• Plenary Lectures
• Special Lectures
• Award Lecture
• Educational Lectures
• Symposia [9/18 Tue]
• Symposia [9/19 Wed]
• Symposia [9/20 Thu]
• Symposia [9/21 Fri]

9/18 Tue.

RoomA14:10 - 15:10

Genetic and molecular analysis of circadian clocks in mammals

Joseph S. Takahashi
University of Texas, UT Southwestern

Chairperson:
Shizuhumi Ebihara (Nagoya University)

9/19 Wed.

RoomA14:10 - 15:10

Shaping and reshaping synapses: insights into neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders

Claudia Bagni
University of Rome

Chairperson:
Nobuyuki Shina (National Institute for Basic Biology)

9/20 Thu.

RoomA14:10 - 15:10

Insights into major mental illness from the genetics and biology of the DISC1 pathway

David Porteous
University of Edinburgh

Chairperson:
Kozo Kaibuch (Nagoya University)

9/21 Fri.

RoomA14:10 - 15:10

Postnatal Neuron Addition

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
The University of California

Chairperson:
Kazunobu Sawamoto (Nagoya City University)

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9/18 Tue.

RoomA13:10 - 14:10

Postnatal development of the mechanism for the maintenance of central synaptic transmission

Tomoyuki Takahashi
Doshisha University Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, OIST

Chairperson:
Masanobu Kano (The University of Tokyo)

9/19 Wed.

RoomA13:10 - 14:10

Axon wiring and neural map formation in the mouse olfactory system

Hitoshi Sakano
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science

Chairperson:
Tetsuo Yamamori (National Institute for Basic Biology)

9/20 Thu.

RoomA11:00 - 12:00

Perspectives of disease-modifying therapy for neurodegenerative disease

Gen Sobue
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

Chairperson:
Ryosuke Takahashi (Kyoto University)

9/21 Fri.

RoomA11:00 - 12:00

Investigation of human face perception and recognition using EEG, MEG and NIRS

Ryusuke Kakigi
National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Chairperson:
Hidenao Fukuyama (Kyoto University)

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9/18 Tue.

RoomA15:30 - 16:10

Tsukahara Award Lecture
Systems and Synthetic Biology of Mammalian Circadian Clocks

Hiroki R. Ueda
Laboratory for Systems Biology, RIKEN CDB

Chairperson:
Hitoshi Okamura
(Kyoto University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

9/18 Tue.

RoomA16:10 - 16:50

Tsukahara Award Lecture
Hypothetic models for pattern formation in neural development

Yoshiki Sasai
Organogenesis and Neurogenesis Group,
Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN

Chairperson:
Noriko Osumi (Tohoku Univesity, Graduate School of Medicine)

9/19 Wed.

RoomA15:30 - 16:10

Tokizane Award Lecture
How is functional and morphological synaptic plasticity achieved in the cerebellum?

Michisuke Yuzaki
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Keio University

Chairperson:
Seiji Ozawa
(Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, Graduate School of Health and Welfare)

9/19 Wed.

RoomA16:10 - 16:50

Tokizane Award Lecture
Genetic and pathological analysis on human neurological disorders

Tatsushi Toda
Division of Neurology/Molecular Brain Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

Chairperson:
Ryosuke Takahashi (Kyoto Univesity, Graduate School of Medicine)

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9/18 Tue.

9/19 Wed

9/20 Thu

9/21 fri

9/18 Tue

1. RoomB9:00 - 11:30

   Optogenetic dissection of neural circuits in vivo
   《Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Mesoscopic neurocircuitry: towards understanding of the functional and structural basis of brain information processing”》

   Organizers	Akinao Nose	Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
   	Akihiro Yamanaka	Department of Neuroscience II, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine Nagoya University
   Speakers	Akinao Nose	Dept Complexity Sci., Univ of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan
   	Ikue Mori	Dept Mol.Biol, Nagoya Univ, Aichi, Japan
   	Takaki Komiyama	Neurobiology Section and Dept Neurosci, Univ of California, San Diego, CA, USA / PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency
   	Akihiro Yamanaka	Department of Neuroscience II, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine Nagoya University
   	Edward S. Boyden	MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

