Program

Index

  1. Plenary Lecture
  2. Brain Prize Lecture
  3. Special Lecture
  4. Educational Lecture
  5. Symposium
  6. Workshop

At a Glance

Plenary Lectures

Sheena A. Josselyn
(Hospital for Sick Children, Canada)
Date:
July 24 10:50-11:50
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Chris I. De Zeeuw
(Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands)
Date:
July 25 10:50-11:50
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Maiken Nedergaard
(University of Rochester, USA/ University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Date:
July 25 13:00-14:00
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Franck Polleux
(Columbia University, USA)
Date:
July 26 10:50-11:50
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Brain Prize Lectures

Support contributed by The Lundbeck Foundation.

  

In a special arrangement, this meeting is delighted to have two award recipients deliver lectures.

Haim Sompolinsky
(The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Israel)
Date:
July 24 15:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Larry F. Abbott
(Columbia University, USA)
Date:
July 26 15:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

The Brain Prize winners‘ webinar includes talks from Dr. Larry Abbott and Dr. Haim Sompolinsky. The webinars are available for free ondemand,so please watch them from the link.

Special Lectures

Yuji Ikegaya
(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Date:
July 24 8:45-9:45
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Itaru Hamachi
(Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
Date:
July 24 9:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Yasunori Hayashi
(Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
Date:
July 26 8:45-9:45
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Tomomi Shimogori
(RIKEN CBS)
Support contributed by IBRO 
Date:
July 26 9:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)

Educational Lectures

Ayumu Konno
(Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Neurophysiology & Neural Repair/ Gunma University, Initiative for Advanced Research, Viral Vector Core)
Date:
July 25 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)

Yuko Fukata
(Division of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)
Date:
July 25 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 3(Main Hall B)

Akihiro Funamizu
(Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo/ Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Date:
July 25 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 4 (201)

Ryo Sasaki
(Department of system neuroscience, Division of Multisensory Integration Systems, The National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Institute for Physiological Sciences)
Date:
July 26 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)

Ai Nakashima
(Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Date:
July 26 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)

Keisuke Yonehara
(Department of Gene Function and Phenomics, National Institute of Genetics)
Date:
July 26 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 4 (201)

Aya Takeoka
(RIKEN Center for Brain Science)
Date:
July 27 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)

Takuya Sasaki
(Tohoku University)
Date:
July 27 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)

Hideaki Matsui
(Brain Research Institute, Niigata University)
Date:
July 27 7:50-8:40
Venue:
Room 4 (201)

Symposium

July 24


1S02m Neural circuit basis for directly linking vision to action in mammals

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Aya Takeoka ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Keisuke Yonehara ( National Institute of Genetics )
Speakers:
Karl Farrow ( VIB-Neuroelectronics Research Flanders )
Petri Ala-Laurila ( University of Helsinki )
Aya Takeoka ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Keisuke Yonehara ( National Institute of Genetics )

1S03m Brain Evo-Devo: New Trends in Interdisciplinary Research from Multiple Perspectives

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Hiroshi Kawasaki ( Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University )
Takashi Namba ( Neuroscience Center, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki )
Speakers:
Takashi Namba ( Neuroscience Center, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki )
Tomoko Sakai ( National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT )
Tadashi Nomura ( Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology )
Takuya Imamura ( Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University )
Ikuo Suzuki ( School of Science, The University of Tokyo )
Hiroshi Kawasaki ( Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University )

1S04m Imaging and decoding of the network activity in the auditory system

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizers:
Hiroyuki Nawa ( School of Pharmacy, Wakayama Medical University )
Hirokazu Takahashi ( Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo )
Speakers:
Hirokazu Takahashi ( Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo )
Misako Komatsu ( Institute of Science Tokyo, Institute of Innovative Research )
Shinichi Kumagai ( Department of Neurosurgery, Jichi Medical University )
Manabu Tohmi ( Wakayama Medical University )
Amit Yaron ( The University of Tokyo, International Research Center for Neurointelligence )

