Open Call Symposium

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
Departments of Pathology and Cell biology, Columbia University
Ryousuke Fujita
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
Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine
Daisuke Ito
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University
Haruhisa Inoue
Department of Neurology, Okayama University School of Medicine,
Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Toru Yamashita
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
Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Hidehiko Takahashi
Symposiasts Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology
Shinsuke Shimojo
Tamagawa University, Brain Science Institute
Toshio Yamagishi
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Jan Peters
Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences
Makiko Yamada
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
Jikei University School of Medicine
Ayako M. Watabe
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
Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Jin-Hee Han
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Shona Charttarji
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
Thomas J. McHugh
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elly Nedivi
Symposiasts Brain Mind Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Carl Petersen
Heidelberg University, Germany
Hannah Monyer
Medical University of Vienn, Austria
Tohmas Klausberger
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Elly Nedivi
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
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Haruhiko Bito
Symposiasts The Center for Neural Science, New York University
Cristina M. Alberini
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández
Angel Barco
The Center for Neural Science, New York University
Eric Klann
Depts of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Todd C. Sacktor
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Haruhiko Bito
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
RIKEN CDB
Carina Hanashima
Symposiasts Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Takaki Miyata
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Zoltan Molnar
RIKEN CDB
Carina Hanashima
Keio University School of Medicine
Kazunori Nakajima
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
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Research Institute
Hidenori Aizawa
Symposiasts RIKEN, Brain Science Institute
Hitoshi Okamoto
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Medical Research Institute
Hidenori Aizawa
National Eye Inetitute, USA
Ethan Bromberg-Martin
University of California, San Diego
Roberto Malinow
The Primate Research Institute (PRI)
Yukiori Goto
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
University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Kawasaki
Symposiasts Kyushu University
Kenichi Ohki
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Yumiko Yoshimura
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hirofumi Morishita
Universit of Tokyo
Hiroshi Kawasaki
Columbia university
Takaaki Kuwajima
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
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Hiromi Sano
Symposiasts Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Takatoshi Hikida
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Hiromi Sano
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Masayuki Matsumoto
Osaka Bioscience Institute
Michael Lazarus
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
Institut Jacques-Monod, CNRS UMR 7592N, Université Paris Diderot
Yoko Arai
Symposiasts Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Tadashi Nomura
Institut Jacques-Monod, CNRS UMR 7592N, Université Paris Diderot
Yoko Arai
Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, Inserm U846
Colette Dehay
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
Tufts University School of Medicine (Boston, USA)
Miho Terunuma
Symposiasts National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Hitoshi Ishibashi
Department of Neurophysiology,
Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
Junko Yamada
Department of Neurophysiology,
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Atsuo Fukuda
Physiology and Biophysics Institute of Biomedical Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile (Santiago, Chile)
Andres Couve
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
RIKEN BSI
Taiju Amano
Symposiasts Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Nomura
Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute
Ayako Tonoki
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama
Akinobu Suzuki
Stanford University
Sung-Yon Kim
Graduate School of Agricaltural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
Yasushi Kiyokawa
RIKEN BSI
Taiju Amano

Open Call Symposium-13

Integration of computational sensorimotor control and rehabilitation

Organizer(s) ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
Rieko Osu
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Hirokazu Tanaka
Symposiasts Dept. of Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
John W. Krakauer
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
Terence D. Sanger
Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
Junichi Ushiba
Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo
Daichi Nozaki
ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
Rieko Osu
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
Prec Intell Lab, Tokyo Inst Tech
Koji Jimura
Symposiasts Prec Intell Lab, Tokyo Inst Tech
Koji Jimura
Faculty of Sports Sciences, Waseda University
Hiroki Nakata
Cardiff University School of Psychology
Christoper Chambers
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
National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP
Tomohiro Kabuta
Symposiasts Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Takuya Imamura
Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
Yukio Kawahara
National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP
Yuuki Fujiwara
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
Symposiasts Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Hitoshi Okazawa
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Kinya Ishikawa
The University of Tokyo
Yasusuke Tomita
Nagoya University
Masao Katsuno
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
University of Chicago, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Kazutaka Takahashi
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
Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
Takafumi Kato
Department of Neuroscience and Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
Youngnam Kang
Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Makoto Inoue
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
Nagoya University
Kinji Ohno
Symposiasts Tokyo Metropolitan Genriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology
Ikuroh Ohsawa
Nagoya University
Kinji Ohno
Department of Physiology University of Szeged School of Medicine, Hungary
Frenc Domoki
Tokyo Metropolitan Genriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology
Masafumi Ito
Kyushu University
Mami Noda

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