    16:00 - 18:30

   Epigenetics and neuropsychiatric disorders

   Organizers	Tadafumi Kato	RIKEN Brain Science Institute
   	Yukio Kawahara	Laboratory of RNA function, Grad School of Osaka Univ.
   Speakers	Kazuya Iwamoto	Dept of Mol Psy, Grad Sco of Med, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Tetsuya Taga	Dept Stem Cell Regul, Med Res Inst, Tokyo Med & Dent Univ, Tokyo, Japan
   	Yukio Kawahara	Dept Med, Osaka Univ, Osaka, Japan
   	Keita Tsujimura	Lab of Mol Neurosci, NAIST, Nara, Japan
   	Xinyu Zhao	University of Wisconsin-Madison

2. RoomC9:00 - 11:30

   Regulation of neural plasticity by sugar chains--towards integration of glyco- and neuro-biology
   《Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Deciphering sugar chain-based signals regulating integrative neuronal functions”》

   Organizers	Michisuke Yuzaki	School of Medicine, Keio University
   	Kenji Kadomatsu	Dept Biochem, Nagoya Univ, Nagoya, Japan
   Speakers	Kenji Kadomatsu	Dept Biochem, Nagoya Univ, Nagoya, Japan
   	Shinji Miyata	Dept Biochem, Kobe Pharma Univ, Kobe, Japan / Grad Sch Med, Kobe Univ, Kobe, Japan
   	Sayaka Sugiyama	Lab of Neuronal Development, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
   	Geoffrey T Swanson	Dept Mol Pharmacol and Biol Chem, Northwestern Univ
   	Radu Aricescu	University of Oxford
   	James Fawcett	University of Cambridge

    16:00 - 18:30

   Cutting edge of neurophysiological studies of prefrontal cognitive function

   Organizer	Tadashi Ogawa	School of Medicine Kyoto University
   Speakers	Tadashi Ogawa	School of Medicine, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan
   	Satoshi Tsujimoto	Grad Sch of Human Development and Environment, Kobe Univ, Kobe, Japan
   	Eiji Hoshi	Frontal Lobe Project, Tokyo Metropol Inst Med Sci, Tokyo, Japan
   	Jonathan D. Wallis	U.C. Berkeley
   	Shintaro Funahashi	Kokoro Res Ctr, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan

3. RoomD9:00 - 11:30

   Toward phenotyping and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders

   Organizers	Emiko Shishido	National Institute for Physiological Sciences
   	Takashi Okada	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Takashi Okada	Dept Child Adoles Psychiat, Nagoya Univ, Aichi, Japan
   	Tsukasa Sasaki	Lab of Health Edu, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Yasuyo Minagawa-Kawai	Graduate School of Human Relations / Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, ENS-CNRS
   	Tomohito Okumura	Osaka Medical College, LD Center, Osaka, Japan
   	Emiko Shishido	National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan

4. RoomE9:00 - 11:30

   Social neuroscience: Multidisciplinary approach and development

   Organizer	Norihiro Sadato	National Institute for Physiological Sciences
   Speakers	Sakiko Yoshikawa	Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
   	Tetsuya Iidaka	Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University
   	Chiao Joan	Dept Psych, Northwestern University, IL, USA
   	Zentaro yamagata	Dept Health Sciences, Univ of Yamanashi, Japan
   	Kiyoto Kasai	Dept Psychiatry, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

5. RoomF9:00 - 11:30

   Molecular basis of odor processing in the brain

   Organizers	Akio Tsuboi	Lab for Mol Biol of Neural System, Nara Med Univ, Kashihara, Japan
   	Masahiro Yamaguchi	Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
   Speakers	Masahiro Yamaguchi	Dept Physiol, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Hokto Kazama	RIKEN, BSI, Saitama, Japan
   	Akio Tsuboi	Lab for Mol Biol of Neural System, Nara Med Univ, Kashihara, Japan
   	Hiroyuki K Kato	Dept Neurosci, Univ of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
   	Kazunari Miyamichi	Department of Biology, Stanford University, USA

6. RoomG9:00 - 11:30

   Functional development of interneurons generating motor patterns in the spinal cord and brainstem

