Brain Science Training Program
Schedule (Date & time are subject to change, please check this web-page periodically for updates)
| Date | Lec. # | Title | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| I. Cellular architecture and function | |||
| 10/12/2021 | Course Overview (16:00-16:30) | Andrea Benucci / Motomasa Tanaka | |
| 1 | The development and meaning of dendrite arbor shape | Adrian Moore | |
| 10/19/2021 | 2 | Synapses | Yukiko Goda |
| 10/26/2021 | 3 | Brain Development: Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors | Tomomi Shimogori |
| 11/2/2021 | 4 | TBD | Ryoichiro Kageyama |
| II. Systems | |||
| 11/9/2021 | 5 | Behavioral Methods | Kazuhisa Shibata |
| 11/30/2021 | 6 | Neural dynamics | Keiichi Kitajo |
| 12/7/2021 | 7 | Student Presentation Workshop | Amanda Alvarez / PDFA |
| 12/14/2021 | 8 |
Vision: low-level visual processing | Andrea Benucci |
| 12/21/2021 | 9 |
Somatosensory | Masanori Murayama |
| 1/11/2022 | 10 |
Executive Control Processes in Perception and Behavior | Lukas Schmitt |
| III. Computational Method | |||
| 1/18/2022 | 11 | Multiscale computations of human brain | Rei Akaishi |
| 1/25/2022 | 12 | Theoretical Models | Taro Toyoizumi |
| 2/1/2022 | 13 | Neurological background of Behavior Control | Shingo Shimoda |
| 2/8/2022 | 14 | Mid-term exam (please secure the whole afternoon) | |
| 2/15/2022 | 15 | Free energy principle | Takuya Isomura |
| 2/22/2022 | 16 | Statistical Modeling | Takeru Matsuda |
| 17 | Digital Brain Atlasing | Alexander Woodward | |
| 3/1/2022 | 18 | TBD | Louis Kang |
| IV. Technology | |||
| 3/8/2022 | 19 | Deep learning for biomedical image analysis (16:30-17:30, 1/2 Lec) | Henrik Skibbe |
| V. Learning and Memory | |||
| 3/15/2022 | 20 |
Learning and memory | Thomas McHugh |
| 3/22/2022 | 21 | Drosophila Neurobiology | Hokto Kazama |
| 3/29/2022 | 22 | Learning and memory in C. elegans | Asuka Takeishi |
| 23 | Neuronal Oscillations | Shigeyoshi Fujisawa | |
| VI. Emotion and Social Behaviors | |||
| 4/5/2022 | 24 | Language Development | Reiko Mazuka |
| 4/12/2022 | 25 | Parent and infant relationship | Kumi Kuroda |
| 4/19/2022 | 26 | Emotion | Joshua Johansen |
| 4/26/2022 | 27 | Social Behavior | Hitoshi Okamoto |
| VII. Diseases | |||
| 5/10/2022 | 28 | Glia |
Jun Nagai |
| 5/17/2022 | 29 | Network, dynamics and disorders in the brain | Takamitsu Watanabe (The Univ. of Tokyo) |
| 5/24/2022 | 30 | Prion | Motomasa Tanaka |
| 31 | Brain Disorders | Ryo Endo | |
| 5/31/2022 | 32 | Synapse pathology in psychiatric disorders | Akiko Hayashi-Takagi |
| 33 | Alzheimer's disease | Hiroki Sasaguri (Dr.Saido's lab) | |
| 6/7/2022 | 34 | Final exam (please secure the whole afternoon) | |
| 6/14/2022 | 35 | Course Review / Graduation Ceremony | Andrea Benucci / Motomasa Tanaka |