The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research VII

Sunday, September 18, 2016

5:00pm  Registration and welcome reception
6:00pm  Dinner
7:00pm  Welcome and meeting overview
7:15pm  Student introductions

Monday, September 19, 2016

8:30am    Topic: Mouse genetics, nomenclature, and MGI
9:15am    Topic Genetic background and age-related effects
10:00am    Coffee break    
10:30am Topic: Microscopy in inner ear research
11:15am Lecture: New programs and resources, KOMP, resources for gene expression
12:00pm Lunch     
1:00pm Student poster presentations    
2:30pm Group photo    
2:45pm Van shuttle to Research Lab    
3:15pm Biomethods training    
4:30pm Jackson Lab tour     
5:00pm Visit Electron MIcroscopy Service and SEM demo      
6:00pm Van shuttle to Highseas    
6:30pm Dinner     
7:30pm New technologies: CRISPR-Cas genome editing
8:15pm New technologies: CRISPR-Cas applied to hearing research

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

8:30am Lecture: Deafness genes in humans    
9:15am    Lecture: Deafness genes in mouse mutants and mouse models in the IMPC    
10:00am    Coffee break    
10:15am    Inner ear development    
11:00am    Inner ear development: Planar cell polarity
12:00pm    Lunch at Highseas    
12:45pm    Van shuttle to Research Lab    
1:00pm    5 hour Teaching Lab workshop(s)    Behavior, ABR, VsEP, DPOAE, tympanometry
6:00pm    Van shuttle to Highseas    
6:30pm    Dinner at High Seas    
7:00pm free evening

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

8:30am Lecture:  Hair Bundle Proteomics     
9:15am Lecture: Hair cells and mechanotransduction    
10:00am Coffee break    
10:15am Van shuttle to Research Lab    
10:30am 1.5 hour Teaching Lab workshop: begin dissections of cochlea and utricle in adults and neonates
12:00pm Lunch at Roscoe's    
1:00pm 5 hour Teaching Lab workshop(s)    continue dissections and cultures, paint fill demo
6:00pm    Van shuttle to Highseas    
6:30pm    Dinner at High Seas    
7:30pm Talk - Neuronal aspects of the inner ear    afferent and efferent innervation of the inner ear
8:15pm Talk - Neuronal aspects of the inner ear    CNS structures, cochlear nucleus, MNTB etc.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

8:30am    Lecture: Therapeutic approaches    
9:15am Lecture: Therapeutic approaches    
10:00am    Coffee break    
10:15am Van shuttle to Research Lab    
10:30am    1.5 hour Teaching Lab workshop:  immunolabeling and imaging
12:00pm    Lunch at Roscoe's    
1:00pm    5 hour Teaching Lab workshop(s): follow up culture, immunolabeling and imaging
6:00pm    Van shuttle to Highseas    
7:00pm    Lobster banquet at Highseas

Friday, September 23, 2016

8:30am    Final words
9:00am Organized group activity or free time
12:30am Lunch at Highseas