   Organizers	Shin-ichi Higashijima	National Institute for Physiological Sciences
   	Hiroshi Nishimaru	Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
   Speakers	Shin-ichi Higashijima	Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience
   	David McLean	Northwestern University
   	Akiko Arata	Div.Physiome, Dept. of Physiol, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo
   	Lotta Borgius	Mammalian Locomotor Laboratory, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Retzius väg 8, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
   	Hiroshi Nishimaru	Faculty of Medicine, Univ of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

7. RoomH9:00 - 11:30

   Decoding circadian clock mechanism by mathematical and experimental cross-disciplinary approaches

   Organizer	Sato Honma	Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Hiroshi Kori	Dept Info Sci, Ochanomizu Univ, Tokyo, Japan
   	Rae Silver	Kaplan Professor of Natural and Physical Sciences, Columbia University
   	Isao Tokuda	Dept Mech Eng, Ritsumeikan Univ, Kusatsu, Japan
   	Yasufumi Shigeyoshi	Dept Anatomy Neurobiol, Kinki Univ Fac Med, Osaka, Japan
   	Michael H. Hastings	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

8. RoomI9:00 - 11:30

   Important roles of lipid signaling in neuron

   Organizers	Yasuhito Shirai	Department of Agobioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
   	Nobuyuki Fukushima	Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kinki University
   Speakers	Hiroshi Hasegawa	Dept Physiol Chem, Fac Med, Univ of Tsukuba
   	Takehiko Sasaki	Dept Med Biol, Univ of Akita, Akita, Japan
   	Yasuhito Shirai	Dept Agtobioscience, Grad Sch Agricul Sci, Kobe Univ, Japan
   	Eunjoon Kim	KAIST
   	Nobuyuki Fukushima	Dept Life Sci, Kinki Univ, Osaka, Japan

9. RoomJ9:00 - 11:30

   Science Communication Committee symposium: Neuroscience and Public Communication

   Organizers	Fuji Nagami	Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku Univ., Miyagi, Japan
   	Tsuyoshi Miyakawa	Div Sys Med Sci, ICMS, Fujita Health Univ, Toyoake, Japan
   Speakers	Fuji Nagami	Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku Univ., Miyagi, Japan
   	Amane Koizumi	Division of Public Liaison, National Institute for Physiological Sciences / Department of Cell Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences / Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
   	Tsuyoshi Miyakawa	Div Sys Med Sci, ICMS, Fujita Health Univ, Toyoake, Japan

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9/19 Wed

1. RoomB8:30 - 11:00

   Brain-Machine Interfaces: from laboratory to society.

   Organizers	Mitsuo Kawato	ATR・Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group
   	Kenji Kansaku	Sys Neurosci Sect, Dept Rehab for Brain Funct, Res Inst of NRCD
   Speakers	Niels Birbaumer	Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen
   	Toshiki Yoshimine	Dept Neurosurg, Osaka Univ, Osaka, Japan
   	Yukio Nishimura	Dept DvlpPhysiol, Natl Inst Physiol Sci, Okazaki, Japan
   	Kenji Kansaku	Sys Neurosci Sect, Dept Rehab for Brain Funct, Res Inst of NRCD, Tokorozawa, Japan
   	Shin Ishii	Dept System Science, Univ of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan / ATR, Kyoto, Japan
   Discussion
   	Takeo Watanabe	Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University
   	Yuka Sasaki	Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University

    16:00 - 18:30

   New Methods for Neurophysiology: From Molecule to Device★

   Organizers	Masanori Murayama	Lab for Behavioral Neurophysiology, BSI RIKEN
   	Atsushi Miyawaki	Lab for Cell Function Dynamics, BSI RIKEN
   Speakers	Atsushi Miyawaki	Lab for Cell Function Dynamics, BSI RIKEN
   	Masanori Murayama	Lab for Behav Neurophysiol, BSI, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
   	Albert K. Lee	HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, USA
   	Shoji Komai	Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

