Hearing, Balance, and Chemical Senses Seminar Series
2007-2008
Unless stated otherwise all meetings are at 3:45 pm Wednesdays in Med Sci II, Room 5623. The seminar series organizer for Fall Semester 2007 is John Middlebrooks and for the 2008 Winter Semester is Bryan E. Pfingst
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | |||
| September 5 | First Day of Classes | NO SEMINAR | |
| September 12 | John Middlebrooks, Ph.D.
Kresge Hearing Research Inst University of Michigan |
Auditory Cortex at the Cocktail Party: Some Studies in Spatial Hearing | Shore |
| September 19 | Susan E. Shore, Ph.D.
Kresge Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan |
Can you hear what you touch? Multisensory Integration in the Cochlear Nucleus and Beyond | MacPherson |
| September 26 | Hubert Lim, Ph.D.
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Hannover, Germany |
A new auditory prosthesis using midbrain stimulation: Animal and human results | Anderson |
| October 3 | Anna Lysakowski, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology University of Illinois at Chicago |
Potential Sources of Afferent Diversity in the Vestibular Periphery | King |
| October 10 | Paul B. Manis, Ph.D.
Department of Otolaryngology HNS University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Synaptic circuits of the cochlear nucleus and thoughts on the physiological consequences of hearing loss | Shore |
| October 17 | Douglas A. Cotanche, Ph.D.
Lab for Cellular & Molecular Hearing Res. Children's Hospital, Boston, MA |
Hair Cell Regeneration and Stem Cell Transplantation in the Cochlea | Raphael |
| October 24 | Seminar Cancelled | NO SEMINAR | |
| October 31 | Xiaoqin Wang, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University |
Auditory-Vocal Interactions in Marmoset Auditory Cortex | Middlebrooks |
| November 7 | Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting | NO SEMINAR | |
| November 14 | Donna Fekete, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University |
MicroRNAs can Regulate Mechanosensory Fates in Zebrafish | Raohael/Kohrman |
| November 21 | Thanksgiving Break | NO SEMINAR | |
| November 28 | Paul A. Fuchs, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University of Medicine |
TBA | Duncan |
| December 5 | Monita Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Hearing & Speech Sciences Department University of Maryland at College Park |
Spectro-temporal resolution in cochlear implant listeners | Middlebrooks |
| December 12 | Dan H. Sanes, Ph.D.
Center for Neural Science New York University |
Development of auditory perception and cortical processing | Middlebrooks |
| December 19 | Tony Cacace, Ph.D.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Wayne State University |
The mitochondrial connection: a unifying framework for understanding auditory neuropathy | Altschuler |
| December 26 | Holiday Break | NO SEMINAR | |
| 2008 | |||
| January 2 | Classes Begin | NO SEMINAR | |
| January 9 | Richard Altschuler, Ph.D.
Kresge Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan |
Development of Stem Cell Replacement of Auditory Nerve | Pfingst |
| January 16 | J. Wayne Aldridge
Department of Neurology University of Michigan |
Neural coding of taste in the ventral pallidum | Pfingst |
| January 23 | Sally Camper
Department of Human Genetics University of Michigan |
Thyroid hormone stimulates neuronal development, synapse formation, and ion channel gene expression in the cochlea | Raphael |
| January 30 | Allen F. Ryan, M.D.
Department of Surgery University of California San Diego |
Regulation of Gene Expression in Hair Cells: Functional and Bioinformatic Analysis of the POU4F3 Promoter | Miller |
| February 6 | John C. Middlebrooks, Ph.D.
Kresge Hearing Research Institute University of Michigan |
Auditory Prosthesis with a Penetrating Nerve Array | Pfingst |
| February 13 | ARO Practice Talks | NO SEMINAR | |
| February 20 | ARO | NO SEMINAR | |
| February 27 | RESERVED - TBA | TBA | |
| March 5 | Steven D. Munger, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology University of Maryland School of Medicine |
Differences matter: molecular diversity and functional specificity in olfaction and taste | Martens |
| March 12 | Lynette P. McCluskey, Ph.D.
Institute of Molecular Medicine/Developmental Neurobiology and Department of Neurology |
Neural-immune interactons in the degenerating taste system | Mistretta |
| March 19 | Doris K. Wu, Ph.D.
Section on Sensory Cell Regeneration and Development Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDCD/NIH |
The making of an inner ear | Martin |
| March 26 | Maria Rubio, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology University of Connecticut |
Neurons and glia cells respond to hearing loss | Shore |
| April 9 | Jay M. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology University of Chicago |
TBA | Shandize |
| April 16 | Matt Kelley
NIDCD/NIH |
Regulation of Cell Fate and Patterning in the Mammalian Cochlea | Batts |
| April 23 | SEMINAR CANCELLED | NO SEMINAR | |
| April 30 | Charlotte Mistretta, Ph.D.
School of Dentistry University of Michigan |
Molecules that pattern the taste organs and regulate differentiation of taste organ innervation | Pfingst |
| May 7 | Debara L. Tucci, M.D.
Department of Surgery Duke University Medical Center |
Effect of Conductive Hearing Loss on Central Auditory System Development and Function: Evidence from Animal and Human Studies | Altschuler |
