Symposium Theme, Organizers, Symposiasts are subject to change without notice.
Open Call Symposium-01
Human Induced Neuronal Cells and Neurodegenerative Diseases
-The Next Stage of iPS and iN Cells in Neuroscience Field-
| Organizer(s) | Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University Haruhisa Inoue |
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| Departments of Pathology and Cell biology, Columbia University Ryousuke Fujita |
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| Symposiasts | Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine Hideyuki Okano |
| Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell and Application, Kyoto University Jun Takahashi |
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| Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine Daisuke Ito |
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| Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University Haruhisa Inoue |
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| Department of Neurology, Okayama University School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Toru Yamashita |
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| Departments of Pathology and Cell biology, Columbia University Ryousuke Fujita |
Open Call Symposium-02
Social Neuroscience: Social signal and decision making
| Organizer(s) | Tamagawa University Brain Science Institute Tetsuya Matsuda |
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| Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Hidehiko Takahashi |
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| Symposiasts | Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology Shinsuke Shimojo |
| Tamagawa University, Brain Science Institute Toshio Yamagishi |
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| University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Jan Peters |
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| Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences Makiko Yamada |
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| Insitute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University Motoaki Sugiura |
Open Call Symposium-03
The Circuits of Space and Fear
| Organizer(s) | RIKEN Brain Science Institute Thomas J. McHugh |
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| Jikei University School of Medicine Ayako M. Watabe |
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| Symposiasts | Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, UCLA Alcino J. Silva |
| Departments of Biological Sciences and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University Bong-Kiun Kaang |
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| Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Jin-Hee Han |
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| National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Shona Charttarji |
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| RIKEN Brain Science Institute Thomas J. McHugh |
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| Jikei University School of Medicine Ayako M. Watabe |
Open Call Symposium-04
Inhibitory Neuron Function in Neocortex and Hippocampus
| Organizer(s) | National Institute for Physiological Sciences Yoshiyuki Kubota |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Elly Nedivi |
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| Symposiasts | Brain Mind Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland. Carl Petersen |
| Heidelberg University, Germany Hannah Monyer |
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| Medical University of Vienn, Austria Tohmas Klausberger |
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Elly Nedivi |
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| National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan Yoshiyuki Kubota |
Open Call Symposium-05
Enhancement and dysfunction of cognitive function at the molecular, cellular and circuit levels
| Organizer(s) | Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture Satoshi Kida |
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| Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Haruhiko Bito |
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| Symposiasts | The Center for Neural Science, New York University Cristina M. Alberini |
| Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández Angel Barco |
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| The Center for Neural Science, New York University Eric Klann |
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| Depts of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center Todd C. Sacktor |
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| Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo Haruhiko Bito |
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| Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture Satoshi Kida |
Open Call Symposium-06
Neocortical Development and Circuit Formation
- How is the Mammalian-Specific Brain Structure Formed?
| Organizer(s) | Keio University, School of Medicine Kazunori Nakajima |
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| RIKEN CDB Carina Hanashima |
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| Symposiasts | Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Takaki Miyata |
| Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Zoltan Molnar |
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| RIKEN CDB Carina Hanashima |
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| Keio University School of Medicine Kazunori Nakajima |
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| Department of Neurobiology Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine Nenad Sestan |
Open Call Symposium-07
Role of the habenula in regulation of the adaptive behaviors
| Organizer(s) | RIKEN, Brain Science Institute Hitoshi Okamoto |
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| Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Research Institute Hidenori Aizawa |
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| Symposiasts | RIKEN, Brain Science Institute Hitoshi Okamoto |
| Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Research Institute Hidenori Aizawa |
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| National Eye Inetitute, USA Ethan Bromberg-Martin |
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| University of California, San Diego Roberto Malinow |
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| The Primate Research Institute (PRI) Yukiori Goto |
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| Laboratoire d'Imagerie et de Neurosciences Cognitive Université de Strasbourg Lucas Lecourtier |
Open Call Symposium-08
Toward comprehensive understanding of circuit formation and plasticity
| Organizer(s) | Kyoto University Takeshi Sakurai |
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| University of Tokyo Hiroshi Kawasaki |
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| Symposiasts | Kyushu University Kenichi Ohki |
| National Institute for Physiological Sciences Yumiko Yoshimura |
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| Mount Sinai School of Medicine Hirofumi Morishita |
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| Universit of Tokyo Hiroshi Kawasaki |
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| Columbia university Takaaki Kuwajima |
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| Columbia university Joshua Gordon |
Open Call Symposium-09
Basal ganglia circuit mechanisms regulating a variety of animal behaviors
| Organizer(s) | Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Takatoshi Hikida |
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| National Institute for Physiological Sciences Hiromi Sano |
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| Symposiasts | Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Takatoshi Hikida |
| National Institute for Physiological Sciences Hiromi Sano |
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| Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University Masayuki Matsumoto |
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| Osaka Bioscience Institute Michael Lazarus |
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| Columbia University Nao Chuhma |
Open Call Symposium-10
Evolution of the mammalian cerebral cortex -new research strategies
| Organizer(s) | Dpt Dev Neurobiol. Kyoto Pref, Univ. Med. Tadashi Nomura |
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| Institut Jacques-Monod, CNRS UMR 7592N, Université Paris Diderot Yoko Arai |
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| Symposiasts | Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Tadashi Nomura |
| Institut Jacques-Monod, CNRS UMR 7592N, Université Paris Diderot Yoko Arai |
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| Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, Inserm U846 Colette Dehay |
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| Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Brussels ULB Pierre Vanderhaeghen |
Open Call Symposium-11
GABA: an old player provides novel insights into molecular basis of neurological disorders
| Organizer(s) | Division of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences Hitoshi Ishibashi |
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| Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, USA) Miho Terunuma |
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| Symposiasts | National Institute for Physiological Sciences Hitoshi Ishibashi |
| Department of Neurophysiology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine Junko Yamada |
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| Department of Neurophysiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Atsuo Fukuda |
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| Physiology and Biophysics Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile (Santiago, Chile) Andres Couve |
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| Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, USA) Miho Terunuma |
Open Call Symposium-12
Neural circuits of experience dependent emotional change.