2. RoomC8:30 - 11:00

   Trends in Molecular Research for Schizophrenia

   Organizers	Ryota Hashimoto	Molecular　Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University
   	Masaya Tohyama	Grad school of　Osaka University
   Speakers	Ryota Hashimoto	Molecular Research Center for Children's Mental Development, United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka Univ, Osaka, Jap
   	Branko Aleksic	Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
   	Hitoshi Hashimoto	Lab of Mol Neuropharmacol, Grad Sch of Pharmaceut Sci, Osaka Univ, Osaka, Japan / Center for Child Mental Develop, United Grad Sch of Child Develop, Osaka Univ, Kanazawa Univ and Hamamatsu Univ Sch of Med
   	Takanobu Nakazawa	Dept Neurophysiol, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Keisuke Kuroda	Dept Cell Pharmacol, Nagoya Univ Glad Sch Med, Aichi, Japan / CREST, JST
   	Tsuyoshi hattori	Dept of Mol Neuropsy, Grad sch of Med, Osaka Univ, Osaka, Japan

    16:00 - 18:30

   Studying brain function in cellular resolution

   Organizers	Azusa Kamikouchi	Nagoya University Graduate School of Science
   	Tetsuya Tabata	Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences University of Tokyo
   Speakers	Azusa Kamikouchi	Grad Sch Sci, Nagoya Univ, Aichi, Japan
   	Masahiro Tomioka	Mol Genet Res Lab, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Motomi Matsuno	Mol. Physiol. Memory, Dept. Motor and Sensory Sys., Tokyo Met. Inst. Med. Sci., Tokyo, Japan
   	Satoshi Kida	Dept. Bioscience, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture
   	Daisuke Yamazaki	Inst of Mol Cell Biol, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Yoshihiro Yoshihara	RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan

3. RoomD8:30 - 11:00

   Glia cells modify the functional neuronal circuits.★

   Organizers	Hiroaki Wake	National Institutes of Health
   	Marie-Eve Tremblay	Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin
   Speakers	Norio Takata	Laboratory for Neuron Glia Circuit, BSI, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
   	Takuya Sasaki	Div Cereb Struct, Natl Inst Physiol Sci, Okazaki, Japan
   	Marie-Eve Tremblay	Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States
   	Hiroaki Wake	Bethesda, USA
   	Richard Robitaille	Université de Montréal

4. RoomE8:30 - 11:00

   Activity-Dependent Remodeling in Neural Circuit Formation
   《Hosted by BEX.CO.,LTD. 》

   Organizers	Nobuhiko Yamamoto	Osaka University, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
   	Ania Majewska	University of Rochester
   Speakers	Nobuhiko Yamamoto	Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience, Osaka University
   	Yoshio Hata	Div Integrative Biosci, Tottori Univ Grad Sch Med Sci, Yonago, Japan
   	Ania K Majewska	University of Rochester
   	Michael Crair	Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
   	Masanobu Kano	Dept Neurophysiol, Grad Sch of Med, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

5. RoomF8:30 - 11:00

   Physiological roles and possible clinical applications of neurosteroids

   Organizer	Masahiro Sokabe	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Kazuyoshi Tsutsui	Lab Integr Brain Sci, Dept Biol, Waseda Univ, Cent Med Life Sci Waseda Univ, Tokyo, Japan
   	Motoki Tanaka	Dept Physiol, Nagoya Univ Grad Sch of Med, Nagoya, Japan
   	Suguru Kawato	Grad School of Arts and Sciences, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Masahiro Sokabe	Dept Physiol, Nagoya Univ Gard Sch Med, Aichi, Japan / FIRST Res Center for Innovative Nanobiodevice, Nagoya Univ, Aichi, Japan
   	Takeshi Yamazaki	Integrated Arts and Sci., Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

6. RoomG8:30 - 11:00

   Japan-Canada collaborative symposium：Molecular and functional changes in drug dependence

   Organizer	Toshitaka Nabeshima	Meijo University
   Speakers	Anthony Phillips	Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
   	Kiyofumi Yamada	Dept Neuropsychopharmacol Hosp Pharm, Nagoya Uni Grad Sch Med, Nagoya, Japan
   	Kazutaka Ikeda	Project for Addictive Substances
   	Marco Leyton	McGill University

7. RoomH8:30 - 11:00

   Gender Equality Committee symposium : Hot Topics in Neuroscience
   《Integrative Graduate Education and Research Program in Green Natural Sciences, Nagoya University》

