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BSI Summer Program

Summer Program 2017
“Exploring and Emulating the Brain”

Internship Course: June 7 - August 2, 2017
Lecture Course: July 10 - July14, 2017

We will learn how to decipher the workings of the brain by integrating the knowledge obtained from experimental, theoretical, and engineering (AI) approaches.

Invited Lecturers

Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal
Terrence Sejnowski, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Xiao-Jing Wang, New York University
Shinji Nishimoto, CiNet
Nuo Li, Baylor College of Medicine
Akinao Nose, The University of Tokyo
Katherine Nagel, New York University
David Schoppik, New York University
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama, OIST
Andrew Zalesky, The University of Melbourne
Shigeru Kitazawa, Osaka University
Shun-ichi Amari, RIKEN BSI
Joshua P. Johansen, RIKEN BSI
Hideyuki Okano, Keio University/RIKEN BSI
Kumi Kuroda, RIKEN BSI

Organizing Committee

Hokto Kazama
Taro Toyoizumi
Toshihiko Hosoya
Andrea Benucci
Hitoshi Okamoto

Summer Program 2017 Lecture Schedule

(As of Jul. 5, 2017)

  10-Jul Mon 11-Jul Tue 12-Jul Wed 13-Jul Thu 14-Jul Fri 15-Jul Sat
9:00- Registration         Tokyo tour (optional)
10:00-11:30 Dr. Andrew Zalesky Dr.Terrence Sejnowski Dr. Katherine Nagel Dr. Akinao Nose Dr. Shinji Nishimoto
11:30-13:00 Lunch Time
13:00-14:00 Meet BSI poster presentation Student poster presentation     Free Discussion Time
14:00-15:30 Dr. Yoshua Bengio Dr. Nuo Li Dr. David Schoppik Dr. Joshua Johansen Dr. Kumi Kuroda
  Break
16:00-17:30 Dr. Shun-ichi Amari        
17:00-17:30
Panel Discussion*
18:00-19:00 Welcome Party Lab tour Lab tour Lab tour Farewell Party

*Panel Discussion: Neuroscience and AI

Panelists: Andrew Zalesky, Yoshua Bengio and Shun-ichi Amari,
Coordinator: Tomoki Fukai

Summer Program 2016
“Staking, Making and Breaking Circuits”

Internship Course: June 15 - August 10, 2016
Lecture Course: June 20 - June 24, 2016

Modern neuroscience approaches have made identifying, measuring and manipulating specific neural circuits, and as a consequence the behavior they support, a reality. This course will feature lectures from leaders in the field who are applying circuit based approaches to topics ranging from development to decision making.

Invited Lecturers

David Foster, Johns Hopkins University
Haruo Kasai, The University of Tokyo
Xiang Yu, The Institute of Neuroscience, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Masashi Yanagisawa, University of Tsukuba
Jennifer Raymond, Stanford University
Hiromu Tanimoto, Tohoku University
Masayuki Matsumoto, University of Tsukuba
Carlos Brody, Princeton University
Michael Bruchas, Washington University
Dayu Lin, NYU Langone Medical Center
Yael Niv, Princeton University
I-han Chou, Nature

Organizing Committee

Thomas McHugh
Tomomi Shimogori
Shigeyoshi Fujisawa
Joshua Johansen

Summer Program 2016 Lecture Schedule

(As of Jun. 6, 2016)

  20-Jun 21-Jun 22-Jun 23-Jun 24-Jun 25-Jun
10:00-11:30 Hiromu Tanimoto Yael Niv Jennifer Raymond I-han Chou Haruo Kasai Tokyo tour (optional)
11:30-13:00 Lunch Time
13:00-14:00 Meet BSI poster presentation Student poster presentation
14:00-15:30 Carlos Brody Masashi Yanagisawa Tom McHugh Michael Bruchas Joshua Johansen
   
16:00-17:30 Masanori Murayama Xiang Yu Masayuki Matsumoto Dayu Lin David Foster
18:00-19:00 Welcome Party Lab tour Lab tour Lab tour Farewell Party

Summer Program 2015
“Sculpting Neural Circuits and Behavior”

Internship Course: June 10 - August 5, 2015
Lecture Course: July 20 - July 24, 2015

Understand the mechanism of neural circuit and behavior development from molecular, physiology and imaging technology.

Invited Lecturers

Allan Basbaum, UCSF
Kazuo Emoto, University of Tokyo
Michela Fagiolini, Harvard University
Wenbiao Gan, NYU Langone Medical Center
Jun Ding, Stanford University
Takao Hensch, Harvard University
Roozbeh Kiani, NYU
Valerio Mante, Institute of Neuroinformatics
Masanori Matsuzaki, National Institute for Basic Biology
Nirao Shah, UCSF
Rachel Wong, University of Washington
Akihiro Yamanaka, Nagoya University

Organizing Committee

Tomomi Shimogori
Andrea Benucci
Hokto Kazama
Hitoshi Okamoto

Summer Program 2015 Lecture Schedule

(As of Jul. 6, 2015)

  20-Jul 21-Jul 22-Jul 23-Jul 24-Jul 25-Jul
10:00-11:30 Hokto Kazama Jun Ding Akihiro Yamanaka Michela Fagiolini Rachel Wong Tokyo tour (optional)
11:30-13:00 Welcome Lunch
11:45-14:00
Lunch Time
13:00-14:00 Meet BSI poster presentation student poster presentation student poster presentation
14:00-15:30 Allan Basbaum Kazuo Emoto student poster presentation Valerio Mante Takao Hensch
   
16:00-17:30 Nirao Shah Masanori Matsuzaki Tomomi Shimogori Wenbiao Gan Roozbeh Kiani
18:00-19:00   Lab tour Lab tour Lab tour Farewell Party

Summer Program 2014
“Disentangling Mental Disorders: from Genes to Circuits”

Internship Course: June 11 - August 6, 2014
Lecture Course: July 15 - July 22, 2014

Thanks to the human genome project and cutting-edge technologies in neuroscience, psychiatric disorders have become a viable target for brain science. Recent progress in research on neurons, synapses and circuits has created a new field, biology of mental disorders, the biological analysis of mental health and illness. Lectures in the 2014 course will provide an in-depth exposure to current research on the basic mechanisms of brain function and dysfunction.

