2016 The Auditory System Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar

 描述（由申请人提供）：“听觉系统”戈登研究会议（“听觉GRC”）将于2016年7月10日至15日在贝茨学院召开，由125-150名不同专业知识的科学家组成，以“可塑性和动态听觉系统”为主题，讨论和辩论听力研究和相关领域的新发现。听觉GRC之前是一个较小的戈登研究研讨会（“听觉GRS”，7月9日至10日），将包括40-50名培训讲师的演讲和海报，从而作为一个网关到GRC。听觉GRC和GRS共同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区的调查人员的混合，以及亲密的大小和延长的讨论时间，允许密切和持续的互动。其中一些特点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20年代以来，GRC组织一直支持以自由辩论和讨论新兴成果而闻名的会议。2016年听觉GRC的计划强调听觉系统的可塑性以及听觉系统适应遗传，环境和发育变化的多种方式，以及系统中声学信号的减少和恢复。研究人员将展示从遗传学到中枢神经系统生理学和行为学等领域的新成果。主题包括内耳上皮细胞，毛束和回声定位的遗传调控，毛细胞转导和突触传递，耳蜗和系统水平的噪声创伤，以及声音定位和语音的神经编码。我们从经验中学到在整个会议期间传播不同的模型系统和技术，以便每个会议都有适合每个人的东西-鼓励整个会议期间的异常高的出席率和跨学科的交叉。听觉研究的临床重要性将通过考虑人类疾病的潜在机制（例如噪音创伤和衰老）和修复它们的翻译努力（例如，毛细胞再生、耳蜗植入）。对于听觉GRS，讲座是从注册者提交的摘要中选择的，并由一位受邀的导师-参与者（助理教授）发表主题演讲。指导是全球研究中心的一个积极组成部分-除了主旨发言人之外，全球研究中心的组织者（也是高级研究人员）也可以参加讨论，并计划举办一次指导会议，由NIDCD和其他赠款机构的代表参加。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): "The Auditory System" Gordon Research Conference ("Auditory GRC") consisting of ~125-150 scientists of diverse expertise will convene on July 10-15, 2016, at Bates College, to discuss and debate new findings in hearing research and related fields, under the theme of "The Plastic and Dynamic Auditory System". The Auditory GRC is preceded by a smaller Gordon Research Seminar ("Auditory GRS", July 9-10) and will comprise of talks and posters by 40-50 investigators-in-training, thereby 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 1920s, the GRC organization has supported meetings famous for their unfettered debate and discussion of emerging results. The program of the 2016 Auditory GRC emphasizes plasticity in the auditory system and the diverse ways in which the auditory system adapts to genetic, environmental, and developmental changes, and the reduction and restoration of acoustic signals in the system. Investigators will present new results in areas from genetics to central nervous system physiology and behavior. Topics include genetic regulation of inner ear epithelia, hair bundles, and echolocation, hair cell transduction and synaptic transmission, noise trauma at cochlear and systems levels, and neural encoding of sound location and speech. 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, cochlear implant). 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 (also senior investigators) are available for discussion, and a mentoring session, featuring a representative from NIDCD and other grant agencies, is planned.