Program

Program at a glance

Plenary Lectures

Thur. 9.11

PL-1 Epigenetics, Neuronal Metabolism and the Circadian Clock

Sponsored by The Tokyo Biochemical Research Foundation

Paolo Sassone-Corsi
(Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine)

Chair:
Masatoshi Hagiwara
(Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)

Fri. 9.12

PL-2 Therapeutic Implications of Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Parkinson's Disease

Dalton James Surmeier, Jr.
(Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine)

Chair:
Minoru Kimura
(Tamagawa University, Brain Science Institute)

Sat. 9.13

PL-3 Optical deconstruction of fully-assembled biological systems

Sponsored by The Cell Science Research Foundation

Karl Deisseroth
(Department of Bioengineering and Psychiatry, Stanford University)

Chair:
Haruhiko Bito (Department of Neurochemistry, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine)

Special Lectures

Thur. 9.11

SL-1 Genetically encoded tools for brain analysis

Atsushi Miyawak
(Lab for Cell Function Dynamics, RIKEN BSI Biotechnological Optics Research Team, RIKEN RAP)

Chair:
Hitoshi Okamoto
(RIKEN Brain Science Institute)

Fri. 9.12

SL-2 Computational neuroscience changes the world

Mitsuo Kawato
(ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group)

Chair:
Toshiki Yoshimine
(Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School)

Sat. 9.13

SL-3 Exploring molecular bases of neurological diseases.

Shoji Tsuji
(Medical Genome Center, Department of Neurology, The University of Tokyo Hospital)

Chair:
Hidehiro Mizusawa
(National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)

Tsukahara Award Lectures

Thur. 9.11

AL-1-1 Molecular and cellular basis for dendrite development and plasticity

Kazuo Emoto
(Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)

Chair:
Shigetada Nakanishi
(Osaka Bioscience Institute)
AL-1-2 Neurobiological studies of bipolar disorder

Tadafumi Kato
(RIKEN Brain Science Institute)

Chair:
Shigeto Yamawaki
(Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Institute of Biomedical & Health Science, Hiroshima University)

Tokizane Award Lecture

Fri. 9.12

AL-2 What do fish teach us about our fear and aggression?

Hitoshi Okamoto
(RIKEN Brain Science Institute)

Chair:
Kenji Doya
(Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)

Educational Lecture

*Additionally, 10 Educational Lectures will be held in Japanese.

EL-11 Semantic Strategies in Manuscript Writing
Chair:
Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Speaker:
Charles Yokoyama (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)

Symposia

Thur. 9.11

S1-A-1 Inducued pluripotent stem (iPS) cells: from basic research to clinical application

Integrated Symposium of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Chair:
Ryosuke Takahashi (Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Hideyuki Okano (Keio University School of Medicine)
S1-A-2 Neurobiology of aggression
Chair:
Hitoshi Okamoto (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
S1-B-1 Memory traces and tags in the brain
Chair:
Hiroyuki Okuno (Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Haruhiko Bito (Department of Neurochemistry, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine)
S1-B-2 Neural mechanism of voluntary movement and development of therapeutic approach
Chair:
Toshihide Yamashita (Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University)
Eiji Hoshi (Frontal Lobe Function Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science)
S1-B-3 Integrative function of higher-order behaviors through interaction of brain neural circuitry
Chair:
Satoshi Kida (Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Kazuto Kobayashi (Department of Molecular Genetics, Fukushima Medical University)
S1-C-1 Brain oscillations in its physiology and pathophysiology
Chair:
Akio Ikeda (Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Tatsuya Mima (Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
S1-C-2 Somatosensory; Fundamental sensory system for bodily alert, motor control, development, and self-consciousness

Elsevier - NSR Sponsored Symposium

Chairs:
Akira Murata (Department of Physiology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine)
Eiichi Naito (Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), National Institute of Information and Communication Technology)
S1-C-3 Toward the New Horizon of Applied Neuroscience: Bridging Seeds and Needs