Invited Lecturers

Claudia Bagni (Leuven)
Katja Brose (Neuron)
Jacqueline Crawley (UC Davis)
Cornelius Gross (EMBL)
Mitsuo Kawato (ATR)
David Leopold (NIMH)
Christian Luscher (Geneva)
Hannah Monyer (Heidelberg)
Hideyuki Okano (Keio, RIKEN)
Bernardo Sabatini (Harvard)
Matthew State (UCSF)
Kay Tye (MIT)
Michisuke Yuzaki (Keio)

Organizing Committee

Toru Takumi
Yukiko Goda
Hajime Hirase
Joshua Johansen
Hitoshi Okamoto
Kazuhiro Yamakawa
Takeo Yoshikawa

Summer Program 2014 Lecture Schedule

(As of Jul. 15, 2014)

Date/Time Tue Jul-15 Wed Jul-16 Thu Jul-17 Fri Jul-18 Sat Jul-19 Mon Jul-21 Tue Jul-22
9:30-10:00 Registration/
Orientation
      Tokyo tour (optional)    
10:00-11:30 Toru Takumi Michisuke Yuzaki Christian Luscher Kay Tye Hannah Monyer Katja Brose
11:30-12:30 Lunch Lunch
12:45-13:45 Student Poster Sessions    
14:00-15:30 BSI Poster Session Hideyuki Okano Motomasa Tanaka
Takeo Yoshikawa
Claudia Bagni Jacqueline Crawley
             
16:00-17:30 David Leopold Hitoshi Okamoto
Tadafumi Kato
Bernardo Sabatini Cornelius Gross Takaomi Saido Mitsuo Kawato
Evening Welcome
Reception
Lab. visit (optional)   Farewell Party

Summer Program 2013
“Neural Circuits from Top to Bottom”

July 2 - July 10, 2013

How does the nervous system control our behavior? The aim of the lecture program is to gain deeper insights into the underlying circuits and synapses that drive the behavior in response to the outside world.

Invited Lecturers

Haruhiko Bito, The University of Tokyo
Matteo Carandini, UCL
Yang Dan, University of California, Berkeley
Michale Fee, MIT
Christopher Harvey, Harvard Medical School
Takao Hensch, Harvard University
Yuichi Iino, The University of Tokyo
Eunjoon Kim, KAIST
Andreas Luthi, FMI, Basel
Tirin Moore, Neurobiology, Stanford University
Mu-ming Poo, University of California, Berkeley
Hongjun Song, The Johns Hopkins University
Tomoyuki Takahashi, Doshisha
Yumiko Yoshimura, NIPS
Peter Stern, Science

Allumni Day Speakers

Frances Colon, US Department of State
Gregory Jefferis, University of Cambridge
Joshua Johansen, BSI
Kumi Kuroda, BSI
Thomas McHugh, BSI
Alexandra Rebsam,Institut du Fer à Moulin
Ayumu Tashiro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Organizing Committee

Yukiko Goda
Justin Gardner
Joshua Johansen
Shigeyoshi Itohara
Hitoshi Okamoto

Summer Program 2013 Lecture Schedule

Date/Time Tue Jul-2 Tue Jul-3 Tue Jul-4 Tue Jul-5
(Alumni Day)
Tue Jul-8 Tue Jul-9 Tue Jul-10
9:30-10:00 Registration/
Orientation
           
10:00-11:30 Tomoyuki Takahashi Takao Hensch Mu-ming Poo Tom McHugh, Josh Johansen Yumiko Yoshimura Peter Stern Michale Fee
               
14:00-15:30 BSI poster/talk BSI poster/talk Hongjun Song Alexandra Rebsam , Ayumu Tashiro , Frances Colon Haruhiko Bito Yukiko Goda Christopher Harvey
               
16:00-17:30 Eunjoon Kim Matteo Carandini Yang Dan Kumi Kuroda, Gregory Jefferis Yuichi Iino Andreas Luthi Tirin Moore
    Lab. visit (optional)   Scientific interaction with the alumni      

Summer Program 2012
“The Collective Brain: How does the dynamics of collective interaction of neurons make our mind work?”

July 3 - July 11, 2012

In this course, we would like to place our emphasis on the interaction or coordination of different components of the brain that allows it to function as an integrated system for controlling cognition, memory and behavior. Our emphasis is also on how the malfunctioning of these mechanisms might lead to abnormal states of the brain.

Invited Lecturers

Francesco Battaglia, University of Amsterdam
Joshua Berke, University of Michigan
Laura Colgin, University of Texas at Austin
Gustavo Deco ,Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Howard Eichenbaum, Boston University
Joshua Gordon, Columbia University
Gilles Laurent, The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Shigetada Nakanishi, Osaka Bioscience Institute
Paul Phillips, University of Washington
Geoffrey Schoenbaum, NIH
Erin Schuman, The Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Jeff Wickens, OIST
Matthew Wilson, MIT

Organizing Committee

Tomoki Fukai
Thomas McHugh
Hitoshi Okamoto

Summer Program 2012 Lecture Schedule

(As of May., 2012)

Date/Time Hippocampal Circuit and Memory Cortical Dynamics in Cognitive Process Behavioral control by interaction of distant brain regions Wed Jul-11
Tue Jul-3 Wed Jul-4 Thu Jul-5 Fri Jul-6 Mon Jul-9 Tue Jul-10
9:00 Registration/
Orientation
 
9:15-11:30 Howard Eichenbaum
"Theories of the hippocampal system"
Jeff Wickens
"Basal ganglia network"
Student Poster Session Hiroyuki Nakahara 10:00-
Lab. Visits
(Optional)
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-13:50 BSI Poster Session Student Poster Session Free Discussion
14:00-15:30 Matthew Wilson
"Memory replay"
Laura Colgin
"Gamma Oscillations in the Hippocampal Network"
Erin Schuman
Local Translation in Neurons
Shigetada Nakanishi
From molecular neuroscience to systems neuroscience
Paul Phillips
Coupling value to action: Dopamine, reinforcement learning and decision making
Geoffrey Schoenbaum
DOES THE ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX SIGNAL VALUE?
15:30-16:00  
16:00-17:30 Francesco Battaglia
Oscillations and Interactions on the hippocampal-prefrontal axis
Tomoki Fukai Hitoshi Okamoto Gilles Laurent
Abstract
Joshua Berke
A Gate between Sensation and Action: Basal Ganglia Dynamics and Behavioral Control.
Joshua Gordon
"Hippocampal--prefrontal synchrony in psychiatric disease models"
  18:00-19:00
Welcome Reception
17:30-19:00
Lab. Visits
(Optional)
18:00-19:00
Farewell Party

Summer Program 2010
“Network Interactions”

July 20 - 30, 2010

Cognition and emotion, in other words the mind, are generated by the integration of external sensory information and internal information. This integration occurs in networks formed at the molecular, cellular, and neuronal circuit levels. Lectures in the 2010 BSI Summer Course will focus on multidisciplinary approaches to understanding the connections between these various levels of complexity. Many of the lectures will highlight the emerging use of elaborate genetics to create model systems with circuit level mutations, while others will feature recent advances in our understanding of how network interactions underlie both function and dysfunction in the nervous system.

