VIRTUAL Ribbon Synapses Seminar: Fred Rieke (University of Washington, Seattle), Jeffrey Savas (Northwestern University), M. Charles Liberman (Harvard Medical School)

April 15, 2021
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Zoom conference (Virtual)

Fred Rieke: “Synaptic nonlinearities and the coding of natural visual inputs”
Jeffrey Savas: “Cochlear Proteostasis in Noise Induced Hearing Disorders”
M. Charles Liberman: “Cochlear synaptopathy in noise-induced and age-related hearing loss”


Hosted jointly by Washington University School of Medicine and the Collaborative Research Center of the University Medical Center Goettingen.

2021 Ribbon Synapses Seminar Series
Join us for a unique seminar series to learn more about the specialized sensory synapses that afford unique signal processing abilities to the auditory and visual systems.

The Ribbon Synapses Seminar Series is being held virtually for the first time this year, in lieu of the biannual in-person Ribbon Synapses Symposium held in Goettingen, Germany since 2003.

Session #2

Apr 15, 9:00 AM CDT
Musical prelude by Mike Weis, Q&A session with the musician

Apr 15, 10:00 AM CDT
Fred Rieke (University of Washington, Seattle): “Synaptic nonlinearities and the coding of natural visual inputs”

Apr 15, 11:00 AM CDT
Jeffrey N. Savas (Northwestern University): “Cochlear Proteostasis in Noise Induced Hearing Disorders”

Apr 15, 11:25 AM CDT
M. Charles Liberman (Harvard Medical School): “Cochlear synaptopathy in noise-induced and age-related hearing loss”

Registration is free – you will receive a username and password to access the zoom links on the RSSS website, and to stream recordings of previous sessions. Applications for short presentations are now being accepted. For more info and a full schedule, please visit the seminar home page. The current schedule of events is listed below.

For inquiries contact Mark Rutherford.