Conferences for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN)

项目摘要 听觉神经科学进展与展望年会; http：//www.med.upenn.edu/APAN/）是一个为期一天的卫星会议的学会年会， 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;大部分， 研究生、博士后研究员和其他受训人员。APAN的主要目的是 一群致力于识别神经相关性的神经科学家 (both皮层和皮层下）的听觉行为-包括知觉，认知， 感觉运动因素-基础的沟通，多感官处理，和神经 可塑性把这群科学家聚集在这个论坛上是至关重要的，因为许多理论 这一研究领域的方法、技术和手段都比较独特。因此，重点 研讨会推动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 在整个过程中，初级和高级神经科学家之间进行了有意义的和教育性的互动。 促进妇女和代表性不足群体参与交流， 和听觉神经科学在我们选择口头报告的标准中，我们一贯，因为我们的 他强调了年轻科学家以及妇女和代表性不足的人的贡献， 组2013年，我们设立了“海报预告片”，让年轻科学家有机会绘制 注意他们的海报作为一个简短的口头介绍。在上一个赠款周期，我们建立了一个“青年 调查员聚光灯”谈话，具有杰出的初级科学家。在目前的提案中，我们 举办第二次“重点报道”讲座，并会增加旅游奖励计划学员的人数，以抵销 前往APAN。这两个变化都促进了一个更具包容性的APAN社区。最后，APAN非常 由于各种原因，与NIDCD的科学使命相关。例如，大多数科学家 在APAN通过NIDCD机制资助，并进行通信，听觉， 加工、可塑性和听力修复。此外，APAN还为以下人员提供了出色的培训机会： 初级神经科学家最后，许多演讲的翻译和临床影响很大， 他们专注于听觉感知的基本机制，其功能障碍可导致各种 听力相关的问题。我们寻求资金来继续这一旗舰会议。

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.