Invited Lecturers

Schahram Akbarian (University of Massachusetts Medical School)
Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University)
Barry Dickson (Research Institute of Molecular Pathology)
Jonathan Flint (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics)
Genevieve Konopka (University of California, Los Angeles)
Kei Ito (University of Tokyo)
Andreas Luthi (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel)
Robert Malinow (University of California, San Diego)
Hannah Monyer (Neurological University Hospital Heidelberg)
Ikue Mori (Nagoya University)
Marcus E. Raichle (Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine)
Alcino Silva (University of California, Los Angeles)
Hee-Sup Shin (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

Special Session

Charles Yokoyama (Senior Editor, Neuron)

Summer Program 2010 Lecture Schedule

(As of Jul. 26, 2010)

Date/Time Tue Jul-19 Wed Jul-20 Thu Jul-21 Fri Jul-22 Fri Jul-23 Sat Jul-24
9:00a-9:30a   Registration       Tokyo Tour
(tentative)
(optional)
9:30a-10:00a Opening Remarks & Guidance
10:00a-12:30p Arrival Lecture 1
Susumu Tonegawa
Mice
BSI Session
Lecture 2
Hannah
Monyer
Mice/inhibitory
Lecture 4
Hee-Sup Shin
Mice/Thalamus
Lecture 6
Kei Ito
Drosophila Sensory
12:30-1:30p Lunch Time
1:30-2:50p BSI Poster Session Poster Session by Participants
2:50-5:20p Lecture 3
Robert Malinow
Plasticity
Lecture 5
Andreas Luthi
Mice/Emotion
Lecture 7
Neal Hessler
Song Birds
Hitoshi Okamoto
Zebrafish

BSI Session
Evening
6:00p-
Welcome Reception Open Lab Reception of Seminar speaker
(Dr. Yukiko Goto, Tokyo Univ),
Optional
Date/Time Mon Jul-26 Tue Jul-27 Wed Jul-28 Thu Jul-29 Fri Jul-30 Sat Jul-31
10:00a-12:30p Lecture 8
Ikue Mori
C. elegans
Lecture 10
Karl Deisseroth
Optogenetics
Lecture 11
Alcino Silva
Mice
Lecture 13
Genevieve Konopka
(Cancelled)
Lecture 16
Marcus Raichle
Humans/Imaging
Default Mode
Departure
12:30-1:30p Lunch Time
1:30-2:50p Poster Session by Participants Poster Session by Participants (All) Discussion w/ BSI Researchers Lecture 14
Special Session
Charles Yokoyama
 
2:50-5:20p Lecture 9
Barry Dickson
DrosophilaMating
Oral Presentation by 10 participants Lecture 12
Jonathan Flint
Mice and Humans
Lecture 15
Schahram Akbarian
Humans/Schiz
Lecture 17
Atsushi Iriki
Nonhuman primates
BSI Session
Evening
6:00p-
Open Lab Free Discussion Farewell Party

Registration/Opening Remarks and Guidance: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Lectures: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Poster Session: BSI Central Building 1F Lobby/Seminar Room
Student Session: Masao Ito Lounge
Welcome Reception and Farewell Party: Masao Ito Lounge
Lecturer Room: BSI Central Building 1F C106
Student Room: BSI Central Building 1F Seminar Room

Summer Program 2009
“Interacting Brains”

July 13 - 24, 2009

Brains are critical for interaction of individual animals with others of the same species, and with the external environment. Lectures in this course will discuss how brains of a diverse range of animals are specialized for such interactions, from molecular to systems levels. Lectures will also address how interaction with external world can alter brain function, how disorders of brain function can disturb interactions with others and objects, and how investigation of these brain mechanisms can inform the creation of artificial agents to interact with humans and objects.

Invited Lecturers

Ralph Adolphs (California Institute of Technology)
Gustavo Deco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Wolfram Erlhagen (University of Minho)
Simon E. Fisher (Oxford University)
Lynn Hasher (University of Toronto)
Shigeru Kitazawa (Juntendo University)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (University of Tokyo)
Daeyeol Lee (Yale University School of Medicine)
Claire Michaels (University of Connecticut)
Richard Mooney (Duke University)
Jacqueline Nadel (CNRS-UMR, Hôpital Salpêtrière)
Gene E. Robinson (University of Illinois)
Larry J. Young (Emory University School of Medicine)

Special Lecturer

Rachel Pei Chin Won (Associate Editor, Nature Photonics)

Summer Program 2009 Lecture Schedule

(As of Jun. 15, 2009)

Date/Time Mo Jul-13 Tu Jul-14 We Jul-15 Th Jul-16 Fr Jul-17 Sa Jul-18
9:30a-12:30p Arrival Jacqueline Nadel Wolfram Erlhagen Larry J. Young Yasuo Kuniyoshi Tokyo Excursion
(optional)
Lunch Time
12:30-2:20p
  Poster Presentation by Participants
2:20-5:20p BSI Poster Session Lynn Hasher BSI Session
Fujii ,
Mazuka ,
Gruen ,
Hessler
Richard Mooney
5:20-6:00p        
Evening
6:00p-
Welcome Reception Lab Tours
Date/Time Mo Jul-20 Tu Jul-21 We Jul-22 Th Jul-23 Fr Jul-24 Sa Jul-25
9:30a-12:30p Holiday Student Session Claire Michaels Gene E. Robinson Daeyeol Lee Departure
Lunch Time
12:30-2:20p
Poster Presentation      
2:20-5:20p Shigeru Kitazawa Ralph Adolphs Simon E. Fisher Gustavo Deco
5:20-6:00p        
Evening
6:00p-
Lab Tours Special Session
Rachel Won
Farewell Party

