MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

8/25

8/27

Introduction to the senses (Raphael)

9/1

Holiday

9/3

Mechanisms of sensation

9/8

Case study: Construction of the visual image

9/10

Visual processing by the retina: color, motion, and form

9/15

Visual prostheses

9/17

Hair cell mechanoelectrical transduction (Eatock)

9/24

Hair cells and the detection of sound (Raphael)

10/1

OHC electromotility (Brownell)

10/8

Synaptic transmission (Brownell)

10/13

Holiday

10/15

Optical techniques (Saggau)

10/20

Game meeting

10/22

Animal models of deafness ( Pereira )

10/27

( 12-12:50pm )

Neural encoding (Johnson)

10/29

( 12-12:50pm )

Encoding auditory information (Johnson)

10/3

Game development meetings

(~15-20 minutes/group)

11/5

Silicon-biology interface (Raphael)

11/12

Cochlear implants (Oghalai)

11/19

Tissue engineering opportunities

(van de Ven)

11/24

Ethics of sensory neuroengineering (class discussion)

11/26

No class

12/1

Student Term Projects

12/3

Student Term Projects

Dr. Ruth Anne Eatock

Otorhinolaryngology, Baylor College of Med.

eatock@bcm.tmc.edu

Dr. William Brownell

Otorhinolaryngology, Baylor College of Med.

brownell@bcm.tmc.edu

Dr. Peter Saggau

Neuroscience, Baylor College of Med.

psaggau@bcm.tmc.edu

Dr. Fred Pereira

Huffington Center On Aging, Baylor College of Med.

fpereria@bcm.tmc.edu

Dr. Don Johnson

Electrical Engineering, Rice University

dhj@rice.edu

Dr. John Oghalai

Otorhinolaryngology, Baylor College of Med.

jso@bcm.tmc.edu