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Spinning the Future of Communication

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As members of society, we interact with diverse individuals in various environments, accumulating a broad spectrum of experiences. The memories we form through these interactions shape our individuality and are crucial for effective communication. This symposium will bring together researchers from both within and outside the country who study memory, stress, social behavior, and the neural circuits underlying these brain functions. Our goal is to deepen our understanding of social memory, the foundation of communication.

Date

Thursday, September 5, 2024 – Friday, September 6, 2024

Venue

• September 5, 2024
  Sendai Ryokusaikan Visitor Center [Access]
• September 6, 2024
  Sakura Hall, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]

Registration (pre–registration required)  [Aug. 07, 2024 Updated]

Registration fee: 3,000 yen for students, and 5,000 yen for post–doc researchers and faculty members. This will cover the foods and drinks for the social gathering on September 5 and the lunch during the poster session on September 6.

Registration deadline: Thursday, August 8, 2024 Friday, August 23, 2024
– Closed
*Registration deadline has been extended.

Speakers (in order of appearance)

• September 5, 2024

  

  Menno Witter *

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  

  Hideaki Takeuchi

  Tohoku University

  

  Tomomi Shimogori

  RIKEN

  

  Yoko Yazaki–Sugiyama

  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  

  Thomas McHugh

  RIKEN

  

  Takuya Sasaki

  Tohoku University

  

  Vannesa van Ast

  University of Amsterdam

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• September 6, 2024

  

  Kaoru Inokuchi *

  University of Toyama

  

  Shinya Ohara

  Tohoku University

  

  Nobuyoshi Matsumoto

  The University of Tokyo

  

  Gen–ichi Tasaka

  RIKEN

  

  Shusaku Uchida

  Nagoya City University

  

  Hidenori Aizawa

  Hiroshima University

  

  Takuya Osakada

  New York University

  

  Aki Takahashi

  University of Tsukuba

  

  Teruhiro Okuyama

  The University of Tokyo

  *Keynote speakers

Time Schedule  [Aug. 22, 2024 Updated]

Thursday, September 5, 2024

10:30 – 10:35

Opening remarks

Ken–Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University)

Chair: Shinya Ohara (Tohoku University)

10:35 – 11:35

Menno Witter (NTNU)

Structural neurobiology of the medial temporal lobe memory system

11:35 – 12:25

Hideaki Takeuchi (Tohoku University)

Bridging neuroscience and evolutionary ecology: The medaka model and its future potential

12:25 – 13:10

Lunch break

Chair: Hideaki Takeuchi (Tohoku University)

13:10 – 14:00

Tomomi Shimogori (RIKEN)

Molecular architecture of primate specific neural circuit formation

14:00 – 14:50

Yoko Yazaki–Sugiyama (OIST)

Neuronal basis for vocal learning from social interaction in zebra finches

14:50 – 15:00

Coffee break

Chair: Kentaro Abe (Tohoku University)

15:00 – 15:50

Thomas McHugh (RIKEN)

Hippocampal circuits underlying social memory and flexibility in rodents

15:50 – 16:40

Takuya Sasaki (Tohoku University)

Social behavior supported by interoceptive signals

16:40 – 16:50

Coffee break

Chair: Menno Witter (NTNU)

16:50 – 17:50

Vannesa van Ast (University of Amsterdam)

Changing minds by reshaping memories

18:00 – 20:00

Get together dinner

Friday, September 6, 2024

Morning Lecture

Chair: Takuya Sasaki (Tohoku University)

09:00 – 10:00

Kaoru Inokuchi (University of Toyama)

Information processing in subconscious idling brain

10:00 – 10:10

Coffee break

Session 1: Learning and Memory

Chair: Takako Kikkawa (Tohoku University)

10:10 – 10:40

Shinya Ohara (Tohoku University)

Revising the organization of hippocampal–cortical memory circuits

10:40 – 11:10

Nobuyoshi Matsumoto (The University of Tokyo)

Neural activity in freely behaving prairie voles

11:10 – 11:40

Gen–ichi Tasaka (RIKEN)

Learning of maternal behaviors facilitated by a frontal cortical circuit to dopamine system

11:40 – 13:15

Poster session & Lunch

Session 2: Stress

Chair: Ko Matsui (Tohoku University)

13:15 – 13:55

Shusaku Uchida (Nagoya City University)

Distinct prefrontal neuronal circuits determine individual differences in repeated stress–induced behavioral styles in mice

13:55 – 14:35

Hidenori Aizawa (Hiroshima University)

Neuro–glial interplay in the habenula modulating susceptibility to the social stress

14:35 – 14:50

Coffee break

Session 3: Social behavior

Chair: Towako Kajiyama (Tohoku University)

14:50 – 15:30

Takuya Osakada (New York University)

An essential neuropeptide in the hypothalamus controls social avoidance learning in mice

15:30 – 16:10

Aki Takahashi (University of Tsukuba)

Social factors that induce aggressive arousal and escalate aggressive behavior in mice

16:10 – 16:50

Teruhiro Okuyama (The University of Tokyo)

Social memory representation in the ventral hippocampus

16:50 – 17:00

Closing remarks

Hideaki Takeuchi (Tohoku University)

Poster

Download [PDF]

Organizers

Menno Witter
(Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Hideaki Takeuchi
(Tohoku University)

Shinya Ohara
(Tohoku University)

Co–hosted by

• Neuro Global International Joint Graduate Program
• Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
• Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
• Tohoku University Brain Science Center

Contact

Email: office*snlabsendai.org (change * to @)