Participation of Sylvie Hébert, PhD, on scientific committee and co-chair of the fellowing sessions :

 Neuroendocrinology of emotional stress

• Chairs: Birgit Mazurek, Berlin (Germany)
• Sylvie Hébert, Montreal (Canada)
• Speaker: Ron de Kloet, Leiden (The Netherlands)

Glucocorticoids, stress and circadian influences on the peripheral auditory system

• Chairs: Birgit Mazurek, Berlin (Germany)
• Sylvie Hébert, Montreal (Canada)
• Speaker: Barbara Canlon, Stockholm (Sweden) Inna Meltser, Christopher R. Cederroth, Vasiliki Basinou, Gabriella S. Lundkvist

Stress and tinnitus

• Chairs: Birgit Mazurek, Berlin (Germany)
• Sylvie Hébert, Montreal (Canada)

Influence of stress on gene and protein expression in the auditory pathway of Lewis rat

• Birgit Mazurek, Berlin (Germany)
• Agnieszka J. Szczepek

Sylvie Hébert and Birgit Mazurek

Furthermore, the best poster winner was Philippe Fournier, PhD student : Altered emotional reactivity in tinnitus sufferers (Philippe Fournier, Pierre Rainville, Marie-Andrée Cormier, Sylvie Hébert)

Philippe Fournier and Birgit Mazurek