1S05m Neural diversity of circadian clock function

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Daisuke Ono ( Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University )
Marco Brancaccio ( Imperial College London/ UK Dementia Research Institute )
Speakers:
Daisuke Ono ( Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University )
Takahiro Nakamura ( School of Agriculture, Meiji University )
Arisa Hirano ( University of Tsukuba, Institute of Medicine/IIIS )
Jun Yang ( Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Marco Brancaccio ( Imperial College London/ UK Dementia Research Institute )

1S06m Understanding Brain Function through Intracranial Recordings in Human: Bridging Clinical and Basic Neuroscience

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Ayaka Kato ( Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Center for Computational Psychiatry )
Ignacio Saez ( Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai )
Speakers:
Ayaka Kato ( Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Center for Computational Psychiatry )
Ignacio Saez ( Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai )
Hironobu Nakamura ( Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo )
Takashi Morishita ( Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University )
Takamitsu Iwata ( Graduate School of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University )

1S07m How FAIR data can advance neuroscience? -- Current Trends and Future Perspectives of Creation and Utilization of Databases in Neuroscience

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizers:
Yukako Yamane ( Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University )
Saori Tanaka ( ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab. Group )
Speakers:
Saori Tanaka ( ATR Brain Information Communication Research Lab. Group )
Michael Denker ( Electro- and Optophysiology Behavioral Neuroscience Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6), Computational and Systems Neuroscience )
Takuya Hayashi ( Laboratory for Brain Connectomics Imaging, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research )
Alexander Fleishcmann ( Department of Neuroscience, Brown University )
Franco Pestilli ( The University of Texas at Austin )

1S08m Repeat expansion disorders unveil new aspects of the central dogma

Date:
July 24 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizers:
Yoshitaka Nagai ( Department of Neurology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine )
Kohji Mori ( Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine )
Speakers:
Naomichi Matsumoto ( Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine )
Kinya Ishikawa ( Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital )
Kohji Mori ( Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine )
Yoshitaka Nagai ( Department of Neurology, Kindai University )
Hitomi Tsuiji ( Aichi Gakuin University )

1S02a Emerging Frontiers in Axon Guidance and Circuit Formation

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Ai Nakashima ( Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,The University of Tokyo )
Yimin Zou ( Section of Neuroscience, Division of Biology, University California San Diego )
Speakers:
Yimin Zou ( Section of Neuroscience, Division of Biology, University California San Diego )
Bennett Novitch ( David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles )
James Bourne ( National Institute of Mental Health, Section on Cellular and Cognitive Neurodevelopment )
Samantha Butler ( David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Department of Neurobiology, Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Resear )
Ai Nakashima ( Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,The University of Tokyo )

1S03a Neurobiology of physiology and behavior across life stages

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Sayaka Inoue ( Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis )
Tomomi Karigo ( Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kennedy Krieger Institute )
Speakers:
Marcelo Dietrich ( Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale school of Medicine )
Tomomi Karigo ( Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kennedy Krieger Institute )
Gen-ichi Tasaka ( RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research )
Manami Oya ( Center for Research of Laboratory Animals and Medical Research Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University )
Sayaka Inoue ( Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis )

1S04a Building neural circuits for understanding human brain

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizers:
Yoshiho Ikeuchi ( Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo )
Nina Corsini ( Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences )
Speakers:
Jürgen Knoblich ( Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences )
Michisuke Yuzaki ( Keio University School of Medicine )
Hiroko Shimada ( Keio University Regenerative Medicine Research Center )
Hideya Sakaguchi ( RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research )
Nina Corsini ( Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences )
Yoshiho Ikeuchi ( Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo )

1S05a Circuit-specific, specialized computational motifs for sensory processing and behavior

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Akihiro Matsumoto ( Multiscale Sensory Structure Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics )
Masashi Tanaka ( Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Waseda University )
Speakers:
Akihiro Matsumoto ( Multiscale Sensory Structure Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics )
Masashi Tanaka ( Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Waseda University )
Anna Vlasits ( Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois )
Satoshi Fujimoto ( Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University )
Yuki Ishikawa ( Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University )

