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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Kazuo Emoto
(Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
- Chair:
- Shigetada Nakanishi
(Osaka Bioscience Institute)
AL-1-2 Neurobiological studies of bipolar disorder
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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?
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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)