Coordinator Project - Coordination, promotion, workshops, summer schools

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Eckhard Friauf
• Subject Area: Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells
• Term: from 2012 to 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 218323266

The goal of the Priority Program (PP) 1608 is to obtain a comprehensive knowledge of the mechanisms underlying ultrafast auditory processing with high precision, with the aims of achieving a fundamentally improved understanding of the causes of hearing disorders and tools for better therapeutic treatment. To achieve this goal, the PP will network renowned and young researchers in physiology, anatomy, human and mouse genetics, computational neuroscience, and behavioral studies. In an interdisciplinary and seminal endeavor, the PP will bundle their core competences and ensure strong and synergistic interactions between experts across the various disciplines. Researchers will make use of a broad repertoire of state-of-the-art as well as innovative technologies (e.g. cell-specific Credriver lines, viral gene delivery, next-generation sequencing). Some of the new top technologies shall be established and distributed in the consortium as part of the endeavor.An important aspect of the program is the promotion of young researchers, who will profit from the expertise and receive coordinated training in technologies. Achieving and promoting equal opportunities is also a major issue of the Priority Program.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1608: Ultrafast and Temporally Precise Information Processing: Normal and Dysfunctional Hearing
• Participating Person: Professorin Dr. Jutta Engel