The TIGR Science Education Foundation, Inc., the Board of Biology of the National Research Council , and the US Department of Energy are hosting the Fourth Annual Distinguished Speaker Series.
All lectures are free and open to the public .
Please check individual times and day for exact scheduling. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet each speaker following the talk. This lecture will describe how hair cells convert sounds into electrical responses that the brain can interpret and discuss the prospects for restoration of hearing by hair-cell regeneration and by prosthetics. We now know that the many forms of this disease all arise from damage to certain of our genes. This discovery should eventually spawn new ways to identify the causes of cancer, to treat the disease, and ultimately, to prevent it.