工程技术。与会者来自美国各地。 讲习班历来在国内和国际机构举办， 地点最近一次讲习班在希腊阿提卡举行，吸引了来自21个国家的155名参加者 五大洲。在此之前，在荷兰、联合王国、日本、德国、 和美国。2017年研讨会由马萨诸塞州眼耳医院联合举办 和约克大学，并将在加拿大安大略的圣凯瑟琳斯附近举行。布鲁克大学被选中 由于其中心位置（允许大多数参与者轻松旅行），田园诗般的 校园/周围环境（例如，尼亚加拉地区），和非常合理的成本。 在这项提案中，我们要求NIH提供资金，以支付学生和博士后奖学金和旅行费用， 和一部分视听和出版费用（所有会议记录将是同行- 审查并以开放获取方式发布）。

Project Summary We request partial support to cover the expenses of the 13th Mechanics of Hearing (MoH) Workshop, to be held at Brock University in June 2017. Since their inception in 1983, the Mechanics of Hearing Workshops have provided the primary forum for presenting, debating, and sparking advances in the fields of auditory biomechanics and biophysics. Convened at three-year intervals, the Workshops bring together for a week of intense discussion researchers working on the mechanics of hearing at the molecular, cellular, and systems levels using biological, mathematical, and engineering techniques. Attendees are from a wide range of U.S. and international institutions, and the Workshop has historically been held at both domestic and international locations. The most recent Workshop was held in Attica, Greece; it attracted 155 participants from 21 countries and five continents. Prior to that, Workshops were held in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and United States. The 2017 Workshop is being jointly organized by the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and York University, and will be held near St. Catharines in Ontario, Canada. Brock University was chosen because of its central location (allowing easy travel for the majority of the participants), idyllic campus/surroundings (e.g., the Niagara region), and very reasonable costs. In this proposal, we request funds from the NIH to cover student and post-doctoral scholarships and travel, and a portion of the audio-visual and publication costs (all of the conference proceedings will be peer- reviewed and published with open access).