| Organizer(s) | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo Hiroshi Nomura |
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| RIKEN BSI Taiju Amano |
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| Symposiasts | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo Hiroshi Nomura |
| Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute Ayako Tonoki |
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| Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama Akinobu Suzuki |
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| Stanford University Sung-Yon Kim |
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| Graduate School of Agricaltural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo Yasushi Kiyokawa |
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| RIKEN BSI Taiju Amano |
Open Call Symposium-13
Integration of computational sensorimotor control and rehabilitation
| Organizer(s) | ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories Rieko Osu |
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| Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Hirokazu Tanaka |
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| Symposiasts | Dept. of Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University John W. Krakauer |
| Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California Terence D. Sanger |
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| Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University Junichi Ushiba |
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| Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo Daichi Nozaki |
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| ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories Rieko Osu |
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| School of Information Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Hirokazu Tanaka |
Open Call Symposium-14
The frontal lobe and inhibitory function:
Present and future of response inhibition research
| Organizer(s) | Dept Physiology, The University of Tokyo School of Medicine Seiki Konishi |
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| Prec Intell Lab, Tokyo Inst Tech Koji Jimura |
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| Symposiasts | Prec Intell Lab, Tokyo Inst Tech Koji Jimura |
| Faculty of Sports Sciences, Waseda University Hiroki Nakata |
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| Cardiff University School of Psychology Christoper Chambers |
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| Department of Psychiatry, The University of Vermont Hugh Garavan |
Open Call Symposium-15
RNA Function, RNA Metabolism and Neurological Diseases
| Organizer(s) | Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University Yukio Kawahara |
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| National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP Tomohiro Kabuta |
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| Symposiasts | Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Takuya Imamura |
| Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University Yukio Kawahara |
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| National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP Yuuki Fujiwara |
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| RIKEN Brain Science Institute Yoshihiro Kino |
Open Call Symposium-16
Neurobiological Study of Postmorten Brain from Brain Bank
| Organizer(s) | Tokyo Metropolitan Genriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology Shigeo Murayama |
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| Symposiasts | Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hitoshi Okazawa |
| Tokyo Medical and Dental University Kinya Ishikawa |
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| The University of Tokyo Yasusuke Tomita |
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| Nagoya University Masao Katsuno |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology Shigeo Murayama |
Open Call Symposium-17
Neural control of feeding behaviors
| Organizer(s) | Department of Oral Physiology, Showa University School of Dentistry Tomio Inoue |
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| University of Chicago, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy Kazutaka Takahashi |
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| Symposiasts | University of Chicago, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Chicago Callum Ross |
| University of Chicago, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Chicago, IL, USA Kazutaka Takahashi |
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| Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan Takafumi Kato |
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| Department of Neuroscience and Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan Youngnam Kang |
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| Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan Makoto Inoue |
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| Department of Oral Physiology, Showa University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan Tomio Inoue |
Open Call Symposium-18
Neuroprotection and slow aging induced by oxidative stress-resistant signaling driven by medical gas
| Organizer(s) | Kyushu University Mami Noda |
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| Nagoya University Kinji Ohno |
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| Symposiasts | Tokyo Metropolitan Genriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology Ikuroh Ohsawa |
| Nagoya University Kinji Ohno |
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| Department of Physiology University of Szeged School of Medicine, Hungary Frenc Domoki |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Genriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology Masafumi Ito |
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| Kyushu University Mami Noda |







