Workshop “Molecular mechanisms of inner ear development”

This workshop belong to the series “Current Trends in Biomedicine”, organized by the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA).

More information and application at http://www.unia.es/biomedicine

SCOPE: The vertebrate inner ear is a small but structurally complex organ that mediates several different sensory inputs including perception of head position, acceleration, and sound. The intricate structure and exquisite cellular patterning of this sensory organ has much to offer as a model system to study important developmental processes such as morphogenesis, planar cell polarity and cell fate determination.  The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for scientists studying inner ear development, as well as developmental biologists who have done pioneering work using other model systems, to identify and discuss important existing questions and challenges. Exchange of ideas and data will generate new insights and collaborations that will raise awareness of the inner ear as a model system for the study of precise developmental patterning and facilitate the deciphering of the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of this complex organ. Specific areas to be covered by this workshop include: 1) Signals regulating patterning and morphogenesis of the inner ear, 2) Mechanisms regulating cell fate specification, and 3) Roles of planar cell polarity and spindle orientation in patterning and cell fate specification.

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