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The 4th Annual Auditory Neuroscience Retreat
Thursday May 11, 2006
Waterfront Activities Center
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Dan Sanes
Center for Neural Science
New York University
Schedule of events (downloadable
version):
8:45 – 9:10 am – Coffee and munchies
9:10 am – Welcome and Introduction
9:15 – 10:00 am - Brief talks by Trainees
1)
MacKenzie Howard - "A K+ channel-controlled
developmental switch in GABA signal processing in the avian cochlear
nucleus"
2)
Marina Kuznetsova - "Adaptation in nucleus magnocellularis"
3)
Curtis Joseph Billings – “Effects of amplification and stimulus intensity on
cortical auditory evoked potentials”
10:00 – 10:15 am – Coffee and Discussions
10:15 am – 11:15 pm –– Keynote Lecture
Dan Sanes, Ph.D.
Professor, Center for Neural Science and
Department of Biology,
New York University
“Development of auditory function & the impact of
hearing loss”
11:45
– 12:45 am - Brief talks by Trainees
4)
Sam Gale – “The role of basal ganglia dopamine in birdsong learning”
5)
Eva Ma - "Hair cell regeneration in the zebrafish lateral line post
neomycin-induced damage"
6)
Chris Templeton - "Effects of early testosterone on song crystallization
and learning in song sparrows"
7) Anne Marie Wissman – “Neurotrophins
and seasonal plasticity in the avian song system”
1:00 – 2:15 pm – Lunch
2:30 – 6:00 pm – Informal Meetings for Trainees with Dan
Sanes at the VM Bloedel Hearing Research Center Library