Hearing, Balance and Chemical Senses Seminar Series

All seminars are held at 11:45 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Most seminars have an option to attend via Zoom. Please contact Jessica Odell at [email protected] for information.

March 30, 2023

Title: Formation and functional significance of the striola and line of polarity reversal
Doris Wu, Ph.D.
Chief – Section on Sensory Cell Regeneration and Development
Chief – Laboratory of Molecular Biology
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
Virtual and also in Room: Medical Science 2-South Lecture Hall 3699

Hosted by: Donna Martin, M.D., Ph.D.


April 6, 2023

Title: “Sounds in silence: How supporting cells in the cochlea initiate maturation of the central auditory system.”
Dwight Bergles, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Multiphoton Imaging and Electrophysiology Core
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Virtual and also in Med Sci 1 – M5330

Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.


April 13, 2023 

Title: “Molecular Mechanisms of Supporting Cell Dedifferentiation and its Role in Cochlear Hair Cell Regeneration”
Angelika Doetzlhofer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
The Solomon H. Snyder – Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Virtual and also in Room: Buhl Classroom 5915

Hosted by: Joerg Waldhaus, Ph.D.


April 20, 2023

Title: TBD
Kevin Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
Michigan Medicine
Virtual and also in Room: Buhl Classroom 5915

Host: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.


April 27, 2023

Title: TBD
Swathi Yadlapalli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Circadian biology, sensory neuroscience, thermoreceptors, metabolism
Michigan Medicine

Virtual and also in Room: Buhl Classroom 5915

Host: Pierre Apostolides, Ph.D.


May 4, 2023

Title: TBD
Samuel Kwon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Michigan Medicine

Virtual and also in Room: TBD

Host: Pierre Apostolides, Ph.D.


May 11, 2023

Title: TBD
Shigeki Iwase, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Genetics

Virtual and also in Room: TBD

Host: Gabriel Corfas, Ph.D.


May 18, 2023

Title: “Learning to listen: Neural circuits for expert sound perception”
Melisa Caras, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
University of Maryland 

Virtual and also in Room: TBD

Hosted by: Michael Roberts, Ph.D.