BSI Session: Naotaka Fujii, Reiko Mazuka, Sonja Gruen, Neal A. Hessle

Orientation: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Lecture Course: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Poster Session: BSI Central Building 1F Hall/1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)
Welcome Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Farewell Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Lectures Room: Central Building 1F C106
Student Room: Central Building 1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)

Summer Program 2008
“Developmental Foundations of Brain Function and Dysfunction”

July 28 - August 8, 2008

Invited Lecturers

Silvia BUNGE (UC Berkeley)
Eric COURCHESNE (UC San Diego)
Marie FILBIN (Hunter College, CUNY)
Lawrence GOLDSTEIN (UC San Diego)
Elizabeth GOULD (Princeton Univ.)
Masanobu KANO (Tokyo Univ.)
Pat LEVITT (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Fumio MATSUZAKI (RIKEN CDB)
Randolph NUDO (Kansas Univ.)
Hideyuki OKANO (Keio Univ.)
Hitoshi SAKANO (Tokyo Univ.)
Akira SAWA (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Stephen SMITH (Stanford Univ.)
Lawrence ZIPURSKY (UC Los Angeles)

Time Mon 7/28 Tue 7/29 Wed 7/30 Thu 7/31 Fri 8/1 Sat 8/2
9:30a-12:00p Arrival Lawrence Zipursky Hitoshi
Sakano
Randolph Nudo Elizabeth Gould  
Lunch Time
12:00-2:00p
Lunch & Interactions with lecturers
2:00-4:30p BSI Posters Fumio
Matsuzaki
BSI Session #1
Hiroyuki Kamiguchi
Teiichi Furuichi
Atsushi Iriki
Posters by Students
4:30-6:30p Interactions with lecturers & dinner time
Evening
6:30-8:00p
Welcome Reception
(6:30-8:00)
BSI Lab Tours
Time Mon 8/4 Tue 8/5 Wed 8/6 Thu 8/7 Fri 8/8 Sat 8/9
9:30a-12:00p Masanobu Kano Hideyuki Okano BSI Session #2
Keiji Tanaka
Hitoshi Okamoto
Kazuhiro Yamakawa
Pat Levitt Stephen Smith Departure
Lunch Time
12:00-2:00p
Lunch & Interactions with lecturers
2:00-4:30p Marie Filbin Lawrence Goldstein Akira Sawa Eric Courchesne Silvia Bunge
4:30-6:30p Interactions with lecturers & dinner time
Evening
6:30-8:00p
Sandra Blakeslee BSI Lab Tours Farewell Party

BSI Session #1: Hiroyuki Kamiguchi, Teiichi Furuichi (Abstract), Atsushi Iriki
BSI Session #2: Keiji Tanaka, Hitoshi Okamoto, Kazuhiro Yamakawa

Orientation: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Lecture Course: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Poster Session: BSI Central Building 1F Hall/1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)
Welcome Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Farewell Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Lectures Room: Central Building 1F C106
Student Room: Central Building 1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)

Summer Program 2007
“Brain Science: Mystery and Mission”

July 23 - August 3, 2007

2007 is the 10th anniversary of RIKEN BSI. Coinciding with the early years of the 21st century, this is a special occasion for celebrating past achievements in brain science, as well as, importantly, articulating the shape of the field in the decades to come. The theme of this Summer Program, therefore, is deliberately broad. A roster of international researchers will lecture on their area of expertise, and join in considering new directions of brain science and its long-term role in society. We hope students will gain further inspiration for their own mystery and mission in the years ahead.

Invited Lecturers

Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Terrence Deacon (UC Berkeley, USA)
John Donoghue (Brown University)
Aike Guo (Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
Zhigang He (Children's Hospital, Boston, USA)
Masao Ito (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Erich Jarvis (Duke University, USA)
Mitsuo Kawato (ATR, Japan)
Akihiro Kusumi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Klaus-Peter Lesch (Univ. of Würzburg, Germany)
Pierre-Marie Lledo (Institut Pasteur, France)
Nikos Logothetis (MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Germany)
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Carol Mason (Columbia University, USA)
Klaus Obermayer (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Germany)
Dennis O'Leary (Salk Institute)
Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University, Japan)
Josh Sanes (Harvard University, USA)
Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
George Yancopoulos (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA)

Time Jul-23
(Mon)
Jul-24
(Tue)
Jul-25
(Wed)
Jul-26
(Thu)
Jul-27
(Fri)
Jul-28
(Sat)
9:00 - 9:30 Arrival Opening Remarks
and Guidance
       
9:30-12:30 Shun-ichi Amari,
Keiji Tanaka
(RIKEN BSI)
Akihiro
Kusumi
(Kyoto Univ)
Dennis O'leary
(Salk Institute)
Mitsuo Kawato
(ATR Kyoto)
(10:00-12:15)
Special lecture
Carol Mason
(Columbia Univ.)
12:30-13:30
13:30-14:30
  poster session poster session    
14:40-17:40 Terry Deacon
(UC Berkley)
Josh Sanes
(Harvard Univ)
John Donoghue
(Brown Univ)
Klaus Obermayer
(Bernstein Center, Berlin)
Evening Welcome Reception Open labs Open labs Open labs
Time Jul-30
(Mon)
Jul-31
(Tue)
Aug-1
(Wed)
Aug-2
(Thu)
Aug-3
(Fri)
9:30-12:30 Klaus-Peter Lesch
(Univ. of Würzburg)
Noriko Osumi
(Tohoku Univ)
Nikos Logothetis
(MPI)
Aike Guo
(SIBS)
Round-up Session
10:00-12:30
(Lecture 17
has been
cancelled)
12:30-13:30
13:30-14:30
poster session poster session      
14:40-17:40 Zhigang He
(Children's Hospital)
Pierre-Marie Liedo
(Pasteur Institute)
Masao Ito,
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
(RIKEN BSI)
Poster session by BSI/students Erich Jarvis
(Duke Univ)
Evening Round Table/Q & A session Open labs Open labs   Farewell Party

Orientation: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Lecture Course: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Poster Session: BSI Central Building 1F Hall/1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)
Welcome Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Farewell Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Lectures Room: Central Building 1F C106
Student Room: Central Building 1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)
Lab Tours

Summer Program 2006
“Dynamical States in the Brain”

July 25 - August 4, 2006

As environments surrounding the brain change constantly, so do those signals from the external world that interacts with the brain’s internal states. Therefore, information processing in the brain must be dynamic. This year, the RIKEN Brain Science Institute’s summer lecture series will focus on a current neurobiological understanding and computational theories of the dynamical processes in the brain. It will introduce participants to methodologies to investigate and understand the dynamical processes of the brain. Covering a broad range of subjects, the lectures will demonstrate how the elements of the brain change their dynamical states at genetic, molecular, cellular, network and behavioral levels, depending on the specific demands of information processing.

