This session on sensational and regulatory mechanisms of hearing and balance will focus on international cutting-edge issues to promote research on hearing and balance in China. It invites domestic experts and scholars in the field to engage in discussions and exchanges. The session will cover various research areas including the molecular mechanisms of auditory and balance perception, hair cell development and regeneration, hair cell signal transduction and central regulatory mechanisms.

Chairs

Sun Jinping

Professor, Shandong University & Peking University

Zhong Cuiping 

Chief physician, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of Chinese People’s Liberation Army

Invited speakers & reports

Xiong Wei

Researcher, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing

Report: Gene editing therapy of inherited hearing loss

Xu Zhigang

Professor, Shandong University

Report: Alternative splicing regulates tip link stability

Lu Qing

Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Report: Decoding hearing loss variants by incorporating phase separation via machine learning

Xu Baicheng

Chief physician, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University

Report: Preliminary study on genetic diagnosis strategy and auditory: Implantation effect of deafness in Northwest China

Sun Yu

Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Report: Prevention and treatment of GJB2-related hearing loss

He Zuhong

Wuhan University Zhongnan Hospital

Report: Study on the mechanisms by which autophagy functions in the apoptosis of inner ear hair cells

Yang Zhao

Professor, Shandong University

Report: GPCRs as hearing and balance receptors