The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research VII

项目摘要/摘要 本申请所要求的资金用于“将鼠标作为工具”讲习班的部分支助。 EAR研究之七“，将于2016年9月18日至23日在缅因州巴尔港的杰克逊实验室举行。 本研修班是独一无二的，将侧重于描述听觉特征的比较、翻译方面 以及人类遗传性听力和平衡障碍小鼠模型的前庭功能。它代表着一个 为希望获得专业知识的研究生、博士后和研究人员提供强化培训机会 描述小鼠的听觉和前庭功能。这个研讨会是为少数参与者举办的， 包括上午的课堂讲授，下午的动手实验课程。这个 本工作坊的主要目的是为学生提供实用的实验室培训和教学指导。 以及促进学生、博士后和教职员工之间在与以下方面有关的生物学领域的交流 听力和平衡，重点是实现和潜在的应用鼠标在他们的研究领域。 为此，来自几个学科的学生、博士后和知名研究人员将有一个 有机会分享新想法、确定潜在合作并帮助规划未来发展方向 研究。讲座将在公海会议中心举行，亲身实践课程将在 位于应用遗传学培训实验室的杰克逊实验室主校区。在一个扩张的时代 老鼠模型资源、表型分析和相关方法学方面的实际培训将继续 这给该领域的研究人员带来了巨大的好处。目前唯一针对听觉的教育项目 生物学和疾病要么是大型的无定形的社会会议，要么是有限的入场研讨会，需要更多 而不是两周的时间承诺。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The funds requested in this application are for partial support of the workshop “The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research VII”, to be held at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, on September 18–23, 2016. This workshop is one of a kind and will focus on comparative, translational aspects of characterizing auditory and vestibular 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 and vestibular function. This workshop is for a small number of participants and includes classroom lectures in the morning, followed by hands-on laboratory sessions in the afternoon. The primary aims of this workshop are to provide practical laboratory training and didactic instruction to students and to promote communication between students, postdocs and faculty 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, postdocs and established investigators from several disciplines will have an opportunity to share new ideas, identify potential collaborations and help chart a course for their future 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.