Event Detail (Archived)

Understanding Hearing Mechanisms in Light of Genetic Disorders of This Sensory System: From Sound Detection to Auditory Perception

  • This event already took place in October 2016
  • Caspary Auditorium

Event Details

Type
Harvey Society
Speaker(s)
Christine Petit, M.D., Ph.D., professor and head, genetics and physiology of hearing laboratory, Collge de France
Open to
Public
Reception
Reception, 7:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Abby Lounge
Contact
Gregory Petsko
Phone
(781) 736-4903
Sponsor
Kathleen Gaffney
(212) 327-8967
kgaffney@rockefeller.edu

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