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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:  Â黨ÐÇ¿ÕÊÓÆµ presentation - HYMAN
Student intros

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  -