Topics include: Neurobiology, computational modeling, neuropsychology, sleep and awake states, learning and memory, mental states and disorders

Invited Lecturers

Yehezkel Ben-Ari (INSERM/INMED, France)
I-han Chou (Nature, USA)
Richard Frackowiak (University College London, UK)
Tomoki Fukai (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Stefano Fusi (Columbia University, USA)
Anthony A. Grace (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Takao K. Hensch (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Yonatan Loewenstein (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MIT, USA)
David A. McCormick (Yale University, USA)
Tsutomu Murata (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Alex Reyes (New York University, USA)
John Rinzel (New York University, USA)
David Sheinberg (Brown University, USA)
Shinsuke Shimojo (CALTECH, USA)
Jun Tani (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Ofer Tchernichovski (The City College of New York, USA)
Go Uchida (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Matthew Walker (University College London, UK)
Matthew Wilson (RIKEN-MIT, USA)

Summer Program 2006 Lecture Schedule

Time Jul-24
(Mon)
Jul-25
(Tue)
Jul-26
(Wed)
Jul-27
(Thu)
Jul-28
(Fri)
9:00-9:30 Arrival Opening Remarks
and Guidance
     
9:30-12:30 David McCormick
(Yale University)
David Sheinberg
(Brown University)
John Rinzel
(New York University)
"Selected Short Talks"
Tsutomu Murata(NICT)
Yonatan Loewenstein(MIT)
12:30-13:30    
13:30-14:30 Poster sessions by students
14:40-17:40 Richard Frackowiak
(University College London)
Anthony Grace
(University of Pittsburgh)
Tomoki Fukai
(RIKEN BSI)
"Meet BSI"
Poster session
by all Labs. & Units
Evening Welcome Reception Lab Tours  
Time Jul-31
(Mon)
Aug-1
(Tue)
Aug-2
(Wed)
Aug-3
(Thu)
Aug-4
(Fri)
9:30-12:30 Jun Tani
(RIKEN BSI)
Shinsuke Shimojo(CALTECH) Yehezkel Ben-Ari (INSERM/INMED) Alex Reyes
(New York Universtiy)
Matthew Wilson
(RIKEN-MIT)
12:30-13:30      
13:30-14:30 Poster sessions by students
14:40-17:40 Takao Hensch
(RIKEN BSI)
Matthew Walker
(University College London)
BSI session
Teiichi Furuichi (Chair)
Alexey Semyanov
Hiroyuki Nakahara
Go Uchida
Stefano Fusi(Columbia University) Ofer Tchernichovski
(The City College of New York)
Evening Editor
I-han Chou
(Nature)
Lab Tours Farewell Party

Summer Program 2005
“Neurobiology of Mental Disorders and the Mind”

July 12 - July 22, 2005

The study of mental disorders may offer clues to better understanding the neurobiological foundations of higher mental function. At the same time, diverse areas of neuroscience research from molecules to cellular processes, systems or computation may widely impact the elucidation of mental disorders. This year's lecture course will provide participants with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with current neurobiological approaches to understanding mental disorder and discover how research in this area is broadening our understanding of the human mind.

Invited Lecturers

Nancy C. Andreasen (Univ. of Iowa)
Ursula Bellugi (Salk Institute)
Douglas Blackwood (Univ. of Edinburgh)
Patricia S. Churchland (UCSD)
Chris D. Frith (University College London)
Uta Frith (University College London)
Margaret Funnell (Dartmouth College)
René Hen (Columbia Univ.)
Nobumasa Kato (Univ. of Tokyo)
Tadafumi Kato (RIKEN BSI)
James F. Leckman (Yale Univ.)
Charles B. Nemeroff (Emory Univ.)
Adrian Raine (Univ. of Souther California)
Tetsuya Suhara (Nat'l. Inst. of Radio. Sci.)

Special Lecturer

John E. Spiro (Senior Editor, Nature)

Summer Program 2005 Lecture Schedule

Time 7.11
(Mon)
7.12
(Tue)
7.13
(Wed)
7.14
(Thu)
7.15
(Fri)
9:00-9:30 Arrival Opening Remarks & Guidance      
9:30-12:30 Lecture 1
Dr. Nancy Andreasen
Symposium 1
Molecular Cascades of Schizophrenia
Dr. T. Yoshikawa
Dr. M. Itokawa
Dr. T. Miyakawa
Lecture 4
Dr. Margaret G. Funnell
Lecture 6
Dr. Ursula Bellugi
12:30-14:30 Poster sessions  
14:30-17:30 Lecture 2
Dr. Douglas Blackwood
Lecture 3
Dr. Patricia Churchland
Lecture 5
Dr. Tadafumi Kato
Meet BSI
Poster session by all Labs. & Units at the Cetral Build. 1st floor
18:00~ Welcome Reception Lab Tours Lab Tours John E. Spiro (Nature)
Time 7.18
(Mon)
7.19
(Tue)
7.20
(Wed)
7.21
(Thu)
7.22
(Fri)
AM Lecture 7
Dr.Chris D. Frith
Lecture 9
Dr. Nobumasa Kato
Lecture 11
Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff
Lecture 12
Dr. James Leckman
Lecture 13
Dr. Rene Hen
12:30-14:30 Poster sessions
PM Lecture 8
Dr. Tetsuya Suhara
Lecture 10
Dr. Uta Frith
BSI session
Dr. A. Iriki
Dr. R. Mazuka
Dr. N. Murphy
Symposium 2
Neurobiology of Depression
Dr. Y. Okamoto
Dr. H. Kunugi
Dr. M. Yamada
Lecture 14
Dr. Adrian Raine
18:00~ Editor
I-han Chou
(Nature)
Lab Tours Farewell Party

Summer Program 2004
“Learning and Memory: Systems, Theories and Molecules”

July 6 - July 16, 2004

The ability to acquire and retain information and experiences that happen in the world is the basis by which organisms survive and excel in a constantly changing environment, and therefore is a key issue for brain science. The processes for such learning and memory formation are distributed over various parts of the brain where each contributes in unique ways. Such multi-component systems are not easily deciphered and require complementary experimental and theoretical approaches that draw from a wide range of disciplines. This lecture course will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about and discuss the various approaches being applied to the investigation of learning and memory in the brain.

