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Tohoku NeuroTech Symposium (TNS) 2023, held in Sendai, aims to bring together leading academic researchers, industrial partners, and entrepreneurs working at the intersection of neuroscience, technology, and innovation, to facilitate open dialogues and collaborations to advance the field.
Date
Monday, July 31, 2023 08:45 – 18:00
Venue
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Capacity
Onsite: 60 (First–come–first–serve basis, registration required)
Keynote Speakers
Haruhiko Bito (The University of Tokyo)
Naotaka Fujii (Hacosco Inc.)
Ken–ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)
Invited Speakers
Ritchie Chen (University of California, San Francisco)
Yukinori Hirano (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Toshiharu Ichinose (Tohoku University)
Yoshiho Ikeuchi (The University of Tokyo)
Takao Inoue (Yamaguchi University)
Sae Kaneko (Hokkaido University)
Ryutaro Mori (Konica Minolta Inc.)
Shinsuke Niwa (Tohoku University)
Kazumasa Tanaka (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Hideaki Yamamoto (Tohoku University)
Marylka Yoe Uusisaari (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Registration
Registration deadline: Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 15:00 (JST)
– Closed
*Walk–in participation on the day is also possible
Time Schedule [Jul. 19, 2023 Updated]
- 08:30 – 08:45
- Registration
- 08:45 – 08:50
- Opening remark
- Noriko Osumi (Vice president of Tohoku University)
- Session: Integrated neurotechnology and fundamental neuroscience
- Part 1
- Chair: Toshiharu Ichinose
- 08:50 – 09:30
- Haruhiko Bito (The University of Tokyo)
- Capturing and measuring circuit dynamics in active ensembles
- 09:30 – 09:55
- Kazumasa Tanaka (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- Contextual representation outside of place fields
- 09:55 – 10:20
- Yukinori Hirano (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
- Neuro–glial basis of phobia development
- 10:20 – 10:35
- Coffee break
- Part 2
- Chair: Yuanyuan Guo
- 10:35 – 11:00
- Marylka Yoe Uusisaari (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- “Information”: brain activity seen through the information landscape of animal
- 11:00 – 11:25
- Toshiharu Ichinose (Tohoku University)
- Cellular diversity and neuronal plasticity through translational regulations
- 11:25 – 12:00
- Ritchie Chen (The University of California, San Francisco)
- Engineering the brain and body to understand emotions
- 12:00 – 13:30
- Lunch break
- Session: In vitro neurotechnology to decipher the brain
- Chair: Hiroya Abe
- 13:30 – 13:55
- Hideaki Yamamoto (Tohoku University)
- In vitro neuroengineering technologies for reconstituting and decoding neuronal network dynamics
- 13:55 – 14:20
- Yoshiho Ikeuchi (The University of Tokyo)
- Connecting neural organoids toward circuit formation
- 14:20 – 14:45
- Shinsuke Niwa (Tohoku University)
- Increased and decreased axonal transport of synapse precursors is associated with neurological disorders
- 14:45 – 15:00
- Coffee break
- Session: Translational neurotechnology for understanding and treating the brain
- Chair: Yuanyuan Guo
- 15:00 – 15:40
- Ken–ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)
- Introducing transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to systems neuroscience research
- 15:40 – 16:05
- Takao Inoue (Yamaguchi University)
- Enhancing Neurosurgical Disease Management through Multimodal Sensing and Focal Brain Cooling Techniques
- 16:05 – 16:30
- Sae Kaneko (Hokaido University)
- Investigating the Dynamic Impact of Spatial Context on Visual Perception: Insights from Psychophysical Studies
- 16:30 – 16:45
- Coffee break
- 16:45 – 17:10
- Ryutaro Mori (Konica Minolta Inc.)
- Let Synapse Fire Innovations through BCI
- 17:10 – 17:50
- Naotaka Fujii (HACOSCO Inc.)
- Enabling venture scientists to create societal values
- 17:50 – 17:55
- Closing remark
- Toshiyuki Hayase (FRIS Director, Tohoku University)
- 18:00 –
- Social Gathering
Co–hosted by
Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
In cooperation with
Tohoku Initiative for Fostering Global Researchers for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University
Contact
Email:
yuanyuan.guo.a4*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)
hiroya.abe.c4*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)
toshiharu.ichinose.c1*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)