1S06a Innovative ultrasound technologies for understanding brain function

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Masafumi Shimojo ( Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology )
Takahiro Osada ( Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine )
Speakers:
Hiroshi Kida ( Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University )
Yumi Matsushita ( Department of Functional Brain Imaging, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology )
Kaede Yoshida ( Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University )
Keith Murphy ( Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University & Attune Neurosciences Inc. )
Takahiro Osada ( Department of Neurophysiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine )

1S07a Frontiers of data science and databases in life science

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizer:
Tomomi Shimogori ( RIKEN CBS )
Speakers:
Shuichi Onami ( RIKEN BDR )
Hiroshi Masuya ( RIKEN BRD )
John Ngai ( NIH )
Fenna Krienen ( Princeton Neuroscience Institute )

Elsevier/NSR Symposium

1S08a A new era of macrophage biology in the central nervous system

Date:
July 24 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizer:
Takahiro Masuda ( Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University )
Speakers:
Takahiro Masuda ( Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University )
Marco Prinz ( Institute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg )
Yuki Hattori ( Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University )
Takashi Shichita ( Department of Neuroinflammation and repair, Medical Research Institute, Institute of Science Tokyo )

July 25


2S02m Emergence of Brain Functions from the Dynamic Connectome

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Yoshiyuki Kubota ( National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Section of Electron Microscopy )
Jackie Schiller ( Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Cortical Computation Lab )
Speakers:
Yoshiyuki Kubota ( National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Section of Electron Microscopy )
Aaron Kuan ( Neuroscience and of Biomedical Engineering, Yale School of Medicine )
Takeshi Imai ( Department of Developmental Neurophysiology, School of Medicine, Kyushu University )
Jackie Schiller ( Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Cortical Computation Lab )
Takaki Komiyama ( Department of neurobiology, School of Bilological Sciences, University California as San Diego )

2S03m Toward a Common Understanding of Sleep and Hibernation: A Comparative Biological Approach

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Takeshi Sakurai ( University of Tsukuba, Institute of Medicine/International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS) )
Arisa Hirano ( University of Tsukuba, Institute of Medicine/International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS) )
Speakers:
Samuel Reiter ( Computational neuroethology unit, OIST )
Hiroaki Norimoto ( Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Science, Nagoya University )
Yoshifumi Yamaguchi ( Hibernation metabolism, physiology, and development Group, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University )
Yuki Saito ( University of Tsukuba, Institute of Medicine/International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS) )
Takeshi Sakurai ( University of Tsukuba, Institute of Medicine/International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS) )

2S04m New Hope of Non-invasive brain stimulation for human

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizers:
Sumiya Shibata ( Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare )
Tatsuya Mima ( The Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University )
Speakers:
Yuichi Takeuchi ( Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kindai University )
Satoko Koganemaru ( Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Division of Comprehensive Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University )
Sumiya Shibata ( Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare )
Casto Rivadulla ( Universidade da Coruña )
Yumie Ono ( Department of Electronics and Bioinformatics, School of Science and Engineering, Meiji University )

2S05m The Digital Brain: Frameworks for Current and Future Innovation

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Carlos Enrique Gutierrez ( Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Neural Computation Unit )
Viktor Jirsa ( Institut de Neurosciences des Systemes )
Speakers:
Viktor Jirsa ( Institut de Neurosciences des Systemes )
Salvador Dura-Bernal ( State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University )
Kenji Doya ( Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University )
Sacha van Albada ( Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6). Computational and Systems Neuroscience. Jülich Research Centre )

2S06m Top-down modulation shaping sensory perception and behavior outcomes

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Hiroaki Tsukano ( Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill )
Miho Nakajima ( Laboratory for Distributed Cognitive Processing, RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Speakers:
Hiroaki Tsukano ( Department of Psychiatry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill )
Miho Nakajima ( Laboratory for Distributed Cognitive Processing, RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama ( Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University )
Ross S. Williamson ( Pittsburgh Hearing Research Center/Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh )
Takahiro Noda ( Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University )

2S07m Cutting-edge methodology and its application to bridge the gap between synapse and behavior

