The Jackson Laboratory

Scope/Topic

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Building upon the success of the 2003 and 2005 meetings, this meeting provides a unique opportunity for established investigators and students to interact and exchange ideas regarding the use of new and developing technologies to study the ear of the mouse. One objective is to provide non-mouse researchers an introduction to the mouse through reviews, tutorials and hands-on workshops. Another objective is to provide state-of-the-art information to experienced investigators through research talks on new developments and special topics of current interest. Finally, meeting participants are provided an opportunity to communicate their research findings through podium and poster presentations.

Abstract Guidelines: Abstracts must fit on one side of an 8 1/2 x 11" page with 1" margins. The attending author's name must be underlined. Abstracts of your presentation should be submitted in a pdf file or Word document as an E-mail attachment no later than August 31, 2008. Please state if you wish to be considered for a poster presentation or a short talk, or both.

Limited travel scholarships for "The Mouse as an Instrument for Ear Research III" are available to qualified students and postdocs. Requests for scholarships should include a brief description who you are, the scope of your research, and the reason for your request.  Scholarship award amounts depend on the number of qualified applications demonstrating need. First consideration will be given to those submitting posters and abstracts. Limited subsidized housing will also be available on a first come, first served basis. The deadline for award requests is August 31st.
Topic list:

• Ear development
• Proteomics of the inner ear
• RNA interference and microRNAs
• Large scale gene knock-out projects
• Age-related and noise-induced hearing loss
• Hair cell structure and function
• Hair cell regeneration and stem cell replacement
• Auditory CNS processing
• Vestibular function
• Mouse models of otitis media

• Tutorials, Demonstrations and Workshops:
• Mouse husbandry and biomethods
• Mouse genetics and strain background effect
• Ear dissections, microscopy, and emerging imaging tool
• Molecular resources for analyzing gene function
• Electrophysiological tests of hearing and balance

Abstracts

Please send to the event coordinator (see contatc below) no later than August 31, 2008.

Past meeting information:

• The Mouse as an Instrument in Ear Research II, October 2005 Program (.pdf)
• 2005 Meeting Selected Abstracts and Slide Presentations (.pdf)
• The Mouse as an Instrument in Ear Research I, September 2003 Program (.pdf)

Organizers

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Kumar Alagramam, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Stephen Brown, Ph.D., Medical Research Council, UK
Rickie Davis, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, NIOSH
Kenneth Johnson, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Sherri Jones, Ph.D., East Carolina University
John Macauley, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
Qing Yin Zheng, M.D., Case Western Reserve University
Jian Zuo, Ph.D., St. Jude's Children's Research Institute

Speakers

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

David Bergstrom, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
John Brigande, Ph.D.,Oregon Hearing Research Center at the Oregon Health & Science University                             Ping Chen, Ph.D., Emory University
Donald Coling, Ph.D., Center for Hearing and Deafness
Jeffrey Corwin, Ph.D., University of Virginia School of Medicine
David Custer, University of Cincinnati
Albert Edge, Ph.D., Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Colin Fletcher, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
Tom Friedman, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, NIDCD
Richard Hallworth, Ph.D., Creighton University School of Medicine
Amy Kiernan, Ph.D., University of Rochester, N.Y.
Charles Liberman, Ph.D., Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Cynthia Morton, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Ulrich Muller, Ph.D., Scripps Research Institute, C.A.
Konrad Noben-Trauth, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
Kevin Ohlemiller, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine
Takahiro Ohyama, Ph.D., House Ear Institute
David Raible, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Ian Russell, Ph.D., University of Sussex
Richard Salvi, Ph.D., University of New York, Buffalo
Jung-Bum Shin, M.D., Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University
Garrett Soukup, Ph.D., Creighton University
George Spirou, Ph.D., West Virginia University School of Medicine
John Stahl, M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Bruce Tempel, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Dennis Trune, Ph.D., M.B.A., The Oregon Hearing Research Center

Schedule

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Arrival and registration reception on Thursday, September 18. Departure late Sunday, Sepember 21, or Monday, September 22.  Current Program (.pdf) subject to change

Registration

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Registration is still open for this meeting.

Download Registration Form (.pdf)

Registration fee: $450, $250 students, post-docs, and medical interns (proof of status must be presented with registration)

Attendance by women and minorities in the life sciences are highly encouraged.

Hotel/Travel

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME

Participants are responsible for their own hotel reservations. We will arrange for a discount rate group room block at a full service hotel in Bar Harbor. Details will be provided to registrants.

Travel

Air

Bar Harbor is served by two airports:

• Hancock County/Bar Harbor Airport (BHB)
• Bangor Airport (BGR)

Bus

(seasonal, late May-early September)

• Vermont Transit

Car

Bar Harbor is approximately 6 hours by car from the greater Boston area.

Area information:

• Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce
• Acadia National Park

 

Sponsors

Sep 18, 2008 - Sep 21, 2008 The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor ME