   Organizers	Mariko Miyata	Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University
   	Yoichi Oda	Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
   Speakers	Izumi Oinuma	Lab Mol Neurosci, Grad Sch Biost, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
   	Sayaka Takemoto-Kimura	Dept Neurochemistry, Grad Sch Med, Univ of Tokyo, Japan / PRESTO-JST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
   	Ikuko Yao	Dept Med Chem, Kansai Med Univ, Osaka, Japan
   	Keiko Tanaka-Yamamoto	Center for Functional Connectomics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
   	Keiko Gengyo-Ando	Saitama Univ Brain Sci Inst, Saitama, Japan
   	Fumika Hamada	Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

8. RoomI8:30 - 11:00

   Potential of Insect Neuroscience

   Organizer	Hiroto Ogawa	Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
   Speakers	Yoichi Seki	Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology, School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Jena, Germany
   	Hiroyuki Ai	Department of Earth System Science, Fukuoka University, Japan
   	Ryuichi Okada	Kagawa Sch of Pharmaceu Sci, Tokushima Bunri University
   	Yukihisa Matsumoto	Dept Biol Sci, Hokkaido Univ, Sapporo, Japan
   	Aki Ejima	Kyoto University, Career-Path Promotion Unit for Young Life Scientists

9. RoomJ8:30 - 11:00

   Stress and mental health

   Organizer	Yoshinori Masuo	Neuroscience Lab., Graduate School of Science, Toho University
   Speakers	Yoshinori Masuo	Neurosci Lab, Graduate Sch Sci, Toho Univ, Chiba, Japan
   	Shigenobu Kanba	Dept Neuropsychiatry, Univ of Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
   	William Rostene	INSTITUT DE LA VISION PARIS FRANCE
   	Etsuo Niki	Health Res Inst, AIST, Osaka, Japan
   	Noriko Noguchi	Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Doshisha University
   	Seiji Shioda	Dept Anatomy, Showa Univ, Tokyo, Japan

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9/20 Thu

1. RoomB8:30 - 11:00

   Microglia as a warning and control cell for brain environment
   《sponsored by 'Brain Environment' Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas》

   Organizers	Ryosuke Takahashi	Dept. of Neurology, Kyoto Univ.
   	Hiroshi Kiyama	Dept. of Functional Anatomy, Nagoya Univ.
   Speakers	Tomoyuki Furuyashiki	Dept Pharmacol, Kyoto Univ Sch Med, Kyoto, Japan
   	Koji Yamanaka	RIKEN Brain Science Institute
   	Makoto Higuchi	National Inst Radiol Sci, Chiba, Japan
   	Makoto Tsuda	Dept Mol Syst Pharmacol, Grad Pharmaceut Sci, Kyushu Univ, Fukuoka, Japan
   	Gennadij Raivich	University College London, IfWH&Anatomy

    15:30 - 18:00

   Mechanism of multipotency of neural stem/progenitor cells
   《sponsored by 'Neural Diversity and Neocortical Organization' Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Area (Research in a Proposed Researh Area)》

   Organizers	Ryoichiro Kageyama	Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University
   	Yukiko Gotoh	Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo
   Speakers	Yukiko Gotoh	Inst Mol Cell Biosci, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Jeffrey D. Macklis	Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
   	Carina Hanashima	Lab Neocortical Dev, RIKEN CDB, Kobe, Japan
   	Seiji Hitoshi	Dept Integrative Physiol, Shiga Univ Med Sci, Shiga, Japan
   	Ryoichiro Kageyama	Inst Virus Res, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan

2. RoomC8:30 - 11:00

   Joint symposium of the Japan Neuroscience Society and the Chinese Neuroscience Society：Frontiers in Neuroscience in Asia

   Organizer	Haruhiko Bito	University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Mineko Kengaku	iCeMS, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto
   	Xiang Yu	Laboratory of Dendrite Development and Neural Circuit Formation, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
   	Hidehiko Komatsu	National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi, Japan
   	Li Liu	State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    15:30 - 18:00

   Multimodal neuroimaging studies in autism: Neuroanatomical, chemical, and genetic aspects of social cognition deficits★

   Organizers	Hidenori Yamasue	Department of Neuropsychiatry Graduate school of Medicine, University of Tokyo
   	Yoko Kamio	Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
   Speakers	Hirotaka Kosaka	Research Center for Child Mental Development, Univ of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
   	Kevin Pelphrey	Yale University
   	Hidenori Yamasue	Dept Neuropsychiatry, Univ of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
   	Katsuaki Suzuki	RCCMD, Hamamatsu Univ Sch Med, Hamamatsu, Japan

3. RoomD8:30 - 11:00

   Integrated symposium of basic and clinical neuroscience with Future Planning Committee：BMI/Neurofeedback in 2022

   Organizers	Masayuki Hirata	Dept Neurosurg, Osaka Univ Grad Schl Med, Osaka, Japan
   	Naotaka Fujii	RIKEN Brain Science Institute
   Speakers	Masayuki Hiirata	Dept Neurosurg, Osaka Univ Grad Schl Med, Osaka, Japan
   	Naotaka Fujii	Laboratory for Adaptive Intelligence, BSI, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
   	Kazuhisa Shibata	ATR Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group
   	Joseph E. O'Doherty	University of California, San Francisco

4. RoomE8:30 - 11:00

   Progress in Neuronal Polarity 2012

   Organizer	Naoyuki Inagaki	Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
   Speakers	Naoyuki Inagaki	Grad Sch Biol Sci, Nara Inst Sci & Tech, Nara Japan
   	Alfredo Caceres	Instituto Investigacion Medica Mercedes y Martin Ferryra (INIMEC-CONICET)
   	Frank Bradke	Axon Growth and Regeneration, DZNE Bonn, Germany
   	Takashi Namba	Dept Cell Pharma, Nagoya Univ Grad Sch of Med / CREST, JST

5. RoomF8:30 - 11:00

   New approaches in functional molecular neurobiology

   Organizers	Tomoo Hirano	Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science
   	Yasushi Okamura	Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Hidekazu Tsutsui	Laboratory for Integrative Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine,, Osaka Univ. / Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics, BSI, Riken, Japan / JST-PRESTO
   	Yoshihiro Kubo	Division of Biophysics and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
   	Toshio Ando	Dept Physics, Kanazawa Univ, Kanazawa, Japan
   	Masaki Fukata	Div Membrane Physiol, NIPS, Aichi, Japan
   	Tomoo Hirano	Dept Biophys, Grad Sch Sci, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan

6. RoomG8:30 - 11:00

   Neural base of attachment and abuse -toward continuous support of child development

   Organizers	Shun Nakamura	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Department of Science & Biotechnology
   	Makiko Okuyama	National Center for Child Health and Development
   Speakers	Miyuki Torii	Grad. Sch. of Human Development and Environment, Kobe Univ., Kobe, Japan
   	Makiko Okuyama	Dept Psychosocial Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development
   	Toshiro Sugiyama	Dept Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Hamamatsu Univ School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
   	Akemi Tomoda	Research Center for Child Mental Development, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui
   	Mamiko Koshiba	Dept Technology, Tokyo Univ. A&T

7. RoomH8:30 - 11:00

   Integration of neural information in the white matter. - Why should the axonal bundle form in the white matter?

   Organizer	Norio Ozaki	Dept. Psychat. Grad. Sch. of Med., Nagoya Univ
   Speakers	Kazuhiro Ikenaka	Div of Neurobiol and Bioinformatics, Natl Inst for Physiol Sci, Natl Inst of Natural Sci
   	Yoshihiko Yamazaki	Dept Physiol, Yamagata Univ Sch of Med, Yamagata, Japan
   	Jun-ichi Kira	Dept Neurol, Kyusyu Univ, Fukuoka, Japan
   	Norio Ozaki	Dept Psychat. Grad. Sch. of Med. Nagoya Univ, Nagoya, Japan

8. RoomI8:30 - 11:00

   Mitochondrial biology and medicine for the nervous system

   Organizer	Toshiyuki Araki	Department of Peripheral Nervous System Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP.
   Speakers	Kaoru Katoh	Biomed Res Inst, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan
   	Toshiyuki Araki	Dept PNS Res, Natl Inst Neurosci, NCNP, Tokyo Japan
   	Robert H. Baloh	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine / Hope Center for Neurological Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine
   	Mie Kubota-Sakashita	Lab for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
   	Shigeru Yanagi	Sch of Life Sci, Tokyo Univ of Pharm and Life Sci, Tokyo, Japan
   	Yoshiyuki Horio	Dept Pharmacol, Sapporo Med Univ, Sapporo, Japan