Invited Lecturers

Ralph Adolphs (Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine)
Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI)
Thomas J. Carew (UC Irvine)
Peter Dayan (University College London)
Masao Ito (RIKEN BSI)
Randolf Menzel (FU Berlin)
Wolfram Schultz (Univ. of Cambridge)
Larry R. Squire (UCSD)
Alex M. Thomson (University College London)
Susumu Tonegawa (RIKEN-MIT)
David S. Touretzky (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
Tim Tully (Cold Spring Harbor)
Anthony D. Wagner (Stanford Univ.)

Special Lecturer

Emilie Marcus (Editor, Cell Press)

Summer Program 2004 Lecture Schedule

Time 7.6
(Tue)
7.7
(Wed)
7.8
(Thu)
7.9
(Fri)
9:00-9:30 Opening Remarks & Guidance      
9:30-12:30 Lecture 1
Dr. Ito
Lecture 3
Dr. Miyashita
Lecture 5
Dr. Schultz
Lecture 7
Dr. Menzel
12:45-14:45   Poster sessions
14:45-17:45 Lecture 2
Dr. Squire
Lecture 4
Dr. Wagner
Lecture 6
Dr. Tully
BSI Session
Evening (18:00~) Welcome Reception Lab Tours
Time 7.12
(Mon)
7.13
(Tue)
7.14
(Wed)
7.15
(Thu)
7.16
(Fri)
9:30-12:30 Lecture 8
Dr. Tonegawa
Lecture 10
Dr. Dayan
Lecture 12
Dr. Adolphs
Lecture 14
Dr. Carew
Lecture 15
Dr. Thompson
12:30-14:30 Poster sessions
14:45-17:45 Lecture 9
Dr. Touretzky
Lecture 11
Dr. Mauk
BSI session Lecture 13
Emilie Marcus
(Editor, Cell Press)
Lecture 16
Dr. Amari
18:00~   Lab Tours Farewell Reception

Summer Program 2003
“Nurturing the Brain”

July 30 - August 10, 2003

In this course, we will focus attention on the postnatal development of the ability to learn and perform social behaviors, and also on various factors influencing these processes under both healthy and pathological conditions. We also hope to consider the biological bases that have made this process possible from an evolutionary and developmental perspective.

Invited Lecturers

Pre-and Postnatal Development and Regeneration
Pasko Rakic (Yale)
Pat Levitt (Pittsburg)
John D Gabrieli (Stanford)

Plasticity, Learning and Drug Abuse
John H. Byrne (Univ. of Texas)
Takao Hensch (RIKEN BSI)
Morgan Sheng (RIKEN-MIT)

Social Behavior
Michael Meany (McGill)
Marla Sokolowski (York Univ., Toronto)
Thomas R. Insel (Emory)
Terry E. Robinson (Univ. of Michigan)

Language, Literacy, Biological Bases of Education
Steve Petersen (Washington Univ., St. Louis)
Kuniyoshi Sakai (Tokyo)
Atsushi Iriki (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ.)
Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Kyoto)
Kazuo Okanoya (Chiba)

Computational and Engineering
Hideaki Koizumi (HITACHI)
Kenji Doya (ATR International)

Summer Program 2003 Lecture Schedule

Date July 30
(Wed)
July 31
(Thur)
Aug.1
(Fri)
Aug.2
(Sat)
Aug.3
(Sun)
Aug.4
(Mon)
9:30-12:30 Opening Remarks
& Lecture 1
Pasko Rakic
Lecture 2
Pat Levitt
Lecture 4
Thomas R. Insel
Lecture 6
Marla Sokolowski
  Lecture 8
Kazuo Okanoya
  Guidance 13:30- Lunch & Poster Session  
14:30-17:30 BSI Session 1
Miyata
Okamoto
Mikoshiba
Lecture 3
Terry E. Robinson
Lecture 5
Michael Meaney
Lecture 7
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Lecture 9
Hideaki Koizumi
evening   BSI Session 2
Niall Murphy
19:00-20:00
Lab visits   Evening Lecture
Hemai Parthasarathy
19:00-20:00
Date 5 (Tue) 6 (Wed) 7 (Thur) 8 (Fri) 9 (Sat) 10 (Sun)
9:30-12:30 Lecture 10
John H. Byrne
Lecture 11
Atsushi Iriki
Lecture 13
Morgan Sheng
Lecture 15
John Maunsell
Lecture 18
John D Gabrieli
Lecture 20
Kuniyoshi Sakai
12:30-14:30 Lunch & Poster Session
14:45-17:45 BSI Session 3
Endo
K.Tanaka
Hessler
Lecture 12
Takao Hensch
Lecture 14
Kenji Doya
Lecture 16
Eric Courchesne
Lecture 19
Steve Petersen
Lecture 21
Patricia Kuhl
18:00~ Lab visit BSI Session 4
Jun Tani
19:00-20:00
Lab visits Lecture 17
Yukiko Kano
19:00-20:00
   

Organized by

Hitoshi Okamoto (Chair, Lab. for Developmental Gene Regulation)
Tadafumi Kato (Lab. for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders)
Neal Hessler (Lab. for Vocal Behavior Mechanisms)
Jun Tani (Lab. for Behavior and Dynamic Cognition)
Niall Murphy (Neuronal Circuit Mechanisms Research Group)
Jun Aruga (Lab. for Developmental Neurobiology)
Ayako Ajima (Tanaka) (Lab. for Visual Neurocomputing)

Advisors

Hensch, T. K. (Lab. Neuronal Circuit Development)

Administrative staff

Ikeda, M. (Promotion Division)
Abe, Y. (Promotion Division)

Summer Program 2002
“Seeing the Brain in Action”

July 23 - August 2, 2002

The purpose of the course is to present basic concepts as well as cutting edge research that will promote the understanding of visualization of brain activity. It will provide a coherent platform to cover a wide variety of important new techniques and will allow us to demonstrate how advanced techniques can lead to new insights in brain science.

