EARssentials: Concepts and Techniques of Contemporary Hearing Research 2019

EARssentials: Concepts and Techniques of Contemporary Hearing Research 2019 is organized by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and will be held from Jul 15 - 19, 2019 at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.

This free, week-long course, hosted and taught by scientists at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides students with an overall conceptual view of the auditory system as well as hands-on exposure to laboratory techniques unique to research on the inner ear.

The primary audience for this course is new intramural NIDCD trainees, including post-doctoral, graduate, post-baccalaureate, and summer students. Scientists from other institutions are welcome to attend as well. The course is also useful for others who want to learn about concepts related to the auditory system.

The class is divided into two segments:
•  Lecture sessions in the mornings, in which scientists introduce and discuss a wide array of concepts related to the auditory system.
•  Hands-on laboratory sessions in the afternoon. Each session will feature a different technique commonly used in hearing and balance research. 

Topics:
inner ear development and morphology, genetics of hearing loss, auditory and vestibular function, stereocilia structure, mechanotransduction, inner ear innervation, cell death, hair cell regeneration, and the zebrafish lateral line

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.