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizers:
Kenichiro Nagahama ( Solomon H Snyder Department of Neurosciece, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine )
Takeshi Sawada ( Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo )
Speakers:
Jung Ho Hyun ( Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) )
Akihiro Goto ( Kyoto University, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research )
Kenichiro Nagahama ( Solomon H Snyder Department of Neurosciece, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine )
Takeshi Sawada ( Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo )
Masatoshi Inoue ( Department of Radiology, Biophotonics Research Center, Biotechnology Center, Washington University in St. Louis )
Jiayi Dou ( School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University )

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Collaboration Symposium

2S08m Bidirectional translational research in neuroscience

Date:
July 25 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizers:
Masahisa Katsuno ( Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine )
Hiroaki Wake ( Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine )
Speakers:
Hiroki Shiwaku ( Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Sciecne Tokyo )
Taku Hatano ( Juntendo University Hospital )
Takuya Takahashi ( Department of Physiology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine )
Isabel Siew Yin Koh ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )

2S02a Unraveling the functional principles of the hippocampus for learning and memory: circuit dynamics and cross-species perspectives.

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Hiroshi Ito ( Max Planck Institute for Brain Research )
Inah Lee ( Seoul National University )
Speakers:
Hiroshi Ito ( Max Planck Institute for Brain Research )
Inah Lee ( Seoul National University )
Elizabeth Buffalo ( University of Washington )
Jill Leutgeb ( University of California San Diego )
David Dupret ( University of Oxford )

2S03a Neural circuits underlying brain-body interaction

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Takashi Sato ( Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina )
Tianyi Mao ( Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University )
Speakers:
Li Ye ( Department of Neuroscience, Scripps )
Takashi Sato ( Department of Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina )
Tianyi Mao ( Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University )
Ling Bai ( Chinese Institute for Brain Research )
Yuki Oka ( California Institute of Technology )

Industry-Academia Collaboration Symposium

2S04a Towards the future diversity of career plan for young neuroscientists ~ What are predictable future and public measures for connecting startup, company, and basic researches

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizers:
Hideya Sakaguchi ( RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, BDR-Otsuka Pharmaceutical Collaboration Center, Sakaguchi Laboratory )
Kenji Matsumoto ( Tamagawa University, Brain Scienec Institute )
Speakers:
Jiro Kawada(Jiksak Bioengineering, Inc.)
Bumpei Samata(Cell Pro Japan Co., Ltd.)
Takufumi Yanagisawa(Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Osaka University)
Ken Kosetsu(RIKEN Innovation Co., Ltd.)
TBD(Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT)

2S05a Advances in Brain Modeling and AI applications

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Ken Nakae ( NINS )
Kenji Doya ( OIST )
Speakers:
Yi Zeng ( Brain-inspired Cognitive Intelligence Lab, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Shinya Ito ( Allen Institute, Modeling, Analysis & Theory (MAT) team )
Takuya Isomura ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Charissa Poon ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )

2S06a Connecting dots of CNV-linked structural and functional phenotypes from humans to mice

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Hidenori Tabata ( Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center )
Carrie Bearden ( Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCLA )
Speakers:
Samuel Chawner ( Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiff University )
Carrie Bearden ( Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UCLA )
Hidenori Tabata ( Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center )
Renata Batista-Brito ( Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Dominick P, Albert Einstein College of Medicine )
Noboru Hiroi ( Department of Pharmacology, UT Health San Antonio )

2S07a Intracellular Signaling of Synaptic Adhesion Molecules: From Synapse Maturation to Disease Pathogenesis

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizers:
Katsuhiko Tabuchi ( Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine )
Jaewon Ko ( Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology )
Speakers:
Katsuhiko Tabuchi ( Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine )
Richard Sando ( Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University )
Yuko Fukata ( Division of Neuropharmacology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine )
Bo Zhang ( Shenzhen Bay Laboratory&Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School )
Kensuke Futai ( Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School )
Jaewon Ko ( Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, Department of Brain Sciences, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology )

2S08a Novel Approaches for Neural Circuit Modulation in Non-Human Primates for Translational Neuroscience