Symposium on Industrial - Academic Collaboration

Chairs:
Manabu Honda (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Ippei Hagiwara (NTT Data Institute of Management)
S1-D-1 Mechanisms controlling expression and memory of emotions
Chair:
Kozo Kaibuchi (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Masabumi Minami (Department of Pharmacology Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Hokkaido University)
S1-E-1 Synaptic regulation in the cerebellum and motor control
Chair:
Hirokazu Hirai (Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Neurophysiology)
Tomoo Hirano (Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
S1-E-2 RNA regulation in neural development and diseases
Chair:
Yukio Kawahara (Laboratory of RNA Function, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University)
Hitomi Tsuiji (Department of Biomedical Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
S1-E-3 Brain Proteinopathy 2014
Chair:
Motomasa Tanaka (Laboratory for Protein Conformation Diseases, RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Nobuyuki Nukina (Department of Neuroscience for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine)
S1-F-1 Circadian pacemaking beyond clock genes: Neural network-based coherent oscillation and adaptive phasing by the suprachiamatic nucleus
Chair:
Sato Honma (Department of Chronomedicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine)
Masao Doi (Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University)
S1-F-2 Volitional control of neural activity via neural operant conditioning and brain-machine interfaces
Chair:
Yoshio Sakurai (Department of Psychology, Kyoto University)
Eberhard E. Fetz (Department of Physiology & Biophysics University of Washington, USA)
S1-F-3 Challenges of imaging functional architecture of large-scale network
Chair:
Norihiro Sadato (Department of Cerebral Research, National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Takuya Hayashi (RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies Functional Architecture Imaging Unit)

Fri. 9.12

S2-A-1 Chromatin (Epigenetic) regulation of neuronal development
Chair:
Yukiko Gotoh (Graduate school of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Toru Takumi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
S2-B-1 Sculpting the neuronal intracellular environment: from single molecule behavior to local signal integration
Chair:
Yukiko Goda (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Mitsutoshi Setou (Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy)
S2-B-2 Cutting edge approaches to the architectures of cortical circuits
Chair:
Kenichi Ohki (Department of Molecular Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)
Toshihiko Hosoya (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
S2-B-3 Behavior control by manipulating neurocircuit using optogenetics and or chemicogenetics
Chair:
Hiromi Naritsuka (Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Akihiro Yamanaka (Nagoya University)
S2-C-1 Molecular Mechanisms underlying Parkinson Disease

Joint Symposium of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the Korean Society of Brain and Neuroscience

Chairs:
Hideki Mochizuki (Department of Neurology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine)
Young-Jun Oh (Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University College of Life Science & Biotechnology, Seoul)
S2-C-2 Motor Neuron Disease Update; En Route to Therapeutic Targets

Japan - Canada Collaborative Symposium

Chairs:
Makoto Urushitani (Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Guy Rouleau (Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University)
S2-C-3 Neuronal signaling for development and plasticity

Joint Symposium of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the Chinese Society for Neuroscience

Chair:
Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
S2-D-1 Dematuration in the adult brain
Chair:
Katsunori Kobayashi (Department of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School)
Tsuyoshi Miyakawa (Division of Systems Medical Science, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University)
S2-E-1 Challenge of Neuroscience against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Sponsored by Eisai Co.,Ltd.

Chairs:
Makiko Nagai (Faculty of Medicine, Kitazato University)
Takanori Yokota (Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
S2-E-2 Brain Environment: Glia in neurological disease

Co-hosted by 'Brain Environment' Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas

Chair:
Okiru Komine (Department of Neuroscience and Pathobiology, Reserach Institute for Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University)
Rieko Muramatsu (Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency)
S2-E-3 Roles for innate immunity in neurological and psychiatric disorders
Chair:
Tomoyuki Furuyashiki (Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine)
Koji Yamanaka (Research Institute of Envioronmental Medicine, Nagoya University)
S2-F-1 Functional dissection of neural circuits through coupling between experimental and theoretical approaches

Co-hosted by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas“Mesoscopic neurocircuitry: towards understanding of the functional and structural basis of brain information processing”