9. RoomJ8:30 - 11:00

   Exploring novel functions of old brain structures ★

   Organizers	Shinya Yamamoto	AIST, Systems Neuroscience
   	Yoshihisa Tachibana	NIPS, Division of System Neurophysiology
   Speakers	Shinya Yamamoto	Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA / System Neuroscience, Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsuk
   	Rebecca A Berman	National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
   	Tomohiko Takei	Dept of Neurophysiol, Natl Inst of Neurosci, Tokyo, Japan / Dept of Developmental Physiol, Natl Inst for Physiological Sci, Aichi, Japan
   	Yoshiko Kojima	Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington National Primate Research Center, Univ of Washington, Seattle
   	Yoshihisa Tachibana	Division of System Neurophysiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi, Japan

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9/21 fri

1. RoomB8:30 - 11:00

   New insights towards unravelling the mechanisms of neurodegeneration

   Organizers	Hitoshi Okazawa	Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
   	Gen Sobue	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Hitoshi Okazawa	Dept Neuropathol, Tokyo Med Dent Univ, Tokyo, Japan
   	Motomasa Tanaka	RIKEN BSI, Japan
   	Noriyuki Matsuda	Lab of Pro. Metabo., TMIMS, Tokyo, Japan
   	Yoshitaka Nagai	Dept Degenerative Neurological Diseases, Natl Inst Neurosci, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan
   	Masahisa Katsuno	Dept Neurol, Nagoya Univ, Nagoya, Japan

    15:30 - 18:00

   Elucidation of the mechanisms of neurological disorders employing next-generation sequencing technology

   Organizers	Shoji Tsuji	Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
   	Tatsushi Toda	Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Shinichi Morishita	Department of Computational Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo
   	Fumiaki Tanaka	Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
   	Tatsushi Toda	Division of Neurology/Molecular Brain Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
   	Shoji Tsuji	Department of Neurology and Medical Genome Center, The University of Tokyo Hospital
   	Kazuto Kato	Grad Sch Med, Osaka Univ, Osaka, Japan

2. RoomC8:30 - 11:00

   Novel mechanisms and principles governing development and remodeling of neurites

   Organizers	Michihiro Igarashi	Dept of Biochem, Niigata Univ.
   	Kohtaro Takei	Dept. of Mol. Pharmacol. and Neurobiol., Grad. Sch. of Med., Yokohama City Univ., Yokohama, Japan
   Speakers	Kohtaro Takei	Dept. of Mol. Pharmacol. and Neurobiol., Grad. Sch. of Med., Yokohama City Univ., Yokohama, Japan
   	Takeshi Nakamura	RIBS, Tokyo Univ Sci, Chiba, Japan
   	Motohiro Nozumi	Div Mol Cell Biol, Niigata Univ Grad Sch Med, Niigata, Japan / Ctr Trans-disciplinary Res, Niigata Univ Grad Sch Med, Niigata, Japan
   	Natsumi Ageta-Ishihara	Dept Mol Biol, Nagoya Univ, Nagoya, Japan
   	Yoshiyuki Kubota	National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan / Dept Physiological Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Okazaki, Japan / JST, CREST, Tokyo, Japan

    15:30 - 18:00

   RNA binding proteins and diseases

   Organizer	Masatoshi Hagiwara	Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
   Speakers	Kinji Ohno	Neurogenetics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
   	Hitomi Tsuiji	Laboratory for Motor Neuron Disease, RIKEN Brain Sciecne Institute, Saitama, Japan
   	Jane Y. Wu	Department of Neurology, Center for Genetic Medicine, Lurie Cancer Center Northwestern University
   	Masatoshi Hagiwara	Dept Anat & Dev Biol, Grad Sch Med, Kyoto Univ

3. RoomD15:30 - 18:00

   Neurovascular interaction

   Organizer	Yoshiko Takahashi	Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
   Speakers	Yoshiko Takahashi	Dept Zool, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan / Dept Bio Sci, NAIST, Nara, Japan
   	Hideki Enomoto	RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Laboratory for Neuronal Differentiation and Regeneration
   	Mikio Furuse	Div Cell Biology, Kobe Univ, Kobe, Japan
   	Kiyotoshi Sekiguchi	Inst Protein Res, Osaka Univ, Suita, Japan
   	Alex L. Kolodkin	Solomon H. Snyder Dept. of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