Date:
July 25 14:10-16:10
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizers:
Atsushi Fujimoto ( Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai )
Kei Oyama ( Advanced Neuroimaging Center, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology )
Speakers:
Kei Oyama ( Advanced Neuroimaging Center, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology )
David Schaeffer ( Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh )
Catherine Elorette ( Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai )
Jan Zimmerman ( Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota )
Ken-ichi Amemori ( Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology, Kyoto University )
Satoka Fujimoto ( Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai )

July 26


3S02m Neural mechanisms for acquiring and recognizing concepts and knowledge from the external world

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Gouki Okazawa ( Laboratory of perception and decision making, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Kohitij Kar ( Department of Biology, Centre for Vision Research, York University )
Speakers:
Gouki Okazawa ( Laboratory of perception and decision making, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Kohitij Kar ( Department of Biology, Centre for Vision Research, York University )
Tomoko Imura ( Department of Psychology, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Social Sciences, Japan Women's University )
Shinji Nishimoto ( Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University )
Yanchao Bi ( IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University & Beijing Normal University )

3S03m Collective and Temporal Integration in Diverse Animal Behaviors.

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Yasuko Isoe ( Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University )
Shoi Shi ( International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba )
Speakers:
Niels Rattenborg ( Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence )
Shoi Shi ( International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba )
Yasuko Isoe ( Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University )
Camille Testard ( Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University )
Naoshige Uchida ( Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University )

3S04m 50th Anniversary Symposium

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizer:
Jun Kunimatsu ( Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba )

3S05m Integrating Neuroscience with Complex Systems Science: From Single Neurons to Whole-Brain

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Hokto Kazama ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Yu Mu ( Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Speakers:
Leonie Kirszenblat ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Yu Mu ( Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences )
Manuel Zimmer ( Department of Neuroscience and Developmental Biology The University of Vienna )
Taro Toyoizumi ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Gerald Pao ( Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology )

3S06m A multifaceted approach to brain function through cross-species music perception research

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Tomoyo Shiramatsu-Isoguchi ( Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo )
Victor Fernández-Dueñas ( Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics/Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona )
Speakers:
Kentaro Ono ( Center for Brian, Mind, and KANSEI Sciences Research, Hiroshima University )
Victor Fernández-Dueñas ( Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics/Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona )
Tomoyo Shiramatsu-Isoguchi ( Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo )
Azusa Kamikouchi ( Graduate School of Science Division of Biological Science, Nagoya University )

3S07m Neuroethics2025: Envisioning the Future of Neuroethics

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizers:
Tamami Fukushi ( Faculty of Human Welfare, Tokyo Online University )
Eisuke Nakazawa ( Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Ethics, The University of Tokyo )
Speakers:
Megumi Maruyama ( Section of Advanced Research Support, National Institute for Physiological Sciences )
Tadashi Isa ( Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University )
Takashi Hanakawa ( Integrated Neuroanatomy and Neuroimaging, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University )
Yu Nishitsutsumi ( Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet) , National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) )
Masatoshi Kokubo ( Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo )
Designated speakers:
Yutaka Hishiyama ( Juntendo University )
Norihiro Sadato ( Section of Brain Function Information, National Institute for Physiological Sciences )

3S08m H20 integrates the multi-scale brain

Date:
July 26 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizers:
Mitsuhiro Morita ( Department of Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Science )
Hiromu Monai ( Ochanomizu University Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences )
Speakers:
Hiroyuki Kameda ( Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital )
Takanori Shinotsuka ( Department of Pharmacology, Keio University Faculty of Medicine )
Yan Wang ( Department of Life Science, Ochanomizu University Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences )
Mitsuhiro Morita ( Department of Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Science )
Jernej Jorgacevski ( Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana )
Takeo Saneyoshi ( School of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo )

3S02a Molecular, synaptic, cellular, and circuit representations of the emotion and memory states in the hippocampus

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Satoshi Kida ( Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo )
Mazen Kheirbek ( Center for Integrative Neuroscience, UCSF )
Speakers:
Mazen Kheirbek ( Center for Integrative Neuroscience, UCSF )
Bong-Kiun Kaang ( Institute for Basic Science )
Frances Xia ( University of California, San Francisco )
Yoshikazu Morishita ( Nagoya City University, Institute of Brain Science )
Satoshi Kida ( Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo )

3S03a How defects in the morphology and function of synapses can lead to the onset of developmental disorders?

