NEURO2026

Special Programs

Index

  1. JNS/JSN/JNNS -Organized Symposium
  2. NEURO2026 - Organized Symposium
  3. Symposium on Industry-Academia Collaboration
  4. Mini-symposium Organized by Diversity Committee
  5. Luncheon Discussion

With the aim of international exchange, industry-academia collaboration, and nurturing of young researchers, the following programs have been organized in addition to the regular programs in this meeting.

1. JNS/JSN/JNNS -Organized Symposium

Symposium organized by the JNNS administrative Board
1S04m　Neuroscience in the Age of Generative AI
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：
Tetsuya Ogata（Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University）
Yu Takagi（Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology）
Masahiko Haruno（NICT）
Elif Akata（Helmholtz Institute Munich, University of Tubingen）

Support contributed by Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute.Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute

Symposium organized by Distinguished Investigator Award Winner (2025)
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)
Organizers：
Tetsuya Takano（Kyushu University）
Tomohisa Hosokawa（Kyoto University）
Speakers：
Tetsuya Takano（Kyushu University）
Ayumi Hirano-Iwata（Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University）
Jun Nishiyama（Duke-NUS Medical School）
Tomohisa Hosokawa（Kyoto University）
Masayuki Sakamoto（Kyoto University）
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）
Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Collaboration Symposium
1S11a　New Frontiers in Cancer Neuroscience: Unveiling the Essence of Brain Tumors through Neurodevelopmental Program "Hijacking" and Innovative Therapeutic Strategies
Date：
July 30, 14:50-16:50
Venue：
Room 11(3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall No.2)
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）

Support contributed by JNS and JSN.

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）

Support contributed by International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) / Nakatani Foundation.

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）
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 No.2)
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）

Sponsored by Elsevier / Neuroscience Research

Taiwan-Japan Joint Symposium
3S11a　Multiscale Decoding of Neural Systems: Insights from Japan-Taiwan Research on Development, Plasticity, and Disease
Date：
August 1, 14:50-16:50
Venue：
Room 11(3A Meeting Room, 3F, Kobe International Exhibition Hall No.2)
Organizers：
Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui（Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University）
Tomomi Shimogori（RIKEN CBS）
Jin-Wu Tsai（Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University）
Speakers：
Ayuko Hoshino（RCAST, University of Tokyo）
Shen-Ju Chou（Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica）
Shuntaro Izawa（Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research）
Wen-Sung Lai（Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University）

Co-hosted by Taiwan Neuroscience Society

Symposium organized by Distinguished Investigator Award Winner (2025)
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）

2. NEURO2026 - Organized Symposium

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 No.2）
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）
Shinya Ito（Allen Institute）
Trygve Bakken（Allen Institute）

Supported by the Allen Institute, founded by Jody Allen – chair and co-founder of Allen Family Philanthropies, and the late Paul G. Allen – investor, philanthropist, and co-founder of Microsoft. We gratefully acknowledge their vision and generosity, which make this work possible.

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）

Sponsored by AMED

3. Symposium on Industry-Academia Collaboration

1S07m　Neural organoid and assembloid technology ～Recent advances and its applications～
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）
Akira Nagaoka（NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.）

*in Japanese

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4. Mini-symposium Organized by Diversity Committee

3LMS08 Career development seminar for young researchers
Date：
August 1, 12:00-12:50
Venue：
Room 8（504+505, 5F, Kobe International Conference Center）
Organizers：
Sayaka Inoue（Washington University in St. Louis）
Nariko Arimura（Tohoku University）
Speakers:
Fumino Fujiyama（Hokkaido University）
Thomas McHugh（RIKEN CBS）
Sonia Garel（Collège de France）

5. Luncheon Discussion

Date：
August 2 (Sun)　12:15-15:15
Venue：
Room 2 (International Conference Room, 3F, Kobe International Conference Center)

*in Japanese

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