Aims and topics:

Small model organisms are powerful tools to understand the principle of neural mechanisms by dissecting complicated structures of the nervous systems. In terms of "information processing" and "neuronal health", we discuss some specific problems of neuroscience, and how to tackle the problems by maximizing the advantages of small model organisms. The goal of the workshop is to bring outstanding researchers worldwide together to discuss the challenges related to these topics. This workshop will also be an important opening ceremony for newly launched Neuroscience Institute that will be established in this coming April in Nagoya University. We would like to make the workshop as a place for fruitful discussions and promoting potential collaborative works.

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Venue &Date:

Venue: Sakata Hirata Hall in the Science South Building in Nagoya University Higashiyama campus.

Date: 9th May 2017

Schedule:

10:10-10:20      Opening remark by Ikue Mori



1st session, Chair: Shin Takagi

10:20-10:50      Naoki Hisamoto (Nagoya University)

10:50-11:35      Chun-Liang Pan (National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine)

11:45-12:30      Shawn Xu (University of Michigan, Life Science Institute)



------   Lunch Break 12:30-13:30   --------



2nd session, Chair: Shunji Nakano

13:30-14:00      Young-Jai You (Nagoya University, Japan) 

14:00-14:30      Yuki Tsukada (Nagoya University, Japan)

14:30-15:15      Saul Kato (University of California San Francisco) 

      Coffee Break (20 min)



3rd session, Chair: Azusa Kamikochi

15:35-16:20      Hokto Kazama (Riken BSI) 

16:30-17:15      Masanori Murayama (Riken BSI)



Mixer - 18:00

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Speakers:

Saul Kato from UCSF

Hokto Kazama from Riken

Masanori Murayama from Riken

Chun-Liang Pan from National Taiwan University School of Medicine

Shawn Xu from University of Michigan

Naoki Hisamoto from Nagoya University

Young-Jai You from Nagoya University

Yuki Tsukada from Nagoya University

Supported by

IGER: Nagoya University Program for Leading Graduate Schools Integrative Graduate Education and Research Program in Green Natural Sciences

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