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Hiroshi Kawabe ( Department of Pharmacology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine )
Yukiko Goda ( Synapse Biology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology )
Speakers:
Nils Brose ( Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences )
Eunjoon Kim ( Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST )
Yukiko Goda ( Synapse Biology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology )
Toru Takumi ( Kobe University School of Medicine )
Reiko Roppongi ( Gunma University School of Medicine )

3S04a New stage of neuroepigenetics to record environmental changes

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizers:
Yusuke Kishi ( Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo )
Shusaku Uchida ( Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences )
Speakers:
Yusuke Kishi ( Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo )
Shusaku Uchida ( Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences )
Dan Ohtan Wang ( New York University Abu Dhabi )
Miki Bundo ( Department of Molecular Brain Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University )
Takako Kikkawa ( Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine )
Takaki Watanabe(Teikyo University Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization)

3S05a CNS-JNS joint symposium

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Yasushi Okamura ( Department of Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University )
Hu Ji ( School of life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University )
Speakers:
Hu Ji ( School of life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University )
Zhang Jiayi ( Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University )
Lei Peng ( State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University )
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Akiyuki Taruno ( Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine )
Hiroshi Makino ( Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Nanyang Technological University )

3S06a Information metabolism cross-talk in the brain

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Ko Matsui ( Super-network Brain Physiology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University )
Felix Beinlich ( Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Copenhagen )
Speakers:
Naoki Honkura ( Faculty of Medicine School of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine )
Felix Beinlich ( Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Copenhagen )
Yusuke Takahashi ( Super-network Brain Physiology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University )
Kumi Inoue ( Faculty of Engineering, Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi )
Gentaro Taga ( Developmental Brain Science Laboratory, Department of Physical and Health Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo )

3S07a The role of frontopolar cortex in decision-making: insights from cognitive neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizers:
Bolton Ka Hung Chau ( Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ) Farshad Alizadeh Mansouri ( Physiology Department, Monash University )
Speakers:
Bolton Ka Hung Chau ( Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University )
Farshad Alizadeh Mansouri ( Physiology Department, Monash University )
Miyamoto Kentaro ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Jonathan Evans ( School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow )
Shanshan Zhen ( City University of Hong Kong )

3S08a Frontiers in fluorescent biosensors for biological applications

Date:
July 26 14:50-16:50
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizers:
Masayuki Sakamoto ( Graduate School of Biostuides, Kyoto University )
Yusuke Nasu ( Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica )
Speakers:
Masayuki Sakamoto ( Graduate School of Biostuides, Kyoto University )
Yusuke Nasu ( Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica )
Tetsuya Takano ( Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study, Medical Institute of Bioregulation )
Daisuke Ino ( Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University )
Marie Mita ( National Institute of Advansed Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Biomedical Research Institute )

July 27


4S01m Changes in Neuronal Circuitry Underlying Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 1 (International Conference Room)
Organizers:
Haruhiko Bito ( Department of Neurochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo )
Sumantra Chatterji ( Center for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications )
Speakers:
Haruhiko Bito ( Department of Neurochemistry Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo )
Sumantra Chatterji ( Center for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Applications )
Ron Stoop ( University of Lausanne )
Gregory Quirk ( University of the Philippines )
Sayaka Takemoto-Kimura ( Institute for Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University )
Ayako Watabe ( Jikei Medical University )

4S02m Mechanism of social memory across species

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 2 (Main Hall A)
Organizers:
Thomas McHugh ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Teru Okuyama ( Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), The University of Tokyo )
Speakers:
Steve Seigelbaum ( Columbia University )
Kentaro Tao ( Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), The University of Tokyo )
Genki Minamisawa ( RIKEN Center for Brain Science )
Annaliese Beery ( UC Berkeley )

4S03m Interactions between Emotion and Body Function: Advances in Body-Brain Axis Research

