RIKEN BSI Summer Program 2010 “Network Interactions”

Summer Program 2009

Theme: Interacting Brains

Dates: July 13 - 24, 2009

Brains are critical for interaction of individual animals with others of the same species, and with the external environment. Lectures in this course will discuss how brains of a diverse range of animals are specialized for such interactions, from molecular to systems levels. Lectures will also address how interaction with external world can alter brain function, how disorders of brain function can disturb interactions with others and objects, and how investigation of these brain mechanisms can inform the creation of artificial agents to interact with humans and objects.

• Ralph Adolphs (California Institute of Technology)
• Gustavo Deco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
• Wolfram Erlhagen (University of Minho)
• Simon E. Fisher (Oxford University)
• Lynn Hasher (University of Toronto)
• Shigeru Kitazawa (Juntendo University)
• Yasuo Kuniyoshi  (University of Tokyo)
• Daeyeol Lee (Yale University School of Medicine)
• Claire Michaels  (University of Connecticut)
• Richard Mooney (Duke University)
• Jacqueline Nadel (CNRS-UMR, Hôpital Salpêtrière)
• Gene E. Robinson (University of Illinois)
• Larry J. Young (Emory University School of Medicine)

• Rachel Pei Chin Won (Associate Editor, Nature Photonics)

Summer Program 2008

Theme: Developmental Foundations of Brain Function and Dysfunction

Dates: July 28 - August 8, 2008

• Silvia BUNGE (UC Berkeley) Abstract | CV
• Eric COURCHESNE (UC San Diego) Abstract | CV
• Marie FILBIN (Hunter College, CUNY) Abstract | Biography
• Lawrence GOLDSTEIN (UC San Diego) Abstract | CV
• Elizabeth GOULD (Princeton Univ.)
• Masanobu KANO (Tokyo Univ.) Abstract | CV | Biography
• Pat LEVITT (Vanderbilt Univ.) Abstract | CV
• Fumio MATSUZAKI (RIKEN CDB) Abstract | CV | Biography
• Randolph NUDO (Kansas Univ.) Abstract | Biography
• Hideyuki OKANO (Keio Univ.) Abstract | CV
• Hitoshi SAKANO (Tokyo Univ.) Abstract | CV
• Akira SAWA (Johns Hopkins Univ.) Abstract
• Stephen SMITH (Stanford Univ.) Abstract
• Lawrence ZIPURSKY (UC Los Angeles) Abstract | CV

BSI Session #1: Hiroyuki Kamiguchi (Abstract | CV), Teiichi Furuichi (Abstract), Atsushi Iriki(Abstract)
BSI Session #2: Keiji Tanaka (Abstract | CV), Hitoshi Okamoto (Abstract), Kazuhiro Yamakawa (Abstract | CV)

Orientation: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Lecture Course: Laser Science Laboratory Okochi Hall
Poster Session: BSI Central Building 1F Hall/1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)
Welcome Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Farewell Party: Hirosawa Club 2F
Lectures Room: Central Building 1F C106
Student Room: Central Building 1F Seminar Room (C102, 103)

Summer Program 2007

Theme: Brain Science: Mystery and Mission

Dates: July 23 - August 3, 2007

2007 is the 10th anniversary of RIKEN BSI. Coinciding with the early years of the 21st century, this is a special occasion for celebrating past achievements in brain science, as well as, importantly, articulating the shape of the field in the decades to come. The theme of this Summer Program, therefore, is deliberately broad. A roster of international researchers will lecture on their area of expertise, and join in considering new directions of brain science and its long-term role in society. We hope students will gain further inspiration for their own mystery and mission in the years ahead.

• Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Terrence Deacon (UC Berkeley, USA)
• John Donoghue (Brown University)
• Aike Guo (Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China)
• Zhigang He (Children's Hospital, Boston, USA)
• Masao Ito (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Erich Jarvis (Duke University, USA)
• Mitsuo Kawato (ATR, Japan)
• Akihiro Kusumi (Kyoto University, Japan)
• Klaus-Peter Lesch (Univ. of Würzburg, Germany)
• Pierre-Marie Lledo (Institut Pasteur, France)
• Nikos Logothetis (MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Germany)
• Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Carol Mason (Columbia University, USA)
• Klaus Obermayer (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Germany)
• Dennis O'Leary (Salk Institute)
• Noriko Osumi (Tohoku University, Japan)
• Josh Sanes (Harvard University, USA)
• Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• George Yancopoulos (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA)

Summer Program 2006

Theme: Dynamical States in the Brain

Dates: July 25 - August 4, 2006

As environments surrounding the brain change constantly, so do those signals from the external world that interacts with the brain’s internal states. Therefore, information processing in the brain must be dynamic. This year, the RIKEN Brain Science Institute’s summer lecture series will focus on a current neurobiological understanding and computational theories of the dynamical processes in the brain. It will introduce participants to methodologies to investigate and understand the dynamical processes of the brain. Covering a broad range of subjects, the lectures will demonstrate how the elements of the brain change their dynamical states at genetic, molecular, cellular, network and behavioral levels, depending on the specific demands of information processing.

Topics include: Neurobiology, computational modeling, neuropsychology, sleep and awake states, learning and memory, mental states and disorders

• Yehezkel Ben-Ari (INSERM/INMED, France)
• I-han Chou (Nature, USA)
• Richard Frackowiak (University College London, UK)
• Tomoki Fukai (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Stefano Fusi (Columbia University, USA)
• Anthony A. Grace (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
• Takao K. Hensch (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Yonatan Loewenstein (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MIT, USA)
• David A. McCormick (Yale University, USA)
• Tsutomu Murata (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
• Alex Reyes (New York University, USA)
• John Rinzel (New York University, USA)
• David Sheinberg (Brown University, USA)
• Shinsuke Shimojo (CALTECH, USA)
• Jun Tani (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Ofer Tchernichovski (The City College of New York, USA)
• Go Uchida (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Matthew Walker (University College London, UK)
• Matthew Wilson (RIKEN-MIT, USA)

Summer Program 2005

Theme: Neurobiology of Mental Disorders and the Mind

Dates: July 12 - 22, 2005

The study of mental disorders may offer clues to better understanding the neurobiological foundations of higher mental function. At the same time, diverse areas of neuroscience research from molecules to cellular processes, systems or computation may widely impact the elucidation of mental disorders. This year's lecture course will provide participants with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with current neurobiological approaches to understanding mental disorder and discover how research in this area is broadening our understanding of the human mind.

• Nancy C. Andreasen (Univ. of Iowa)
• Ursula Bellugi (Salk Institute)
• Douglas Blackwood (Univ. of Edinburgh)
• Patricia S. Churchland (UCSD)
• Chris D. Frith (University College London)
• Uta Frith (University College London)
• Margaret Funnell (Dartmouth College)
• René Hen (Columbia Univ.)
• Nobumasa Kato (Univ. of Tokyo)
• Tadafumi Kato (RIKEN BSI)
• James F. Leckman (Yale Univ.)
• Charles B. Nemeroff (Emory Univ.)
• Adrian Raine (Univ. of Souther California)
• Tetsuya Suhara (Nat'l. Inst. of Radio. Sci.)

• John E. