Schedule 2023–2024 (Date &time are subject to change, please check this web-page periodically for updates)


Time: 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
BSTP Schedule Table
Date Week # Title Lecturer
10/03/2023 1 Welcome/Course Intro/The World of Neurobiology
I. Development
10/17/2023 2 Brain Development: Intrinsic and Extrinsic factors Tomomi Shimogori
10/31/2023 3 Neural stem cells in the embryonic and adult brain Ryoichiro Kageyama
11/07/2023 4 Genetic encoding of neuron identity and connectivity Adrian Moore
II. Sensory Systems and Integration
11/14/2023 5 Sensation and Memory in C. elegans Asuka Takeishi
11/21/2023 6 Drosophila Sensory/Motor Neurobiology Terufumi Fujiwara
12/05/2023 7 Journal Club 1
12/12/2023 8 Somatosensory system Masanori Murayama
12/19/2023 9 Attention, Working Memory, and Executive Control in Perceptual Processing Lukas Schmitt
01/09/2024 10 Olfaction Hokto Kazama
III. Circuit, cells and behavior
01/16/2024 11 Emotion Joshua Johansen
01/23/2024 12 Computational Neuroscience Louis Kang
01/30/2024 13 Learning and memory Thomas McHugh
02/06/2024 14 Mid-term exam
02/13/2024 15 Glia Jun Nagai
02/20/2024 16 Theoretical Models Taro Toyoizumi
02/27/2024 17 Free energy principle Takuya Isomura
03/05/2024 18 Deep Learning Henrik Skibbe
IV. Disease
03/12/2024 19 Amyloid biology Motomasa Tanaka
03/19/2024 20 Journal Club 2
04/02/2024 21 Schizophrenia Akiko Hayashi-Takagi
04/09/2024 22 Alzheimer’s disease Hiroki Sasaguri
04/16/2024 23 Autism Aya Ito-Ishida
V. The Human Brain
04/23/2024 24 Behavioral Methods Kazuhisa Shibata
05/07/2024 25 Sleep Masako Tamaki
05/14/2024 26 Studying Conciousness Hawkan Lau
05/21/2024 27 Decision Making Kentaro Miyamoto
05/28/2024 28 Social Neuroscience Takahiko Koike
06/04/2024 29 Final exam
06/11/2024 30 Course Review / Graduation Ceremony