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 3 (Main Hall B)
Organizers:
Takako Ichiki ( Division of Oral Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University )
Masakazu Agetsuma ( Institute for Quantum Life Science )
Speakers:
Masakazu Agetsuma ( Institute for Quantum Life Science )
Airi Yoshimoto ( Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo )
Kazunari Miyamichi ( Laboratory for Comparative Connectomics RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research )
Takako Ichiki ( Division of Oral Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University )
Ivan E de Araujo ( Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics )

4S04m The Role of LINE-1 Retrotransposons in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Contrasting with Pathogenic Mechanisms in Cancer

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizers:
Kazuya Iwamoto ( Department of Molecular Brain Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University )
Kinichi Nakashima ( Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University )
Speakers:
Tomoichiro Miyoshi ( RIKEN CENTER for Integrative Medical Sciences )
Noriko Yasuda ( R&D Laboratory for Innovative Biotherapeutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University )
Shinji Oki ( Department of Immunology, National Institute of Neuroscience NCNP )
Kazuya Iwamoto ( Department of Molecular Brain Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University )
Hideyuki Nakashima ( Department of Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University )

4S05m Neural Mechanisms of Social Interaction: Behavior and Subjective Experience in Interpersonal Connectivity

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 5 (301A)
Organizers:
Shiro Kumano ( NTT Communication Science Laboratories )
Antonia Hamilton ( Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London )
Speakers:
Antonia Hamilton ( Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London )
Yasuyo Minagawa ( Department of Psychology, Keio Univsersity )
Victoria Leong ( Nanyang Technological Univeristy / University of Cambridge )
Shiro Kumano ( NTT Communication Science Laboratories )

4S06m Breaking the dogma- new tools and concepts in synaptic function.

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 6 (301B)
Organizers:
Jun Nishiyama ( Duke-NUS Medical School, Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders )
Tal Laviv ( Tel Aviv University )
Speakers:
Lin Tian ( Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience )
Jun Nishiyama ( Duke-NUS Medical School )
Haining Zhong ( Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University )
Inna Slutsky ( Tel Aviv University )
Tal Laviv ( Tel Aviv University )
Takayasu Mikuni ( Department of Cellular Neuropathology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University )

4S07m Stress and Emotion Cognition: From Neural Mechanisms to Therapeutic Innovation

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 7 (302A)
Organizers:
Keiko Ino ( Behavioral Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry )
Gisella Vetere ( Cerebral Codes and Circuits Connectivity team, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquel )
Speakers:
Ai Koizumi ( Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc )
Gisella Vetere ( Cerebral Codes and Circuits Connectivity team, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, 10 rue Vauquel )
Keiko Ino ( Behavioral Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry )
Keiichi Zempo ( Department of Intelligent Interaction Technologies, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba )
Masanori Sakaguchi ( International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba )

4S08m From Organoids to Patients: The Importance of Multidisciplinary Cooperation towards Patient Based Research

Date:
July 27 8:45-10:45
Venue:
Room 8 (302B)
Organizer:
Gustavo Pirolo(Hospital Universitario Interzonal Provincial de Ezeiza)
Speakers:
Tomoya Duenki (The University of Tokyo)
Gisele Minardi (Hospital Universitario Interzonal Provincial de Ezeiza)
Carlos Enrique Gutierrez (SoftBank Corp (Beyond AI)/Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology(Visiting Researcher))
Alejandro Thomson (Hospital Universitario Interzonal Provincial de Ezeiza)
Gustavo Pirolo (Hospital Universitario Interzonal Provincial de Ezeiza)

Workshop


1WS04e Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation (TUS): Basic mechanisms and human applications

Date:
July 24 17:00-18:00
Venue:
Room 4 (201)
Organizer:
Yoshikazu Ugawa (Institute of Brain Medical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University )
Speakers:
Shu Takagi (Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo )
Tatsuya Mishima (Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine )
Masahiko Haruno (Center for Information and Neural Networks )
Yasuo Terao (Department of Medical Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine )

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