Chairs:
Shin Ishii (Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University)
Satonao Nose (The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Science)
S2-F-2 Control of neural circuit function by the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol
Chair:
Masanobu Kano (Department of Neurophysiology, Division of Functional Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Masahiko Watanabe (Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine)
S2-F-3 Elucidation of principle of neural circuits using small circuits
Chair:
Azusa Kamikouchi (Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
Ikue Mori (Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
S2-G-1 Sensory-input dependent refinement of neural circuits
Chair:
Hiroshi Kuba (Department of Cell Physiology, Nagoya University)
Mariko Miyata (Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University)
S2-G-2 Novel molecular mechanisms of release and catch of neural signals
Chair:
Yoshihiro Kubo (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology)
Yasuo Mori (Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)

Sat. 9.13

S3-A-1 Neuroimmunology Cutting Edge Symposium: Mechanisms of Immune-mediated Neurological Disease

Joint Symposium of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the Japanese Society of Neurology

Chairs:
Jun-ichi Kira (Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University)
Takashi Kanda (Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine)
S3-A-2 Frontiers in Neuronal Circuits for Memory Association and Separation
Chair:
Kaoru Inokuchi (Department of Biochemistry Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Toyama)
Takashi Kitamura (RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
S3-B-1 Quarter Century after the Direct and Indirect Pathways: Towards Comprehensive Understandings of the Basal Ganglia
Chair:
Atsushi Nambu (Division of System Neurophysiology National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Fumino Fujiyama (Laboratory of Neural Circuitry, Grad Sch Brain Science, Doshisha University)
S3-B-2 Spike syntax and oscillations: emerging views for neuronal temporal assembling
Chair:
Kei M Igarashi (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Shigeyoshi Fujisawa (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
S3-B-3 The neural basis of empathetic systems
Chair:
Takefumi Kikusui (School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University)
S3-C-1 Super-resolution microscopy: nano-scale spotlight for discovery of new principle in brain operation

Sponsored by Leica Microsystems K.K.

Chairs:
Yasunori Hayashi (RIKEN Brain Science Institute)
Hiroko Bannai (Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
S3-C-2 How can animal models inform us about human brain disease

Japan - Australia Collaborative Symposium

Chairs:
Seong-Seng Tan (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental health, Melbourne Brain Centre, The University of Melbourne)
Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
S3-C-3 Network of attention in human and macaque

Co-hosted by Strategic International Research Cooperative Program (SICP) Japanese-German Research Cooperative Program

Chair:
Masatoshi Yoshida (Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Science)
Ziad Hafed (Physiology of Active Vision Group, Centre for Integrative
Neuroscience,Tubingen University)
S3-D-1 Paradigm shift in brain formation research
Chair:
Hiroshi Kawasaki (Department of Biophysical Genetics Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kanazawa University)
Fumio Matsuzaki (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology)
S3-E-1 Spatiotemporal regulation of glutamate distribution by transporters (EAATs/VGLUTs) and implications in neuropsychiatric disorders
Chair:
Koichi Tanaka (Department of Neurology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Makoto Kinoshita (Department of Molecular Biology Nagoya University Graduate School of Science)
S3-E-2 Recent progress in the regulation of blood-brain barrier (BBB)
Chair:
Takanori Yokota (Department of Neurology and Neurological Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Tetsuya Terasaki (Department of Biochemical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Tohoku University)
S3-E-3 Disruption of quality control system of protein/organella and Parkinson's diseases
Chair:
Yuzuru Imai (Department of Research for Parkinson's Disease, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine)
Takafumi Hasegawa (Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience & Sensory Organs, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
S3-F-1 Between neurodevelopmental disorders and normal brain formation: Focusing on neuronal differentiation and migration as key milestones
Chair:
Takeshi Kawauchi (PRESTO, JST / Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine)
Ryuta Koyama (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
S3-F-2 Achievements and Agendas of Connectmics Analysis
Chair:
Kei Ito (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, the University of Tokyo)
S3-F-3 Pain Brain
Chair:
Makoto Tominaga (Division of Cell Signaling, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience (National Institute for Physiological Sciences), National Institutes of Natural Sciences)
S3-G-1 Manipulating the sense of reality – The potential of virtual reality for neuroscience in rodents

RIKEN symposium
Co-hosted by MEXT "Comprehensive Brain Science Network"

Chair:
Norihiro Katayama (Biomodeling Laboratory, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University)
Masaaki Sato (Japan Science and Technology Agency / RIKEN BSI)
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