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Time Event

Wednesday 7/31/24

9:00-11:30am

Students Arrive

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-18:00

Settle in, Get ID cards

18:00-20:00

Welcome BBQ

20:00-21:00

Faculty/TA Intros 1

21:00

Open Lab

Thursday 8/1/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Seminar 1: Orientation

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30am

Seminar 2: Sound - JORIS

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorial: Chick inner ear - WARCHOL

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Dissecting, immunostaining chick utricle - WARCHOL, DICKMAN, TAS

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

Faculty/TA Intros 2

21:00

Open Lab 

Friday 8/2/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Seminar 1: Cochlear structure & function - RUTHERFORD

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Intro to Vestibular System - DICKMAN

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Genetically modified mice - GROVES 

14:30-16:00

Structured Labs: Dissecting, immunostaining neonatal mouse cochlea - GNEDEVA

Paint fills of the inner ear - WU

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) 1: ANIMALS

21:00

Open Lab

Saturday 8/3/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Seminar 1: Inner ear development - GNEDEVA

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Neuronal development & afferent innervation of the ear - COATE

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Confocal Microscopy - ZEISS

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Culturing, immunostaining, vibratome  -   GNEDEVA

Paint Fills of the inner ear - WU

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

DORIS WU - Development of the vestibular inner ear

21:00

Open Lab

Monday 8/5/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Seminar 1: Ototoxicity - COFFIN

10:00-10:30am

Break

10:30-11:30am

Seminar 2: Hair cell regeneration - GALE

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Spiral ganglion - DABDOUB, COATE

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Dissecting, culturing spiral ganglia - DABDOUB, COATE

Paint fills of the inner ear - WU

18:00-20:00

Student Feedback / Dinner

20:00-21:00

ALLI COFFIN - Science communication

21:00

Open Lab

Tuesday 8/6/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Lateral Line development - KINDT, SHEETS, TRAPANI 

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Lateral Line function - KINDT, SHEETS, TRAPANI 

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Zebrafish labs - KINDT, SHEETS, TRAPANI, JIMENEZ

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Lateral Line projects - KINDT, SHEETS, TRAPANI

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

FACULTY/ TA INTROS 3

21:00

Open Lab

Wednesday 8/7/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Seminar 1: Tonotopy in cochlea - MANN

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Hair bundle structure-function - JB SHIN

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Electron microscopy - SEM and TEM - LYSAKOWSKI, GRILLET

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: SEM & TEM labs - LYSAKOWSKI, GRILLET

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

EDUARDO PEROZO - Comparative mechano - transduction 

21:00

Open Lab

Thursday 8/8/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00am

Seminar 1: Hair cell transduction physiology - PENG

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Cochlear hair cell synapses - GLOWATZKI

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: CELL EPHYS lab intro - PENG,GOUTMAN, ROBERTS

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: CELL EPHYS 1:
HC transduction - PENG
Inner ear synaptic transmission - GOUTMAN & REIJTNES 
Neuronal properties in auditory brain slice - ROBERTS & SILVEIRA

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) 2:  PUBLISHING

21:00

Open Lab

Friday 8/9/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Mammalian vestibular hair cells & synapses - EATOCK

10:00-10:30am

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Hair cell transduction channels and gating - SOTOMAYOR

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: CELL EPHYS data collection, analysis - PENG, GOUTMAN, ROBERTS

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: CELL EPHYS 2:
HC transduction - PENG
Inner ear synaptic transmission - GOUTMAN & REIJTNES; Neuronal properties in auditory brain slice - ROBERTS & SILVEIRA

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

FACULTY/ TA INTROS 4

21:00

Open Lab

Saturday 8/10/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Hair bundle amplification - SOTOMAYOR

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: OHC motility & Cochlear mechanics - VAN DER HEIJDEN

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

CELL EPHYS tutorials -  PENG, GOUTMAN, ROBERTS

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: CELL EPHYS 3:
HC transduction - PENG
Inner ear synaptic transmission - GOUTMAN & REIJTNES
Neuronal properties in auditory brain slice - ROBERTS & SILVEIRA

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

Career Discussions

21:00

Open Lab

Monday 8/12/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Vestibular analysis of head motions - CULLEN 

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Vestibular disorders - WARD 

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Vestibular lab tutorial - SADEGHI

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Vestibular reflexes: labs / demos; SADEGHI, WARD, VERDONE, CULLEN

18:00-20:00

Student Feedback/Dinner

20:00-21:00

DAWN NELSON / BRYAN WARD - Vestibular symptoms and Sickle Cell Disease 

21:00

Open Lab

Tuesday 8/13/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Development of auditory circuitry - BERGLES

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Behavior - DENT

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Cochlear prostheses - GOLDSWORTHY

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Cochlear Implant - GOLDSWORTHY / OCT demo? - VAN DER HEIJDEN

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

Faculty/TA Intros 5

21:00

Open Lab

Wednesday 8/14/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Auditory nerve information - HUET

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Structure-function in auditory brainstem - TRUSSELL

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Systems labs intro - JORIS

14:30-18:00

Structered Labs: SYSTEMS 1: ABR/DPOAE - LAUER, VICENCO - JIMENEZ
In vivo gerbil nerve/CN - H-W LU
IC/CTX - BREMEN

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

 

21:00

Open Lab

Thursday 8/15/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Processing of binaural disparities - JORIS

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Midbrain circuits - APOSTOLIDES

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Evoked auditory responses - LAUER

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: SYSTEMS 2: ABR/DPOAE - LAUER, VICENCO-JIMENEZ
In vivo gerbil nerve/CN - H-W LU
IC/CTX - BREMEN

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

 

21:00

Open Lab

Friday 8/16/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Auditory cortex - SADAGOPAN 

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Hearing loss / aging functional perspective  - TOLLIN

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Optical coherence tomography - VAN DER HEIJDEN

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: SYSTEMS 3: ABR/DPOAE - LAUER, VICENCO-JIMENEZ
In vivo gerbil nerve/CN - H-W LU
IC/CTX - BREMEN

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

NIK FRANCIS - Auditory cortex & Music 

21:00

Open Lab

Saturday 8/17/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Hair cell evolution - GROVES

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Cephalopod Hair Cells - McDERMOTT

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-14:30

Tutorials: Invertebrate Hair Cells tutorial - GROVES, FULLER, McDERMOTT

14:30-18:00

Structured Labs: Squid and tunicate Hair cells - GROVES, FULLER, McDERMOTT

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

Career Discussions

21:00

Open Lab

Monday 8/19/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Hereditary Hearing Loss & Treatment - SMITH

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Gene Therapy - CUNNINGHAM

11:30-13:00 

Lunch

13:00-16:00

Gemma boat/MRC tour or WHOI tour 

16:00-18:00

Open Lab

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00-21:00

ALAIN DABDOUB - Strial development, function and disease

21:00

Open Lab

Tuesday 8/20/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Seminar 1: Stem Cells and Organoids - KOEHLER

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Seminar 2: Seqing your Inner ear - HELLER

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-16:00

Library/WHOI tour

16:00-18:00

Open Lab

18:00-20:00

Dinner

20:00

Students Present

Wednesday 8/21/24

7:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-10:00

Students present

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-11:30

Students present

11:30-13:00

Lunch

13:00-16:00

 Gemma boat/MRC tour or WHOI tour

16:00-18:00

Students present

18:00-20:00

Farewell Dinner