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Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022

1:30-1:40 pm – Welcome and Introduction

Speaker Session 1

1:40-2:10 pm  –  Hai Huang, Tulane: Synaptic Transmission
2:10-2:40 pm  –  Jun Hee Kim, UT San Antonio: Dynamic Communication Between Oligodendrocytes and Neurons
2:40-3:00 pm  – David Dickman, BCM: Vestibular afferent responses during regeneration 

Poster Session and Coffee

3:00-3:10 pm – Poster Blitz
3:10-4:00 pm – Poster Session and Coffee Break

Speaker Session 2

4:00-5:00 pm  – KEYNOTE: Cat Weisz, NIH-NIDCD
5:00-5:20 pm  –  Rob Raphael, Rice University: Modeling Synaptic Transmission
5:20-5:50 pm  – Nace Golding, UT Austin: Auditory Computations in the Brain

6:00-7:00 pm – Tour of BRC/NRI Labs, Trainee Networking (Valhalla)

7:00 pm – Speakers Dinner

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Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022

8:00-9:00 am – Breakfast

Speaker Session 3

9:00-9:20 am – Xiaolong Jiang, NRI: Auditory Brainstem cell types
9:20-9:50 am – Crystal Engineer, UT Dallas: Vagus nerve stimulation paired with sounds improves auditory processing in rodent models of neurodevelopmental disorders
9:50-10:10 am – Matt McGinley, BCM: Autonomic arousal and effortful listening

10:10-10:20 am – Coffee break
10:20-11:00 am – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Panel Discussion

Speaker Session 4

11:00-11:20 am – Jeff Yau, BCM: Multisensory processing of environmental oscillations
11:20-12:20 pm – KEYNOTE: Dan Polley, Harvard University: Hearing loss, brain plasticity, and the perception of sound

12:20-12:30 pm – Conclusion
12:30-1:30 pm – Working lunch on future of Peripheral-Central Interactions work on the Gulf Coast Region