Past Bellucci Symposiums
View information below from previous year's Bellucci Symposium events.
2023 Symposium
The 2023 Bellucci Symposium marked a return to a hybrid presentation model. Held in the Mike and Josie Harper Center on the Creighton campus, the Symposium attracted a global audience of leading scholars.
We furthermore held a dedication ceremony, presided over by Creighton University leadership, to officially rename our Center to honor Dr. Richard Bellucci.
Introduction by Litao Tao, PhD (Creighton University) and moderated by Jun Xia, PhD (Creighton University)
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Identification of transcriptional regulators of cochlear development using single cell RNA sequencing
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Sonic hedgehog signaling orchestrates both cochlear duct and spiral ganglion development
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- Illuminating Inner Ear Development Using Cell Type-Specific Omics
- University of Washington
- The transcription factor Sox2 plays a key role in maintaining the phenotype of type II vestibular hair cells and in regulating vestibulo-motor behaviors in adult mice
We were proud to present the Bellucci Trainee Award to Nesrine Benkafadar, PhD, PharmD, from Stanford University and the Bellucci Pioneer Award in Hearing Research to Jaime García Añoveros, PhD, from Northwestern University.
Pictured from left to right, Peter Steyger, PhD, Creighton University, Nesrine Benkafadar, PhD, PharmD, Stanford University, Jaime García Añoveros, PhD, Northwestern University, Litao Tao, PhD, Creighton University.
Bellucci Trainee Award
Nesrine Benkafadar, PhD, PharmD
- Stanford University
- An essential signaling cascade for auditory hair cell regeneration
- Introduced by Emma Longsworth, Creighton University
Bellucci Pioneer Award in Hearing Research
- Northwestern University
- A Developmental Dichotomy: How the Cochlea Makes Inner vs Outer Hair Cells
- Introduced by Shreshtha Dash, Creighton University
Moderated by Marisa Zallocchi, PhD (Creighton University)
- University of Michigan
- Muller glial cell reprogramming and retina regeneration
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Hippo-signaling in Heart Regeneration
- Stanford University
- Regeneration of the damaged human vestibular system
- Harvard University
- Inner ear organoids for modeling development and disease
- Bioinformatics Engineer,
- Johns Hopkins University
- gEAR Workshop: How to use the gEAR Portal to investigate -omics data
Dedication Ceremony for the Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center
Mardell Wilson, EdD, Provost, Creighton University Kevin O’Leary, President, Bellucci DePaoli Family Foundation
Peter S. Steyger, PhD, Director, Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center, Creighton University
