Brain Science Training Program
Schedule (Date & time are subject to change, please check this web-page periodically for updates)
Depending on the situation of COVID-19 outbreak, lectures will be held via online only.
| Date | Title | Lecturer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Cellular architecture and function | |||
| 2020/9/15 | 1 | Course Overview & The development and meaning of dendrite arbor shape | Adrian Moore |
| 2020/9/29 | 2 | Student Presentation Workshop | PDFA |
| 2020/10/6 | 3 | Synapses | Yukiko Goda |
| 2020/10/13 | 4 | Brain Development: Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors | Tomomi Shimogori |
| II. Systems | |||
| 2020/10/20 | 5 | Behavioral Methods | Kazuhisa Shibata |
| 2020/11/10 | Optional class (Journal club presentation/ Introductory Python) | ||
| 2020/11/17 | 6 | Neural dynamics | Keiichi Kitajo |
| 2020/11/24 | 7 | Olfaction | Yoshihiro Yoshihara |
| 2020/12/1 | 8 | Vision: low-level visual processing | Andrea Benucci |
| 2020/12/8 | 9 | Somatosensory | Masanori Murayama |
| 2020/12/15 | 10 | Executive Control in Perception and Behavior | Lukas Schmitt |
| III. Computational Method | |||
| 2020/12/22 | 11 | Multiscale computations of human brain | Rei Akaishi |
| 2021/1/12 | 12 | Theoretical Models | Taro Toyoizumi |
| 2021/1/19 | 13 | Neurological background of Behavior Control | Shingo Shimoda |
| 2021/2/2 | Journal Club (Optional) | PDFA | |
| 2021/2/9 | 14 | Free energy principle | Takuya Isomura |
| 2021/2/16 | 15 | Midterm exam | |
| 2021/3/2 | 16-1 | Statistical Modeling | Takeru Matsuda |
| 16-2 | Digital Brain Atlasing | Alexander Woodward | |
| IV. Technology | |||
| 2021/3/9 | 17 | Genetic tools & approaches in neuroscience | Thomas McHugh |
| 2021/3/16 | 18-1 | TBD | Henrik Skibbe |
| 18-2 | Mood disorder *Rescheduled | Tadafumi Kato | |
| V. Learning and Memory | |||
| 2021/3/23 | 19 | Learning and memory | Thomas McHugh |
| 2021/3/30 | 20 | Drosophila Neurobiology | Hokto Kazama |
| 2021/4/6 | 21-1 | TBD | Asuka Takeishi |
| 21-2 | Neuronal Oscillations | Shigeyoshi Fujisawa | |
| VI. Emotion and Social Behaviors | |||
| 2021/4/13 | 22 | Language Development | Reiko Mazuka |
| 2021/4/20 | 23 | Student Presentation | |
| 2021/4/27 | 24 | Parent and infant relationship | Kumi Kuroda |
| 2021/5/11 | 25 | Emotion | Joshua Johansen |
| 2021/5/18 | 26 | Social Behavior | Hitoshi Okamoto |
| VII. Diseases | |||
| 2021/5/25 | 27 | Network, dynamics and disorders in the brain | Takamitsu Watanabe (The Univ. of Tokyo) |
| 2021/6/1 | 28-1 | Prion | Motomasa Tanaka |
| 28-2 | Brain Disorders | Ryo Endo | |
| Mood disorder *Shift to reschedule on March 16 | Tadafumi Kato | ||
| 2021/6/8 | 29-1 | Synapse pathology in psychiatric disorders | Akiko Hayashi-Takagi |
| 29-2 | Alzheimer's disease | Hiroki Sasaguri (Dr.Saido's lab) | |
| 2021/6/15 | 30 | Final exam | |
| 2021/6/22 | 31 | Course Review / Graduation Ceremony | Andrea Benucci |