NEURO2026

Program

Index

  1. Plenary Lectures
  2. Brain Prize Lecture
  3. Special Lectures
  4. Educational Lectures
  5. Symposia
  6. Mini-Symposia

At a Glance

Plenary Lectures

1PL

Li Gan
(Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)
Date:
July 30, 10:50-11:50
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

2PL-1

Pieter Roelfsema
(Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands)
Date:
July 31, 10:50-11:50
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

2PL-2

Sonia Garel
(College de France / IBENS, France)
Date:
July 31, 17:00-18:00
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

3PL

Alison Gopnik
(UC Berkeley, USA)
Date:
August 1, 10:50-11:50
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

Brain Prize Lecture

3BPL

Michelle Monje
(Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator)
Date:
August 1, 14:50-15:50
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

Support contributed by The Lundbeck FoundationLundbeck Foundation

Special Lectures

2SL-1

Takafumi Minamimoto
(National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)
Date:
July 31, 8:45-9:45
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

2SL-2

Sidonia Fagarasan
(RIKEN / Kyoto University)
Date:
July 31, 9:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

3SL-1

Seishi Ogawa
(Kyoto University)
Date:
August 1, 8:45-9:45
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

3SL-2

Shin Ishii
(Kyoto University / ATR)
Date:
August 1, 9:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)

Educational Lectures

2EL-02

Masatoshi Yoshida
(Hokkaido University)
Date:
July 31, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

2EL-04

Misako Komatsu
(Institute of Science Tokyo)
Date:
July 31, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

2EL-05

Carina Hanashima
(Waseda University)
Date:
July 31, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 5 (403, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

2EL-06

Schuichi Koizumi
(University of Yamanashi)
Date:
July 31, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

3EL-02

Masako Myowa
(Kyoto University)
Date:
August 1, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

3EL-04

Miho Nakajima
(RIKEN)
Date:
August 1, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

3EL-05

Takuya Isomura
(RIKEN)
Date:
August 1, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 5 (403, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

3EL-06

Shinsuke Koike
(The University of Tokyo)
Date:
August 1, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

4EL-02

Higuchi Makoto
(National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)
Date:
August 2, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

4EL-05

Genshiro A. Sunagawa
(RIKEN)
Date:
August 2, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 5 (403, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

4EL-06

Noriyuki Matsuda
(Institute of Science Tokyo)
Date:
August 2, 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

Symposia

July 30

1S01m Beyond Connectionism: Multi-scale Principles for Maintaining Biological Robustness of Diverse Brain Functions
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yoshinori Suzuki(Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Neuropharmacology)
Masashi Tabuchi(Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences)
Speakers:
Hiromu Monai(Ochanomizu University, Facalty of Science)
Manami Oya(Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine)
Liu Qili(University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine)
Anissa Kempf(University of Basel, The Center for Molecular Life Sciences)
Masashi Tabuchi(Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosciences)
Yasunori Hayashi(Kyoto University, School of Medicine)
1S02m Dopamine Across Boundaries: Integrating Basic Neuroscience , Psychiatry, and Neurology
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Kensuke Ikenaka(Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka)
Jee Hyun Kim(The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Deakin University)
Speakers:
Jee Hyun Kim(The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Deakin University)
Taku Nagai(Division of Behavioral Neuropharmacology, International Center for Brain Science (ICBS), Fujita Health University)
Ke Ya(School of Biomedical Science,The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Sho Yagishita(Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
1S03m The Multilayered Role of the Nuclear Lamina in Brain Formation, Disease, and Aging
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yoichi Kosodo(Korea Brain Research Institute)
Stefano Ratti(University of Bologna, School of Medicine and Surgery)

Speakers:
Stefano Ratti(University of Bologna, School of Medicine and Surgery)
Minkyung Shin(Korea Brain Research Institute)
Mineko Kengaku(Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (KUIAS-iCeMS), Kyoto University)
Yusuke Kishi(Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo)
Takumi Kawaue(Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine)
Symposium organized by the JNNS administrative Board
1S04m TBA

Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Masahiko Haruno(NICT)
Yu Takagi (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Speakers:
TBA
1S06m Multifaceted Neural Regulation of Appetite: From Life Stages to Interoception
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Kazunari Miyamichi(RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research)
Chen Ran(The Scripps Research Institute)

Speakers:
Nao Horio(Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School)
Kazunari Miyamichi(RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research)
Chen Ran(The Scripps Research Institute)
Hikari Takeshima(Department of Developmental Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)
Tsutomu Sasaki(Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)

Symposium on Industry-Academia Collaboration
1S07m Neural organoid and assembloid technology ~Recent advances and its applications~
*in Japanese

Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Hideya Sakaguchi(National Center for Child Health and Development)
Rieko Muramatsu(National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Speakers:
Hideya Sakaguchi(National Center for Child Health and Development)
Yoshiho Ikeuchi(Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)
Hideyuki Okano(Keio University)
Ippei Hagiwara(Consortium for Applied Neuroscience)
1S08m Neural integration and mixed representations: From memory and inference to flexible behavior
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Teruhiro Okuyama(The University of Tokyo, Institute of Quantitative Biosciences)
Shinichiro Kira(Department of Psychology, Florida State University)
Speakers:
Jun Yamamoto(The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Neuroscience Division)
Taro Toyoizumi(RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Masanori Nomoto(University of Toyama, Faculty of Medicine)
Ziyan Huang(The University of Tokyo, Institute of Quantitative Biosciences)
Shinichiro Kira(Department of Psychology, Florida State University)
1S09m Open Science to Accelerate Discovery Worldwide: Sharing Tools, Data, and Knowledge in Biosciences
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Akira Fushiki(Allen Institute)
Shinya Ito(Allen Institute)
Speakers:
Elysha Fiabane(Allen Institute)
Bruno Filipe Pereira da Cruz(Allen Institute)
Forrest Collman(Allen Institute)
Jonathan T. Ting(Allen Institute)
Shinya Ito(Allen Institute)
1S11m Neurobiocomputing through the Dynamic Connectome: Computational and Constructive Approaches to Big Neural Data
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 11 (3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Hidetoshi Urakubo(Department of Biomedical Data Science, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University)
Yuichi Katori(Department of Complex Systems Intelligence, Future University Hakodate)

Speakers:
Hideaki Yamamoto(Nano-Integration Devices and Systems Laboratory, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University)
Hiroshi Makino(Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine)
Ikumi Oomoto(Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Yuichi Katori(Department of Complex Systems Intelligence, Future University Hakodate)
Srinivas Turaga(Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Eugene Izhikevich(Brain Corporation)
1S13m Visualization and understanding of synaptic and circuit dynamics via voltage imaging
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 13 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Masayuki Sakamoto(Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University)
Sachiko Tsuda(Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University)
Speakers:
Sachiko Tsuda(Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University)
Takashi Tominaga(Institute of Neuroscience and Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University)
Shinya Kawaguchi(Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
Pojeong Park(Department of Brain Sciences, DGIST)
Bernd Kuhn(Optical Neuroimaging Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
1S14m Decoding myelin-neuron interaction
Date:
July 30, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 14 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Yasuyuki Osanai(Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University)
Carlie Cullen(Mater Research and Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland)
Speakers:
Tobias Merson(National Institute of Mental Health)
Yasuyuki Osanai(Division of Histology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University)
Finnbar Jones(Department of Anatomy and Physiology, The University of Melbourne)
Yuki Miyamoto(Department of Pharmacology, National Center for Child Health and Development)
Yuri Miyazaki(Division of Neuropharmacology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Carlie Cullen(Mater Research and Mater Research Institute, The University of Queensland)
1S01a The Evolving Paradigm of RNA Regulation in Neuroscience: its physiological and pathological significance
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Takako Kikkawa(Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
Mikio Hoshino(Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP)
Speakers:
Kinya Ishikawa(Department of Personalized Genomic Medicine for Health, Graduate School, Institute of Science Tokyo)
Hideyuki Nakashima(Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University)
Takako Kikkawa(Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
Mikio Hoshino(Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP)
Masato Yano(Core Research Facilities for Basic Science Research Center for Medical Science, The Jikei University School of Medicine)
Dan Ohtan Wang(New York University Abu Dhabi)
Symposium organized by Distinguished Investigator Award Winner
1S03a Innovative Approaches to Neural Circuits: Integrating Imaging, Omics, and Causal Manipulation

Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizer:
Tetsuya Takano(Kyushu University)
Speakers:
Tetsuya Takano(Kyushu University)
1S04a The Origin, Mechanisms, Functions of Sleep
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Shoi Shi(IIIS, University of Tsukuba)
Lukas Krone(Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB), Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University)
Speakers:
Raffaele Sarnataro(Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB), Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University)
Shoi Shi(IIIS, University of Tsukuba)
Lukas Krone(Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB), Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University)
Waleed ElGrawani(Imperial College London)
Hannah Alfonsa(Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University)
1S06a From Stem Cells to Circuits: Mechanisms of Brain Development, Disease, and Repair
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Kazunobu Sawamoto(Dept Dev Regen Neurobiol, Inst Brain Sci, Nagoya City Univ Grad Sch Med Sci)
Konstantin Khodosevich(Biotech Research and Innovation Center, University of Copenhagen)
Speakers:
Arantxa Cebrian Silla(Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco)
Kazunobu Sawamoto(Dept Dev Regen Neurobiol, Inst Brain Sci, Nagoya City Univ Grad Sch Med Sci)
Takeshi Imai(Dept Dev Neurophysiol, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu Univ)
Kazumi Shimaoka(Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry)
Konstantin Khodosevich(Biotech Research and Innovation Center, University of Copenhagen)
1S07a Neural Circuits Regulating Metabolism and Energy Homeostasis
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yanlin He(Pennington Biomedical Research Center)
Makoto Fukuda(Baylor College of Medicine)
Speakers:
Yukari Date(University of Miyazaki)
Yong Xu(University of South Florida)
Kevin Williams(University of Texas Southwest Medical Center)
Ken-ichiro Nakajima(Nagoya University)
Makoto Fukuda(Baylor College of Medicine)
Yanlin He(Pennington Biomedical Research Center)
Symposium organized by the JSN administrative Board
1S08a The Cutting-Edge of Human Neurobiology: Focusing on Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders

Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Ken-ichiro Kubo(Department of Anatomy, The Jikei University School of Medicine)
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi(Lab for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Speakers:
Kenjiro Ono(Department of Neurology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
Kent Imaizumi(Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University)
Tomoki T. Mitani(Department of Functional Neurology & Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University)
Kensuke Ikenaka(Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka)
Ken-ichiro Kubo(Department of Anatomy, The Jikei University School of Medicine)
1S09a Advancing Next-Generation Cross-Species Approaches to Study Brain Dynamics using Neurotechnologies, Neuromodulation, and AI
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Yuki Kikuchi(Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University)
Srikanth Ramaswamy(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Speakers:
Srikanth Ramaswamy(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Yukie Nagai(The University of Tokyo)
Hugo Merchant(Instituto de Neurobiologia, UNAM)
Joji Tsunada(Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing)
Makoto Fukushima(Honda Research Institute)
Andrew Jackson(Newcastle University)
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Collaboration Symposium
1S11a TBA

Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 11 (3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Satoru Yamagishi(Optical Neuroanatomy, Institute for Photonics Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine)
Kiyoto Kasai(Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

Speakers:
Daisuke Kawauchi(Institute of Brain Science, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
Kazuhiko Kurozumi(Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine)
Mitsutoshi Nakada(Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University)
Olivier Ayrault(Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR, INSERM)
1S13a Smart Control of Tau: From Pathobiology and Biomarkers to Next-Generation Therapeutics for Dementia
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 13 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Shinsuke Ishigaki(Shiga University of Medical Science, Molecular Neuroscience Research Center)
Seiko Ikezu(Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science)
Speakers:
Tsuneya Ikezu(Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science)
Makoto Higuchi(National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)
Hiroko Bannai(Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Keiko Imamura(Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University)
Takahiko Tokuda(Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University)
Yusuke Fujioka(Shiga University of Medical Science, Molecular Neuroscience Research Center)
1S14a Making the Invisible Visible: New Tools to Visualize and Manipulate NeuralSignaling
Date:
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 14 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Hajime Hirase(Center for Translational Neuromedicine, (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences), University of Copenhagen)
Olivia Andrea Masseck(University of Cologne, Department of Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Neuromodulatory Circuits)
Speakers:
Olivia Andrea Masseck(University of Cologne, Department of Zoology, Institute of Zoology, Neuromodulatory Circuits)
Kei Takahashi-Yamashiro(The University of Tokyo, School of Science, Department of Chemistry, Biomolecular Chemistry laboratory)
Tetsuya Kitaguchi(Institute of Science Tokyo)
Hajime Hirase(Center for Translational Neuromedicine, (Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences), University of Copenhagen)
Tommaso Patriarchi(PatriarchiLab, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich)

July 31

2S03m Genome, epigenome, and extreme adaptation: new insights in brain development and diseases
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Tadashi Nomura(Biomedical Lab, Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Kazue Hashimoto-Torii(School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University)
Speakers:
Tadashi Nomura(Biomedical lab, Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Kazue Hashimoto-Torii(School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University)
Kuangfu Hsiao(Center for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Research Institute)
Owen Chapman(Neuro-oncology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
2S04m Neural Dynamics of Spinal Sensorimotor Transformation in Behaving Animals
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Aya Takeoka(RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Kazuhiko Seki(National Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neurophysiology)
Speakers:
Rune Berg(University of Copenhagen)
Shin-ichi Higashijima(National Institute for Basic Biology)
Kazuhiko Seki(National Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Neurophysiology)
Aya Takeoka(RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
2S06m Neural circuits underlying sensorimotor integration: from brainstem to cortex
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Tatsuo Sato(Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Science, Kagoshima University)
Gloria Choi(Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Speakers:
Takaki Komiyama(Department of Neurobiology, University of California San Diego)
Gloria Choi(Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Daniel H O'Connor(Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
Takashi R Sato(Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina)
Soohyun Lee(Systems Neurodevelopment Laboratory, National Institute of Mental Health)
ISN/JSN Joint Symposium
2S07m Emerging Frontiers in Neurochemistry - From Autophagy to Synaptic Transmission

Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Itsuki Ajioka(Department of Material-Based Neuroscience, Center for Brain Integration Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Institute)
Keita Kakuda(Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka)
Speakers:
Ana Maria Cuervo(Department of Developmental & Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Tamotsu Yoshimori(Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka University)
Haruhiko Bito(Division of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Yulong Li(State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences, Peking University)
APSN/JSN Joint Symposium
2S08m Neurological Disease Studies Using Advanced In Vivo and In Vitro Modeling

Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Fujiwara Yuuki(Department of Child Development and Molecular Brain Science, United Graduate School of Child Development, The University of Osaka)
Woong Sun(Department of Anatomy, Korea University College of Medicine)
Speakers:
Woong Sun(Department of Anatomy, Korea University College of Medicine)
Mohammed Shaker(Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University)
Kanae Ando(Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Fujiwara Yuuki(Department of Child Development and Molecular Brain Science, United Graduate School of Child Development, The University of Osaka)
Hirohide Takebayashi(Graduate School of Medicine Center for Anatomical Studies, Kyoto University)
2S09m Inhibitory Networks as Architects of Cognitive Development
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Goichi Miyoshi(Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine)
Elsa Rossignol(Department of Neurosciences with secondary affiliation in the Department of Pediatrics, University; de Montreal)
Speakers:
Goichi Miyoshi(Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine)
Elsa Rossignol(Department of Neurosciences with secondary affiliation in the Department of Pediatrics, University; de Montreal)
Ileana Hanganu-Opatz(Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH))
Vikaas Sohal(UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences School School of Medicine)
2S11m Recent advances in circuit-level understanding of cerebellar non-motor functions
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 11 (3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Taro Ishikawa(Department of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine)
Yong-Seok Lee(Department of Physiology, Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Speakers:
Maria Concetta Miniaci(Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II)
Yong-Seok Lee(Department of Physiology, Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Yi-Mei Amy Yang(Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School)
Hirofumi Fujita(Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
Taro Ishikawa(Department of Neuroscience, Jikei University School of Medicine)
2S13m Novel Discoveries of Synaptic Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric Disorders from Multidisciplinary Studies of Human Patients and Mouse Models
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 13 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Takuya Takahashi(Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine)
Yan Zhen(Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Schhol of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences,State University of New York at Buffalo)
Speakers:
Takuya Takahashi(Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine)
Yan Zhen(Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Schhol of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences,State University of New York at Buffalo)
kim Eunjoon(Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Akiko Hayashi(Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
2S14m Unconscious Processes in Cognition, Emotional and Decision-Making
Date:
July 31, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 14 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizer:
Tetsuya Matsuda(Tamagawa University Brain Science Institute)
Speakers:
Shinsuke Shimojo(Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology)
Brian Knutson(Department: Psychology, Stanford University)
Makiko Yamada(National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology)
Kazuhisa Shibata(Center for Brain Science, RIKEN)
Ruri Katsunuma(National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health)
2S01a Development and Sharing of Large-Scale Neuroscience Database by Brain/MINDS 2.0
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Takashi Hanakawa(Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Saori C Tanaka(NAIST Computational Behavioral Neuroscience)
Speakers:
Kenji Doya(OIST Neural Computation Unit)
Tomomi Shimogori(RIKEN CBS)
Takuya Hayashi(RIKEN BDR)
Shinsuke Koike(The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine)
Hiroki Togo(Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
2S03a Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Neural Basis of Mathematical Cognition: Across Species, Development, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Tomoya Nakai(Araya Inc., R & D Department)
Masamichi J. Hayashi(Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), Advanced ICT Research Institute, NICT)
Speakers:
Tomoya Nakai(Araya Inc., R & D Department)
Masamichi J. Hayashi(Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), Advanced ICT Research Institute, NICT)
Hajime Mushiake(Graduate school of Medicine,Tohoku University)
Saori Aida(Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University)
Joonkoo Park(University of Massachusetts Amherst)
2S04a Multi-level understanding of functional connectome in mammalian sensory system
