gsw040 - Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hearing and Deafness (Complete module description)

Enrolment in Master´s programme Molecular Biomedicine

Competencies:
++ deepened biological expertise
++ deepened knowledge of biological working methods
++ data analysis skills
  + interdisciplinary thinking
++ critical and analytical thinking
++ independent searching and knowledge of scientific literature
  + data presentation and discussion (written and spoken)

The module focuses on auditory neuroscience, molecular and cellular neurobiology.

Lecture:
Development, anatomy and function of the auditory system (cochlea to cortex), classification, molecular causes and inheritance of auditory disorders, investigation of these disorders in animal models, insights into possibilities of treatment/therapy

Seminar:
The seminar will focus on possibilities of treatment options in the field of auditory rehabilitation. In a flipped classroom, students will shortly present and discuss different approaches.

Exercise:
Laboratory experiments to study mouse models of deafness/auditory processing disorders

Springer Handbook of Auditory Research Series Vol. 63:
 -   Manley, G.A., Gummer, A.W., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (Eds.), "Understanding the Cochlea", 2017, Springer
 -   Oliver, D.L., Cant, N., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (Eds.), "The Mammalian Auditory Pathways - Synaptic Organization and Microcircuits", 2018, Springer
 -   Cramer, K.S., Coffin, A., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (Eds.), "Auditory Development and Plasticity", 2017,
     Springer

Jeremy M. Wolfe, Keith R. Kluender, Dennis M. Levi, Linda M. Bartoshuk, Rachel S. Herz, Roberta L. Klatzky, and Daniel M. Merfeld; "Sensation & Perception", 2017, Sinauer

Vona, B., Haaf, T. (Eds.), "Genetics of Deafness", 2016, Karger Publishers

The number of participants for this module is limited to 8. If there are more students registered than places available, lots will be drawn. Students which are enrolled in Master´s programme Molecular Biomedicine will be preferred.

presentation (50%), protocoll (50%)