Invited Lecturers

Amiram Grinvald (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Peter Bandettini (National Institute of Mental Health, USA)
Thomas Knöpfel (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
Winfried Denk (Max-Planck-Institute fur medizinische Forschung, Germany)
James Fujimoto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Masahiro Sokabe (Nagoya University, Japan)
Toshio Yanagida (Osaka University, Japan)
George Augustine (Duke University, USA)
Edward Callaway (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
Daniel Storm (University of Washington, USA)
Antoine Triller (INSERM, France)
Rudolf Oldenbourg (Marine Biological Laboratory, USA)
Haruhiko Bito (Kyoto University, Japan)
Atsushi Miyawaki (RIKEN BSI, Japan)

Special Lecturer

Kenneth Blum (Editor, Neuron, USA)

Summer Program 2002 Lecture Schedule

Date 7.23
(Tue)
7.24
(Wed)
7.25
(Thur)
7.26
(Fri)
7.27
(Sat)
7.28
(Sun)
AM Opening Remarks
& Overview
Lecture 1
Amiram Grinvald 1
Lecture 3
Amiram Grinvald 2
Lecture 5
Winfried Denk
Special Session
Kenneth Blum
 
PM Stuednts Poster Session Lecture 2
Peter Bandettini
Lecture 4
Thomas Knopfel
Lecture 6
James Fujimoto
BSI Session 1
evening   Lab Tour
Date 7.29
(Mon)
7.30
(Tue)
7.31
(Wed)
8.1
(Thur)
8.2
(Fri)
AM Lecture 7
Masahiro Sokabe
Lecture 9
George Augustine
Lecture 11
Daniel Storm
Lecture 12
Antoine Triller
Lecture 14
Haruhiko Bito
PM Lecture 8
Toshio Yanagida
Lecture 10
Edward Callaway
BSI Session 2 Lecture 13
Rudolf Oldenbourg
Lecture 15
Atsushi Miyawaki
evening Lab Tour  

Organized by

Miyawaki, A. (Chair, Lab. Cell Function Dynamics)
Hashikawa, T. (Lab. Neural Architecture)
Itohara, S. (Lab. Behavioral Genetics)
Knopfel, T. (Lab. Neuronal Circuit Dynamics)
Muto, E. (Developmental Brain Science Group)
Ogawa, M. (Lab. Cell Culture Development)
Tanifuji, M. (Lab. Integrative Neural Systems)

Advisors

Hensch, T. K. (Lab. Neuronal Circuit Development)
Itakura, C. (Advanced Technology Development Center)

Administrative staff

Hachiya, S. (Promotion Division)
Miyamoto, H. (Promotion Division)
Abe, Y. (Promotion Division)

Summer Program 2001
“Brain Dysfunctions: Molecular and Cellular Bases”

June 28 - July 6, 2001

The purpose of the course is to present basic concepts as well as cutting edge research that will promote the understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders at multiple levels, including molecular, cellular and systems. The lectures will be given in special reference to the basic mechanisms regulating the normal function and development of the nervous system. Individual lecturers will provide basics of their field and advanced topics.

Invited Lecturers

William C. Mobley (Stanford University)
Don W. Cleveland (University of California San Diego)
Masashi Yanagisawa (University of Texas Southwestern)
Kenneth S. Kosik (Harvard Medical School)
Peter H. St. George-Hyslop (University of Toronto)
Nobuyuki Nukina (RIKEN BSI)
Shoji Tsuji (Niigata University)
Peter Stern (Science)
Nobutaka Hirokawa (University of Tokyo)
Junying Yuan (Harvard Medical School)
Takeshi Yagi (Osaka University)
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (RIKEN BSI)
Hideyuki Okano (Osaka University)
Derek van der Kooy (University of Toronto)
Toru Nishikawa (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Ulrike Heberlein (University of California San Francisco)
Martin Raff (University College London)

Summer Program 2001 Lecture Schedule

Date 6.28
(Thur.)
6.29
(Fri.)
6.30
(Sat.)
7.1
(Sun.)
Morning Guidance & Overview (Lecture 2)
Junying Yuan
(Lecture 5)
Kenneth S. Kosik
 
Afternoon (Lecture 3)
Don W. Cleveland
(Lecture 6)
Peter H. St. George-Hyslop
(Lecture 1)
William C. Mobley
(Lecture 4)
Masashi Yanagisawa
Field Introduction
Evening   Poster Session Poster Session
Date 7.2
(Mon)
7.3
(Tue.)
7.4
(Wed.)
7.5
(Thur.)
7.6
(Fri.)
Morning (Lecture 7)
Shoji Tsuji
(Lecture10)
Kuniyoshi L. Sakai
(Lecture 12)
Takeshi Yagi
(Lecture 14)
Hideyuki Okano
(Lecture 16)
Toru Nishikawa
Afternoon (Lecture 8)
Nobuyuki Nukina
(Lecture 11)
Nobutaka Hirokawa
(Lecture 13)
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
(Lecture 15)
Derek van der Kooy
(Lecture 17)
Ulrike Heberlein
(Lecture 9)
Takeshi Iwatsubo
Field Introduction Field Introduction Field Introduction (Lecture 18)
Martin Raff
Evening Evening Session
Peter Stern
 

Organized by

Takahashi, R. (The chair, Lab. Motor System Neurodegeneration)
Kamiguchi, H. (Developmental Brain Science Group)
Motoyama, J. (Molecular Neuropathology Group)
Okamoto, H. (Lab. Developmental Gene Regulation)
Rockland, K. S. (Lab. Cortical Organization and Systematic)
Yoshikawa, T. (Lab. Molecular Psychiatry)

Advisors

Mikoshiba, K. (Lab. Developmental Neurobiology)
Nukina, N. (Lab. CAG Repeat Diseases)

Administrative staff

Iwase, S. (Promotion Division)
Abe, Y. (Promotion Division)
Ishii, T. (Promotion Division)

Summer Program 2000
“How the Brain Works: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches”

July 4 - July 15, 2000

The purpose of the course is to provide basic concepts necessary for understanding computation in the brain at different levels from synapses to systems, from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. Individual lecturers will provide basics of their field and advanced topics.