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Keisuke Yonehara(National Institute of Genetics)
Xin Duan(University of California, San Francisco)
Speakers:
Fiona Muellner(DANDRITE - Danish Institute of Translational Neuroscience, Aarhus University)
Yuroyuki Kato(University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA)
Sayaka Sugiyama(Niigata University)
Xin Duan(University of California, San Francisco)
Keisuke Yonehara(National Institute of Genetics)
2S06a Body Fluid-Borne Signals of Brain Disease: New Insights from Bone Marrow, Exosomes, and Lymphatic Pathways
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Nariko Arimura(Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Tohoku University)
Naotaka Izuo(Laboratory of Intercellular Communication & Medical Science, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
Speakers:
Naotaka Izuo(Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)
Hamilton Oh(Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Kaoru Yamada(Faculty of Medicine University Hospital, The University of Tokyo)
Shougo Tanabe(Department of Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP)
Nariko Arimura(Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Tohoku University)
2S07a New Frontiers in REM Sleep Research: Neural Basis of Functions, Circuits, and Regulation
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Tomomi Tsunematsu(Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University)
Shuzo Sakata(Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde)
Speakers:
Tomomi Tsunematsu(Behavioral Neurobiology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University)
Franz Weber(Department of Neuroscience, Chronobiology Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania)
Shuzo Sakata(Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde)
Yu Hayashi(Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
Hiroki Ueda(Department of Systems Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
2S08a Adaptive glia: From homeostasis to allostasis under stress
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Jun Nagai(RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Ciaran Murphy-Royal(Departement de neurosciences, Universite de Montreal; CRCHUM)
Speakers:
Catherine Jensen Pena(Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University)
Joselyn Soto(Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton)
Michael A Wheeler(Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard Medical School)
Jun Nagai(RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Ciaran Murphy-Royal(Departement de neurosciences, Universite de Montreal; CRCHUM)
2S09a Emotional memory: Formation, regulation, and extinction across the lifespan
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Rie Ishikawa(Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Paul Frankland(Neurosciences & Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children)
Speakers:
Mazen Kheirbek(Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco)
Andrew Holmes(Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Rie Ishikawa(Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Maithe Arruda-Carvalho(University of Toronto, Department of Psychology)
Paul Frankland(Neurosciences & Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children)
2S11a Dopaminergic Mechanisms of Adaptive Behavioral Control
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 11 (3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Masaaki Ogawa(Department of Systems Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science)
Masayuki Matsumoto(Systems Neuroscience Section, Center for the Evolutionary Origin of Human Behabior, Kyoto University)
Speakers:
Masaaki Ogawa(Department of Systems Physiology, Shiga University of Medical Science)
Masayuki Matsumoto(Systems Neuroscience Section, Center for the Evolutionary Origin of Human Behabior, Kyoto University)
Iku Kimura(Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University)
Nozomi Asaoka(Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
Philippe Tobler(Department of Economics, University of Zurich)
2S13a Approaches to discovering pathological protein aggregates in neurological diseases from human biological samples
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 13 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Kenjiro Ono(Department of Neurology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
Nobutaka Hattori(Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine)
Speakers:
SangYun Kim(Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Moeko Shinohara(Department of Neurology, Kanazawa University)
Yuka Yokoyama(Department of Functional Neurology & Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University)
Haruhisa Inoue(Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University)
Kazuma Murakami(Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
2S14a Brain-wide activity in circuit formation and function
Date:
July 31, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 14 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Naoyuki Matsumoto(Laboratory of Mammalian Neural Circuits, National Institute of Genetics (NIG))
Hidenobu Mizuno(Laboratory of Multi-dimensional Imaging, International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS), Kumamoto University)
Speakers:
Naoyuki Matsumoto(Laboratory of Mammalian Neural Circuits, National Institute of Genetics (NIG))
Theofanis Karayannis(Laboratory of Neural Circuit Assembly, Brain Research Institute (HiFo), University of Zurich)
Hidenobu Mizuno(Laboratory of Multi-dimensional Imaging, International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS), Kumamoto University)
Keita Tamura(Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)
Liang Liang(Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine)

