Conferences for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN)

SUMMARY项目 听神经科学进展与展望年会(APAN； Http://www.med.upenn.edu/APAN/)是一个为期一天的卫星会议，该协会的年会 神经科学；第一次APAN研讨会是在2003年。APAN的典型出席人数约为225人；大多数情况下， 研究生、博士后研究员和其他实习生。APAN的主要目标是将 致力于识别神经关联的一群神经科学家一起 (皮质和皮质下)听觉行为--包括知觉、认知和 感觉运动因素--沟通、多感官处理和神经的基础 可塑性。将这群科学家聚集在这个论坛上至关重要，因为许多理论上的 这一研究领域的途径、技术和方法论是相对独特的。因此，一个专注的 研讨会促进了这一重要研究领域的科学事业。我们的第二个目标是促进 初级和高级神经学家之间有意义的和有教育意义的互动贯穿始终 该方案并促进妇女和代表不足群体中的妇女在交流中 以及听觉神经科学。在我们的口头陈述的选择标准中，我们一贯地，自从我们的 一开始，强调了初级科学家以及妇女和任职人数不足的科学家的贡献 组。2013年，我们建立了“海报挑逗器”，让一群初级科学家有机会画画 注意将自己的海报作为简短的口头演示。在前一个赠款周期中，我们建立了一个“Young 《聚焦调查者》以一位杰出的初级科学家为主角的演讲。在目前的提案中，我们是 提供第二次Spotlight Talk，并将增加旅游奖项实习生的数量，以抵消 去阿潘旅行。这两个变化都有助于建立一个更具包容性的APAN社区。最后，阿潘非常 由于各种原因与NIDCD的科学使命有关。例如，大多数科学家 在APAN是通过NIDCD机制资助的，并进行关于通信、听觉 加工、可塑性和听力假体。此外，Apan为以下人员提供了出色的培训机会 初级神经学家。最后，许多演示文稿的翻译和临床影响都很高，因为 他们将重点放在听觉感知的基本机制上，其功能障碍可能导致各种 与听力有关的问题。我们寻求资金以继续这一旗舰会议。

PROJECT SUMMMARY The annual meeting of Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN; http://www.med.upenn.edu/APAN/) is a one-day satellite meeting of the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience; the first APAN symposium was in 2003. The typical attendance of APAN is ~225 people; mostly, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and other trainees. The primary Aim of APAN is to bring together the cohort of neuroscientists who are engaged in identifying the neural correlates (both cortical and sub-cortical) of auditory behavior —including the perceptual, cognitive, and sensorimotor factors— that underlie communication, multisensory processing, and neural plasticity. Bringing together this group of scientists in this forum is critical because many of the theoretical approaches, techniques, and methodologies of this research field are relatively unique. Consequently, a focused symposium spurs the scientific enterprise in this important research area. Our second Aim is to facilitate meaningful and educational interactions between junior and senior neuroscientists throughout the program and to promote women and those in underrepresented groups in communicative and auditory neuroscience. In our selection criteria for oral presentations, we have consistently, since our inception, highlighted the contributions of junior scientists as well as women and those from underrepresented groups. In 2013, we established “poster teasers” that give a cadre of junior scientists’ opportunities to draw attention to their posters as a short oral presentation. In the previous grant cycle, we established a “Young Investigator Spotlight” talk that features an outstanding junior scientist. In the current proposal, we are offering a second Spotlight talk and will increase the number of travel awards trainees to offset the cost of travel to APAN. Both of these changes facilitate a more inclusive APAN community. Finally, APAN is extremely relevant to the scientific mission of the NIDCD for a variety of reasons. For example, the majority of scientists at APAN are funded through an NIDCD mechanism and conduct basic research on communication, auditory processing, plasticity, and hearing prosthetics. Further, APAN provides an outstanding training opportunity for junior neuroscientists. Finally, the translational and clinical impact of many of the presentations is high due to their focus on fundamental mechanisms underlying auditory perception, whose dysfunction can lead to various hearing-related problems. We seek funding to continue this flagship conference.