Invited Lecturers

Tomoyuki Takahashi (University of Tokyo)
Anthony M. Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Idan Segev (The Hebrew University)
Bruce L. McNaughton (University of Arizona)
Kensaku Mori (RIKEN/University of Tokyo)
Ad Aertsen (Albert-Ludwigs-University)
Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI)
Kathleen L. Rockland (RIKEN/University of Iowa)
Masakazu Konishi (California Institute of Technology)
Mitsuo Kawato (ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories)
Earl K. Miller (RIKEN/Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Nancy G. Kanwisher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Shimon Ullman (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN BSI)
Okihide Hikosaka (Juntendo University)
Jun Tanji (Tohoku University)
Sandra Aamodt (Nature Neuroscience, Editor)

Summer Program 2000 Lecture Schedule

DATE July 4
(Tue.)
July 5
(Wed.)
July 6
(Thur.)
July 7
(Fri.)
July 8
(Sat.)
July 9
(Sun.)
AM Lab tour Overview (Lecture2)
Anthony M. Zador
(Lecture4)
Bruce L. McNaughton
----- (Lecture7)
Shun-ichi Amari
PM Lab tour (Lecture1)
Tomoyuki Takahashi
(Lecture3)
Idan Segev
(Lecture5)
Kensaku Mori
(Lecture6)
Ad Aertsen
(Lecture8)
Kathleen L. Rockland
DATE July 10
(Mon.)
July 11
(Tue.)
July 12
(Wed.)
July 13
(Thur.)
July 14
(Fri.)
July 15
(Sat.)
AM (Lecture9)
Masakazu Konishi
(Lecture11) (Lecture13)
Charles Jennings
(Lecture15)
Shimon Ullman
(Lecture17)
Okihide Hikosaka
Lab tour
PM (Lecture10)
Mitsuo Kawato
(Lecture12)
Earl K. Miller
(Lecture14)
Nancy G. Kanwisher
(Lecture16)
Keiji Tanaka
(Lecture18)
Jun Tanji
Lab tour

Organized by

Tanifuji, M. (The chair, Lab. Integrative Neural Systems)
Cheng, K. (Lab. Cognitive Brain Mapping)
Ioannides, A. A. (Lab. Human Brain Dynamics)
Nakahara, H. (Lab. Information Synthesis)
Tanaka, S. (Lab. Neural Modeling)
Yamaguchi, K. (Lab. Memory and Learning)

Advisors

Amari, S. (Lab. Information Synthesis)
Tanaka, K. (Lab. Cognitive Brain Mapping)

Administrative staff

Uzuo, T. (Promotion Division)
Abe, Y. (Promotion Division)
Hamamoto, K. (Promotion Division)

Summer Program 1999
“Development and Plasticity in the CNS”

July 25 - August 7, 1999

Invited Lecturers

Alain Prochiantz (Ecole Normale Superieure)
Dennis O'Leary (Salk Institute)
Masato Nakafuku (Tokyo University)
Fujio Murakami (Osaka University)
Hajime Fujisawa (Nagoya University)
Masatoshi Takeichi (Kyoto University)
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (RIKEN BSI)
Akinao Nose (Tokyo University)
Susumu Tonegawa (RIKEN-MIT Center)
Gregory Gasic (Neuron)
Motoy Kuno (Shionogi Pharmaceuticals)
Shigetada Nakanishi (Kyoto University)
Roberto Malinow (Cold Spring Harbor)
Hollis Cline (Cold Spring Harbor)
Charles Gilbert (Rockefeller University)
Earl K. Miller (RIKEN-MIT Center)
Masao Ito (RIKEN BSI)
Yasushi Miyashita (Tokyo University)

DATE AM (9:00-12:00) Lunch
(12:00-14:00)
PM (14:00-17:00) Evening18:30-20:30
July 25
(Sunday)
  -16:00 Arrival
(Narita to Hotel Cygnus)

Registration & Orientation
(Hotel Cygnus)
18:00-20:00
Self-introduction
--only participants Plan B--
(Hotel Cygnus)
July 26
(Monday)
9:00-10:00
<Opening Lecture>
Presentation
by
Participants
in Plan B
Dr.Alain Prochiantz
(Ecole Normale Superieure)
BSI Lab. Visit (1)
10:00-12:00
<Overview>
Dr. Dennis O'Leary
(Salk Institute)
July 27
(Tuesday)
Dr. Masato Nakafuku
(Tokyo University)
Presentation
by
Participants
in Plan B
Dr. Fujio Murakami
(Osaka University)
 
July 28
(Wednesday)
BSI Lab. Visit (2)   Dr. Hajime Fujisawa
(Nagoya University)
18:30-
Dr. Dennis O'Leary
(Salk Institute)
July 29
(Thursday)
Dr. Masatoshi Takeichi
(Kyoto University)
Presentation
by
Participants
in Plan B
Dr. K.Mikoshiba
(RIKEN BSI)
BSI Lab. Visit (3)
July 30
(Friday)
Dr. Akinao Nose
(Tokyo University)
  Dr. Susumu Tonegawa
(RIKEN-MIT Center)
18:30-20:30
Dr. Gregory Gasic
(Neuron)
July 31
(Saturday)
Optional excursion
August 1
(Sunday)
Optional excursion
August 2
(Monday)
Dr. Motoy Kuno
(Shionogi Pharmaceuticals)
Presentation
by
Participants
in Plan B
Dr. Shigetada Nakanishi
(Kyoto University)
BSI Lab. Visit (4)
August 3
(Tuesday)
Dr. Roberto Malinow
(Cold Spring Harbor)
Presentation
by
Participants
in Plan B
Dr. Hollis Cline
(Cold Spring Harbor)
 
August 4
(Wednesday)
Dr. Charles Gilbert
(Rockefeller University)
  BSI Lab. Visit (5) 18:30-
Dr. Charles Gilbert
(Rockefeller University)
August 5
(Thursday)
Dr. Earl K. Miller
(RIKEN-MIT Center)
Presentation
by
Participants
in Plan B
Dir. Masao Ito
(RIKEN BSI)
BSI Lab. Visit (6)
August 6
(Friday)
Dr. Yasushi Miyashita
(Tokyo University)
  13:30-16:30
Presentation
Current Status of Lab. Internships
(15min. Plan A pertisipants)
18:00-20:00
Party
16:30-17:00
Closing Remarks
(by Dir. Masao Ito)
August 7
(Saturday)
Free Time
or
Departure(Check out)
(Hotel Cygnus to Narita Airport etc.)

Organized by

Hensch, T. K. (The Chair, Lab. Neuronal Circuit Development)
Okamoto, H. (Lab. Developmental Gene Regulation)
Tanaka, S. (Lab. Visual Neurocomputing)
Tanifuji, M. (Lab. Integrative Neural Systems)

Administrative staff

Uzuo, T. (Brain Science Promotion Division)
Hamamoto, K. (Brain Science Promotion Division)
Abe, Y. (Brain Science Promotion Division)