The 2025 Beijing Auditory Symposium
The First Beijing Auditory Symposium 2025 will be held from October 14th to 16th, 2025, at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing. The conference will invite scholars from China and abroad to engage in extensive exchanges on cutting-edge advances in both basic and clinical auditory research. We warmly welcome experts, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students involved in related teaching and scientific fields to participate.
Theme
Advances in Auditory Fundamental Science and Clinical Frontiers
Date
October 14 - 16, 2025
Venue
Beijing Taikang Research Institute
Taikang School of Business (Northwest Gate), 12 Science Park Road, Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing, China
Invited Speakers
( List to be updated )
Dr. Jinwoong Bok
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korean
Presentation Title:
From Form to Function: Stereociliary Architecture in Mammalian Hearing
Dr. Alan Cheng
Stanford University, United States
Presentation Title:
Mammalian hair cell regeneration: what are we regenerating?
Dr. Tatjana Piotrowski
Stowers Institute of Biomedical Research, United States
Presentation Title:
Immune-hair cell interactions in regenerating zebrafish vary with the mode of cell death
Dr. Emma Andersson
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Presentation Title:
Resolving inner ear development with in utero next generation single cell lineage tracing
Dr. Heon Yung Gee
Yonsei University, Korean
Presentation Title:
TMEM145 is a key component in stererociliary link and mediates the secretion of stereocilin and tubby
Dr. Pingbo Huang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China
Presentation Title:
Investigating TMC1/2 channel function and TMIE-mediated force gating in vitro
Dr. Anthony Ricci
Stanford University, United States
Presentation Title:
TMCs are scramblases that modulate hair cell stereocilia membrane effective viscosity
Dr. Anthony Peng
University of Colorado, United States
Presentation Title:
PIP2-Tmie Interactions Drive Mammalian Hair Cell Slow Adaptation Independently of Myosin Motors
Dr. Jinsei Jung
Yonsei University, Korean
Presentation Title:
CRISPR-based gene editing strategies to ameliorate progressive hearing loss in a DFNA2 model
Dr. Karen Avraham
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Presentation Title:
Precision Medicine for Deafness: Gene Discovery and Therapy
Dr. Wei Xiong
Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), Beijing, China
Presentation Title:
Template-independent genome editing for restoration of frameshift disorders
Dr. Zhiyong Liu
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing/Tsinghua University, China
Presentation Title:
Molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying cochlear inner versus outer hair cell development and regeneration
Dr. Shuohao Sun
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing/Tsinghua University, China
Presentation Title:
Molecular heterogeneity and functional diversity of inner ear neurons
Dr. Zhiqiang Yan
Chinese Institutes for Medical Research (CIMR), Beijing, China
Presentation Title:
Hearing Sound with TMC1/2 Proteins
Dr. Mai Har Sham
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Presentation Title:
TBA
Dr. Jingyi Hou
EMBO Molecular Medicine, Germany of Hong Kong, China
Presentation Title:
Publishing with EMBO Press
Gallery
Organizer
Chair
Dr. Wei Xiong
Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), Beijing
Organizer Committee
Dr. Wei Xiong
Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), Beijing
Dr. Zhiqiang Yan
Chinese Institutes for Medical Research (CIMR), Beijing
Dr. Zhiyong Liu
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS)/Tsinghua University, Beijing
Dr. Shuohao Sun
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS)//Tsinghua University, Beijing
The 2025 Beijing Auditory Symposium
The First Beijing Auditory Symposium 2025 will be held from October 14th to 16th, 2025, at the National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing. The conference will invite scholars from China and abroad to engage in extensive exchanges on cutting-edge advances in both basic and clinical auditory research. We warmly welcome experts, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and students involved in related teaching and scientific fields to participate.
Theme
Advances in Auditory Fundamental Science and Clinical Frontiers
Date
October 14 - 16, 2025
Venue
Beijing Taikang Research Institute
Taikang School of Business (Northwest Gate), 12 Science Park Road, Life Science Park, Changping District, Beijing, China
Invited Speakers
( List to be updated )
Dr. Jinwoong Bok
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korean
Presentation Title:
From Form to Function: Stereociliary Architecture in Mammalian Hearing
Dr. Alan Cheng
Stanford University, United States
Presentation Title:
Mammalian hair cell regeneration: what are we regenerating?
Dr. Tatjana Piotrowski
Stowers Institute of Biomedical Research, United States
Presentation Title:
Immune-hair cell interactions in regenerating zebrafish vary with the mode of cell death
Dr. Emma Andersson
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Presentation Title:
Resolving inner ear development with in utero next generation single cell lineage tracing
Dr. Heon Yung Gee
Yonsei University, Korean
Presentation Title:
TMEM145 is a key component in stererociliary link and mediates the secretion of stereocilin and tubby
Dr. Pingbo Huang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China
Presentation Title:
Investigating TMC1/2 channel function and TMIE-mediated force gating in vitro
Dr. Anthony Ricci
Stanford University, United States
Presentation Title:
TMCs are scramblases that modulate hair cell stereocilia membrane effective viscosity
Dr. Anthony Peng
University of Colorado, United States
Presentation Title:
PIP2-Tmie Interactions Drive Mammalian Hair Cell Slow Adaptation Independently of Myosin Motors
Dr. Jinsei Jung
Yonsei University, Korean
Presentation Title:
CRISPR-based gene editing strategies to ameliorate progressive hearing loss in a DFNA2 model
Dr. Karen Avraham
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Presentation Title:
Precision Medicine for Deafness: Gene Discovery and Therapy
Dr. Wei Xiong
Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), Beijing, China
Presentation Title:
Template-independent genome editing for restoration of frameshift disorders
Dr. Zhiyong Liu
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing/Tsinghua University, China
Presentation Title:
Molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying cochlear inner versus outer hair cell development and regeneration
Dr. Shuohao Sun
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing/Tsinghua University, China
Presentation Title:
Molecular heterogeneity and functional diversity of inner ear neurons
Dr. Zhiqiang Yan
Chinese Institutes for Medical Research (CIMR), Beijing, China
Presentation Title:
Hearing Sound with TMC1/2 Proteins
Dr. Mai Har Sham
Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Presentation Title:
TBA
Dr. Jingyi Hou
EMBO Molecular Medicine, Germany of Hong Kong, China
Presentation Title:
Publishing with EMBO Press
Gallery
Organizer
Chair
Dr. Wei Xiong
Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), Beijing
Organizer Committee
Dr. Wei Xiong
Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), Beijing
Dr. Zhiqiang Yan
Chinese Institutes for Medical Research (CIMR), Beijing
Dr. Zhiyong Liu
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS)/Tsinghua University, Beijing
Dr. Shuohao Sun
National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS)//Tsinghua University, Beijing