August 1

3S02m Principles of neural circuit dynamics in adaptation: learning, prediction, and social homeostasis
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Masakazu Agetsuma(National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Institute for Quantum Life Science, Quantum Life Medical Engineering Gro)
Ryunosuke Amo(Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC/Virginia Tech, Amo Lab)
Speakers:
Masakazu Agetsuma(National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Institute for Quantum Life Science, Quantum Life Medical Engineering Gro)
Ayaka Kato(Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Science Tokyo)
Ryunosuke Amo(Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC/Virginia Tech, Amo Lab)
Shuting Han(Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Ding Liu(Lab of Systems Social Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University)
3S03m Brain Organoids Pave the Way for Research on Human Brain Development, Evolution, and Diseases.
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Hiroko Shimada(Keio Univ. Regenerative Medicine Research Center)
Ikuo Suzuki(Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The Univ of Tokyo)
Speakers:
Ikuo Suzuki(Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The Univ of Tokyo)
Hiroko Shimada(Keio Univ. Regenerative Medicine Research Center)
Guo-li Ming(University of Pennsylvania)
Hongjun Song(University of Pennsylvania)
3S04m Molecular and Functional Bases of Retinal Regeneration, Circuit Assembly, and Evolution
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Chieko Koike(Ritsumeikan University, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Systems Vision Science)
Katsunori Kitano(College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)
Speakers:
Akiko Ueno(College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
Jin Woo Kim(Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST))
Seth Blackshaw(The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University)
Wei Li(School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Steve DeVries(Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University)
3S06m Glutamate receptors in health and disease: recent insights and future perspectives
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yukiko Goda(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graudate University)
Katherine Roche(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH)
Speakers:
Kazuya Nozawa(Harvard Medical School)
Shigeki Kiyonaka(Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University)
Shujia Zhu(Southern University of Science and Technology)
Katherine Roche(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH)
3S07m Cutting-edge studies for elucidating the biological basis of autism spectrum disorder: bidirectional translational approach between basic and clinical neuroscience
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Shinichiro Tsutsumi(Laboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Hidenori Yamasue(Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine)
Speakers:
Shinichiro Tsutsumi(Laboratory for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Aya Ito-Ishida(Laboratory for Brain Development and Disorders, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Takamitsu Watanabe(International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo, Institutes for Advanced Study)
Kaat Alaerts(Research Group for Neurorehabilitation (eNRGy), KU Leuven Brain Institute)
Hidenori Yamasue(Department of Psychiatry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine)
3S08m Cutting-Edge Research on Neuroimmunology: Diversity and Therapeutic Targeting of Brain Macrophages
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Takahiro Masuda(Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University)
Rosa Chiara Paolicelli(Department of Biomedical Sciences. Faculty of Biology and Medicine University of Lausanne)
Speakers:
Takahiro Masuda(Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University)
Rosa Chiara Paolicelli(Department of Biomedical Sciences. Faculty of Biology and Medicine University of Lausanne)
Tristan Qingyun Li(Department of Neuroscience, Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine,)
Hiroaki Wake(Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Elsevier/NSR Symposium
3S09m Dynamic Memory Systems Underlying the Brain's Internal Model

Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizer:
Lukas Ian Schmitt (RIKEN)
Speakers:
Takanori Uka (University of Yamanishi)
Kayvon Daie (Allen Institute/The University of Washington)
Ai Koizumi (Sony Computer Science Laboratories)
Kei Oyama (National Institutes of Quantum Science)
Lukas Ian Schmitt (RIKEN)
3S11m Structural basis for functions of neural circuits
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 11 (3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Yuki Tsukada(Funahashi lab, Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University)
Kota Mizumoto(Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia)
Speakers:
Ev Yemini(Neurobiology Department, UMass Chan Medical School)
Hokto Kazama(Riken Center for Brain Science)
Azusa Kamikouchi(Group of Neural Circuit, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
Kota Mizumoto(Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia)
Seika Kiya(Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University)
Misako Okumura(Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University)
3S13m Elucidating the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases by focusing on the structures and properties of amyloid fibrils
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 13 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Motomasa Tanaka(RIKEN CBS)
Lim Mi Hee(KAIST, Daejeon, Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry)
Speakers:
Motomasa Tanaka(RIKEN CBS)
Lim Mi Hee(KAIST, Daejeon, Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry)
Young-Ho Lee(World Top Collaborative Laboratory, Korea Basic Science Institute)
Cong Liu(Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Sumihiro Maeda(Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine)
Nadinath Nillegoda(Keio University, Bio2Q)
3S14m Neural foundations of spatiotemporal representation in perception and memory
Date:
August 1, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 14 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Yuji Naya(School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Lab of Primate Memory System)
Sang Ah Lee(Seoul National University, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)
Speakers:
Yuji Naya(Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Lab of Primate memory system)
Ayako Ouchi(Laboratory for Systems Neurophysiology, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Sze Chai Kwok(Phylo-Cognition Laboratory, DKU - The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Joint Brain Sciences Laboratory, Digital Innovation Res)
Sang Ah Lee(Seoul National University, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory)
Shigeru Kitazawa(Brain Network Lab, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, The University of Osaka)
3S02a Neuronal plasticity in brain wiring, remodeling, and repair
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama(OIST Graduate University, Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit)
Yomin Zou(University of California, San Diego)
Speakers:
Sarah Ackerman(Washinton University)
Eloisa Herrera(Institute of Neuroscience, Alicante, Spain (CSIC-UMH))
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama(OIST Graduate University, Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit)
Yimin Zou(University of California, San Diego)
Takayasu Mikuni(Niigata University)
3S03a Emerging Mechanisms of Memory and Cognition in Anterior Cingulate Circuits
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Takashi Kitamura(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
Hiroyuki Okuno(Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kagoshima University)
Speakers:
Gisella Vetere(ESPCI Paris)
Michele Pignatelli(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Takashi Kitamura(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
Natsuko Hitora-Imamura(Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University)
Hiroyuki Okuno(Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kagoshima University)
3S04a Neural mechanisms of experience-dependent regulation of stress and social behavior
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Aki Takahashi(Institute of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Caroline Menard(Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Universite Laval and CERVO Brain Research)
Speakers:
Annegret Falcner(Princeton University, Princeton Neuroscience Institute)
Gen-ichi Tasaka(RIKEN BDR)
Takuya Osakada(School of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo)
Caroline Menard(Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Universite Laval and CERVO Brain Research)
Aki Takahashi(Institute of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
3S06a Orchestration of Brain Rhythms: Mechanisms and Functions of Inter-regional Synchrony
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Hiroyuki Miyawaki(Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University)
Satoshi Manita(Department of Neurophysiology, Division of Medicine, University of Yamanashi)
Speakers:
Gabrielle Girardeau(Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, Center for Neuroscience Neuro-SU, Sorbonne Universite, CNRS, Inserm)
Daisuke Miyamoto(University of Toyama, Research Center for Idling Brain Science)
Hiroaki Norimoto(Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
Rie Kimura(Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Yoshihito Saito(Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior)
Hiroyuki Miyawaki(Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University)
3S07a Nucleic-acid therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Kentaro Sahashi(Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Adrian Krainer(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Speakers:
Shinsuke Ishigaki(Shiga University of Medical Science Molecular Neuroscience Research Center)
Adrian Krainer(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Norifumi Shioda(Department of Genomic Neurology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University)
Mariko Ikeda(Department of Pediatrics, Kochi Medical School)
Yoshiki Sekijima(Department of Medicine (Neurology & Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine)
Kentaro Sahashi(Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
3S08a Body Fluid Biomarkers for Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Diseases: From Discovery to Clinical Application
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Madoka Iida(Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Hospital)
Ayami Okuzumi(Department of Neurology, Juntendo University)
Speakers:
Ayami Okuzumi(Department of Neurology, Juntendo University)
Gemma Salvadó(Clinical Memory Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden)
Daisuke Ito(Department of Clinical Research Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Madoka Iida(Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Hospital)
Katsuichi Miyamoto(Department of Neurology, Wakayama Medical University)
Takahiro Kato(Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine)
3S09a Decoding Decades-Long Dynamics of Brain Aging and Disease
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 9 (2A Meeting Room, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Takuya Hayashi(RIKEN BDR)
Alain Dagher(McGill University)
Speakers:
Alain Dagher(McGill University)
Takashi Hanakawa(Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Wenjun Bai(ATR)
Toshihiko Aso(RIKEN BDR)
Stephane Lehericy(Sorbonne University)
Taiwan-Japan Joint Symposium
3S11a TBA

Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 11 (3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
TBA
Speakers:
TBA
3S13a Emerging Advances In Genetically-Encoded Biosensors And Their Applications
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 13 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Yusuke Nasu(Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica)
Alexander Lohman(Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary)
Speakers:
Yusuke Nasu(Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica)
Alexander Lohman(Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary)
Andrew Boyce(Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico)
Ryuta Koyama(Department of Translational Neurobiology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry)
Marie-Eve Paquet(Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Université Laval)
Jin Zhang(Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego)
3S14a Structured task representations in neural systems: Theory and experiment
Date:
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 14 (Exhibiton Hall B, 2F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall)
Organizers:
Akihiro Funamizu(Laboratory of Neural Computation, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo)
Takuya Ito(Mathematics of Computation, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research)
Speakers:
Akihiro Funamizu(Laboratory of Neural Computation, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo)
Laura Driscoll(Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics)
Yusi Chen(University of Washington)
Takuya Ito(Mathematics of Computation, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research)
Matthew Farrell(Lab for Neural Computation and Adaptation, RIKEN Center for Brain Science)

