Contact
Robin GibsonUW Dept. of Oto-HNS/Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center
206-221-6438
vmbevent@uw.edu
When
Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT-to-
Friday, October 12, 2018 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Where
University of Washington
CHDD Haring Center (EEU)
CD150
Seattle, WA 98195
Meeting Details
Meeting Brochure(meeting brochure two-sided printer version)
Meeting Agenda
Printed Program
Schedule
Talk Abstracts
Poster Abstracts
Venue Map
Parking and Transit
Parking is available at the UW for $15.00 per day. Directions to available parking will be provided by the parking gatehouse attendant.
Parking Info.
Public Transit to CHDD
Walking Directions from UW Light Rail to CHDD
Location of talks
Talks will be held in CD150, in the Haring Center/Experimental Education Unit (EEU). This building is adjacent to the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center (VMBHRC) and the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD).
Venue MapAccommodations
Thursday night poster and dinner session
A poster session and dinner will take place at the Vista Cafe located in the William H. Foege Genome Sciences (GNOM) building on Thursday evening, starting at 4:45 PM.
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
If you missed the deadline, you may register in person.
Registration fee is $70.00.
Non-UW attendess, please make check payable to:
University of Washington
Payment can be made in person or you may mail your payment to:
University of Washington
NWAVRM_2018/ attn: Robin Gibson
1701 NE Columbia Rd; CHDD Box 357923
VMBHRC, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-7923
UW attendess, please provide a budget number to Robin Gibson (vmbevent@uw.edu).
The Northwest Auditory and Vestibular Research Meeting (NWAVRM) is a biennial meeting co-sponsored by the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center (VMBHRC) at the University of Washington and the Oregon Hearing Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) that brings together researchers from across the Pacific Northwest in the fields of mechanics, sensory transduction, and central neural processing of hearing and balance. This year’s meeting will be held October 11-12, 2018 at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Attendees are invited to present their research in posters (4 x 4 feet max. size) or brief talks (12 minutes plus 3 minutes for questions). Registration includes a boxed lunch, afternoon refreshments and dinner on Thursday, and breakfast on Friday.
Keynote Speakers:
John Brigande (OHSU/OHRC) "Gene therapy to treat congenital deafness and balance dysfunction"
Jennifer Stone (UW) "Tilting the balance: Regulation of vestibular hair cell homeostasis and regeneration"
Bob Peterka (OHSU/VA/NCRAR) "How the brain combines vestibular semicircular canal and otolith information to determine head orientation"
David Raible (UW) "Understanding why hair cells die"
Allison Coffin (WSU) "From fish to mammals: Stories of hair cell death and protection"