13 May 14 May 15:00-17:00 Registration 15:45-16:00 Welcome on behalf of the organizers José María Millán. Unit of Genetics La Fé Hospital. CIBERER. Valencia. Spain. 16:00-16:30 Francesc Palau. CIBERER Director. SESSION 1.- Advances in hearing loss research I Chair: Guy Richardson 16:30-17:10 Karen Steel. Wellcome Trust Genome Campus. Cambridge. United Kingdom From mouse genetics to human deafness 17.10-17.30 Coffee break & poster viewing 17:30-18:10 Ignacio Medina (Joaquín Dopazo). Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe CIBERER. Valencia. Spain. Bioinformatic tools for the study of hearing molecules 18:10-18:50 Isabel Varela-Nieto & Hortensia Sanchez-Calderon. Neurobiology of Hearing Group. CSIC UAM. CIBERER. Madrid. Spain. Use of DNA arrays to explore sensorineural deafness caused by IGF-1 deficit 18.50-19:10 Miguel A. Moreno-Pelayo. Unit of Genetics Hospital Ramón y Cajal. CIBERER Madrid. Spain. MicroRNAs in the inner ear 19:10-19:50 Joint discussion 20:00 Dinner & poster viewing SESSION 2.- Advances in hearing loss research II Chair: Andrew Forge 9.30-10.10 Guy Richardson. School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex. Brighton. United Kingdom The tectorial membrane in hearing and deafness 10:10-10:50 Tobias Moser. InnerEarLab, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. The hair cell synapse 10:50-11:10 Francisco del Castillo. Unit of Genetics. Hospital Ramón y Cajal. CIBERER Madrid. Spain. Connexins and inner ear disease 11.10-11:30 Coffee break & poster viewing 11:30-12:10 Ulla Pirvola. Institute of Biotechnology. University of Helsinki. Helsinki. Finland Hair cell development and regeneration 12:10-12:50 Marcelo Rivolta. Centre for Stem Cell Biology. University of Sheffield. Sheffield. United Kingdom. Stem cells of the inner ear 12:50-13:10 Silvia Murillo. Neurobiology of Hearing Group. CSIC UAM. CIBERER. Madrid. Spain. Non invasive evaluation of novel therapies for otic insult in animal models 13:10-13:30 Joint discussion 13.30-15.00 Lunch
14 May 15 May SESSION 3.- Advances in Usher syndrome Chair: Karen Steel 15:30-16:10 Hannie Kremer. Dept Otorhinolaryngology. Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. Nijmegen. The Netherlands An introduction to Usher syndrome 16:10-16:50 José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta. Universidad Pablo Olavide CSIC. CIBERER. Sevilla. Spain. Fishes: new models for the study of human diseases 16.50-17.10 Coffee break & poster viewing 17:10-17:50 José M Millán. Unit of Genetics La Fé Hospital. CIBERER. Valencia. Spain. Usher Syndrome Selected oral presentations: 18:50-18:00 Isabel Rodriguez. Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" CSIC UAM. Madrid. Spain. Drosophila as a model for the study of Usher syndrome and Non-syndromic Hearing Loss 18:00-18:10 Elena Aller. Unit of Genetics. Hospital La Fe. CIBERER Valencia. Spain. Molecular Epidemiology of Usher Syndrome in Spain 18:10-18:3 Joint discussion 20:00 Dinner & City tour SESSION 4.- Advances in inner ear diseases diagnosis and treatment Chair: Jose M Millán 9.30-10.00 Ignacio del Castillo. Unit of Genetics. Hospital Ramón y Cajal. CIBERER Madrid. Spain. Molecular diagnosis of hearing impairment 10:00-10:30 Teresa Rivera. Dept Otorhinolaryngology. Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Astúrias. CIBERER Madrid. Spain. Clinical diagnosis and treatment of Usher syndrome 10:30-11:00 Carlos Herraiz. ORL. Hospital Fundación Alcorcón. Madrid. Spain. Diagnosis and treatment of hiperacusia 11.00-11.30 Joint Discussion 11:30-11:50 Coffee break & poster viewing 11:50-12:10 Carlos de Paula Vermetta. Dept Otorhinolaryngology. Hospital La Fe. Valencia. Spain. Cochlear implant devices 12:10-12:50 Andrew Forge. UCL Ear Institute. London. United Kingdom Novel strategies for otic repair and regeneration 12:50-13:30 Joint discussion. Farewell & Conclusions Felipe Moreno. Unidad de Genética Molecular, Hospital Ramón y Cajal. Madrid. Spain Isabel Varela. Neurobiology of Hearing Group. CSIC UAM. CIBERER. Madrid. Spain. 13:30-15.00 Lunch & Departure
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