August 2

4S01m Scaling up neuroscience: a new model of collaboration to advance understanding of the brain
Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (Main Hall, 1F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Petrina Yau Pok Lau(International Brain Lab, University Collegel London, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Naoki Hiratani(Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience)
Speakers:
Michael Häusser(University College London, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and University of Hong Kong, School of Biomedical Sciences)
Guido Meijer(Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition & Behavior)
Naoki Hiratani(Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience)
Tatiana Engel(Princeton Neuroscience Institute)
Petrina Lau(International Brain Lab and The Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute (GCNI) and Department of Psychiatry, CUHK)
Jean-Paul Noel(University of Minnesota, Data Science Initiative, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neuroscience)
4S02m Gene Therapy Revolution: AAV and the Future of Neuropsychiatric Treatment
Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Atsumi Nitta(Department of Pharmaceutical Therapy & Neuropharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama)
Alvin Luk(Henlius Biotech, Inc., (remote)/Zhongmou Therapeutics)
Speakers:
Shin-ichi Muramatsu(Division of Neurological Gene Therapy, Jichi Medical University)
Moritoshi Sato(Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Minako Hoshi(Department of Therapeutics for Multiple System Atrophy, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
Atsumi Nitta(Department of Pharmaceutical Therapy & Neuropharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama)
Alvin Luk(Henlius Biotech, Inc., (remote)/Zhongmou Therapeutics)
4S03m Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying decisions in social networks
Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Wataru Toyokawa(RIKEN CBS Toyota Collaboration Centre, Computational Group Dynamics Collaboration Unit)
Jean-Claude Dreher(Lyon 1 University, School ‘Neuroscience and Cognition')
Speakers:
Toyokawa Wataru(RIKEN CBS Toyota Collaboration Centre, Computational Group Dynamics Collaboration Unit)
Carolyn Parkinson(UCLA, Brain Research Institute)
Jean-Claude Dreher(Lyon 1 University, School ‘Neuroscience and Cognition')
Tamami Nakano(Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Osaka)
Symposium organized by Distinguished Investigator Award Winner
4S04m Decoding Human Neurological Disorders: Insights from the Frontlines

Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (401+402, 4F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yasushi Yabuki(Department of Genomic Neurology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University)
Satoru Morimoto(Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center)
Speakers:
Satoru Morimoto(Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center)
Yuko Arioka(Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Taku Hatano(Department of Neurology, Juntendo University, Faculty of Medicine)
Rie Saito(Department of Pathology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University)
Yasushi Yabuki(Department of Genomic Neurology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University)
4S06m The Medial Entorhinal Cortex: A Nexus for Navigation, Aging, and Alzheimer's Disease
Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (501, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Chenglin Miao(School of Life Science, Peking University)
Kei Igarashi(Anatomy & Neurobiology School of Medicine,University of California, Irvine)
Speakers:
Charlotte Boccara(NCMBM - Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine, Oslo University)
Yi Gu(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health)
YanJun Sun(Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston)
Chenglin Miao(School of Life Science, Peking University)
Kei Igarashi(Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California, Irvine)
Albert Tsao(Department of Biology, Stanford University)
4S07m Computational Neurology: from mathematical modeling to experiment of abnormal protein propagation in the brain
Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (502, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Yuichiro Yada(Department of Data-driven biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Yohei Kondo(Laboratory of Data-driven Biology, Center for One Medicine Innovative Translational Research (COMIT), Nagoya University)

Speakers:
Airi Tarutani(Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences)
Yu Xiao(DeMON Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, SciLifeLab, Lund University)
Yohei Kondo(Laboratory of Data-driven Biology, Center for One Medicine Innovative Translational Research (COMIT), Nagoya University)
Laurent Pujo-Menjouet(University Claude Bernard Lyon 1)
Ken Nakae(University of Fukui, Faculty of Engineering Division of Engineering Human and Artificial Intelligent Systems)
4S08m Single-Cell Genomics: Mapping Brain Cell Types, States, and Interactions in Health and Disease
Date:
August 2, 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Emi Ling(RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Laboratory for Brain Resilience)
Yusuke Kishi(University of Tokyo, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology)
Speakers:
Aparna Bhaduri(University of California Los Angeles, Department of Biological Chemistry)
Merve Bilgic(University of Tokyo, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology)
Emi Ling(RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Laboratory for Brain Resilience)
Atsushi Takata(RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Laboratory for Molecular Pathology of Psychiatric Disorders)
Huixin Xu(University of California Irvine, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior)

Mini-Symposia

1MS02e From Senses to Action: Neural Ensemble Dynamics for Precision and Flexibility
Date:
July 30, 17:00-18:30
Venue:
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Keiko Tanaka-Yamamoto(Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Ming-Kai Pan(Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine)
Speakers:
Masanori Matsuzaki(Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Ming-Kai Pan(Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine)
Heeyoun Park(Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
1MS03e Employing cutting-edge genetic biosensors to investigate neuromodulators’ contribution to cognition and behavior.
Date:
July 30, 17:00-18:30
Venue:
Room 3 (Reception Hall, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)
Organizers:
Rachel Pass(OIST)
Gideon Sarpong(OIST)
Speakers:
Iskra Pollak-Dorocic (Stockholm University)
Mark Howe (Boston University)
Gideon Sarpong (OIST)
Katshuhiko Miyazaki (OIST)

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