4. RoomE15:30 - 18:00

   Functional architecture of collective neural activities and their networks: new advances in experimental and theoretical approaches★

   Organizers	Toshiyuki Hirabayashi	Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
   	Hiroyuki Nakahara	RIKEN Brain Science Institute
   Speakers	Toshiyuki Hirabayashi	Dept. Physiol., The Univ. Tokyo Sch. Med., Tokyo, Japan
   	Keiji Miura	Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku Univ, Miyagi, Japan
   	Kenneth D Harris	Imperial College London / University College London
   	Jose-Manuel M Alonso	State University of New York
   	Hiroyuki Nakahara	Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience, RIKEN BSI, Saitama, Japan

5. RoomF15:30 - 18:00

   Multiple approaches to understand the neural mechanisms of functional recovery after brain/spinal cord injury
   《NSR-Elsevier sponsored symposium》

   Organizer	Noriyuki Higo	Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
   Speakers	Hideyuki Okano	Dept Physiol, Univ of Keio, Tokyo, Japan
   	Akihito Yamamoto	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
   	Noriyuki Higo	Human Tech Res Inst, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan / PRESTO, JST, Kawaguchi, Japan
   	Tadashi Isa	Natl Inst Physiol Sci, Okazaki, Japan
   	Gregoire courtine Courtine	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

6. RoomG15:30 - 18:00

   Various temperature environments affect neuronal activity

   Organizers	Koji Shibasaki	Dep. Mol.Cell. Neurobiology, Gunma Univ. Grad. Sch. Medicine
   	Kazuhiro Nakamura	Kyoto Univ. Career Path Promotion Unit for Young Life Scientists
   Speakers	Yoshiko Nakamura	Career-Path Promotion Unit for Young Life Scientists, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan
   	Koji Shibasaki	Dept Mol Cell Neurobiol, Gunma Univ Grad Sch Med, Gunma, Japan
   	Tomoyuki Kuwaki	Dept Physiol, Kagoshima Univ, Kagoshima, Japan
   	Masato Umeda	Dept Synth. Chem & Biol. Chem, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan
   	Makoto Tominaga	Div Cell Signaling, Okazaki Inst Integrative Biosci (NIPS), Okazaki, Japan

7. RoomH15:30 - 18:00

   Neural mechanism for reward-based decision making

   Organizers	Kiyofumi Yamada	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
   	Kenji Doya	Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
   Speakers	Kenji Doya	Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
   	Hidehiko Takahashi	Dept Psychiatry, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan
   	Shigenobu Toda	Dept Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Kanazawa Univ, Kanazawa, Japan
   	Hiroyuki Mizoguchi	Fut. Environ. Sim. Center, Res. Inst. Environ. Med., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
   	Kazuo Emoto	Dept Cell Biol, Osaka Bioscience Institute, Japan

8. RoomI15:30 - 18:00

   Molecular mechanism of jet-lag and shift-work

   Organizer	Hitoshi Okamura	Kyoto University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
   Speakers	Toshiharu Takahashi	Dept Psycho, Hosei Univ, Tokyo, Japan
   	Steven A. Shea	Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA / CROET, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
   	Yoshiaki Yamaguchi	Dept Systems Biol, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan
   	Shigenobu Shibata	Sch, Adv Sci and Engi, Waseda Univ, Japan
   	Daiichiro Nakahara	Dept Psychol, Hamamat Univ Sch Med, Hamamatsu, Japan

9. RoomJ15:30 - 18:00

   New dynamic signaling to form unique structures between glial and neuronal cells

   Organizers	Junji Yamauchi	National Research Institute for Child Health and Development
   	Toru Ogata	Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
   Speakers	Kazunori Sango	ALS/Neuropathy Project, Tokyo Met. Inst. Med. Sci, Tokyo, Japan
   	Junji Yamauchi	Dept Pharmacol, NICHD (Japan) / JHSF
   	Keiichiro Susuki	Dept Neurosci, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
   	Yurika Saitoh	Department of Anatomy & Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamana
   	Toru Ogata	National Rehab Center, Saitama, Japan

★ symposia planned by young researchers

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