CBS Co-Creation of Knowledge Project
— Co-Creation Laboratory

Call for proposals: CBS Co-Creation of Knowledge Project
— Co-Creation Laboratory

Aug. 1, 2024

RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) will launch the “CBS Co-Creation of Knowledge Project” in FY2025 with the aim of establishing and expanding the framework of “Co-Creation” to engage in truly challenging and innovative research together with researchers from various scientific communities. As a part of this project, in fiscal 2023, we launched Co-Creation Laboratory, a window for open collaborative research, and we are now calling for FY 2025 projects.

What is Co-Creation Laboratory?

If you are looking for opportunities for:

cutting-edge, challenging and interdisciplinary research in collaboration with CBS
collaborative or pilot experiments utilizing CBS’s research results, equipment, and analysis techniques

We promote collaborative research between CBS and researchers in various scientific communities. We will match the needs from researchers outside RIKEN, including young researchers, with the seeds¹ from CBS, and adopt challenging research proposals in the form of an open call. In particular, we welcome collaborative research between brain science and other fields²or innovative co-creative research utilizing CBS’s unique experimental equipment, resources, and analysis tools.

¹ Examples of the seeds at CBS: 7 Tesla MRI; 3 Tesla MRI; ultra-wide field of view two-photon microscope FASHIO-2PM; TissueCyte; electron microscope; mouse behavioral analysis battery; experimental animal resources; experiment equipment, analysis techniques, databases, and analysis tools originated by CBS; etc. Please refer to the brochure of CBS Research Resources Division (RRD).

² Examples of collaborative research between brain science and other fields: Brain science and AI, brain science and psychology, brain science and humanities, brain science and human diseases, brain and multi-organ connections, brain science and device development, etc.

Research Proposals Selected for Co-Creation Laboratories FY2024-2026

Cross-species identification of brain systems
for emotion-state and trait modulation of decision making

Ai Koizumi
Researcher
Sony Computer Science
Laboratories, Inc.

and

Joshua Johansen
Team Leader
Laboratory for Neural Circuitry of Learning and Memory, CBS

(Research period: FY 2024 to 2026)

Investigation of spinal sensory representation mechanisms
using a large-scale imaging technique

Keisuke Koga
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurophysiology
Hyogo Medical University

and

Masanori Murayama
Team Leader
Laboratory for Haptic Perception and Cognitive Physiology, CBS

(Research period: FY 2024 to 2026)

Research Proposals Selected for Co-Creation Laboratories FY2023-2025

Contribution of Rehabilitation and Sleep to Functional Recovery in Stroke Patients

Michiyuki Kawakami
Associate Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Keio University School of Medicine

and

Masako Tamaki
Team Leader
Cognitive Somnology RIKEN Hakubi Research Team, CBS

(Research period: FY 2023 to 2025)

Analysis of Neural Network Structure Using Large-Scale Neural Activity Recordings by Labeling and Manipulating Individual Neuron Genetic Codes

Takeshi Yagi
Professor
Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

and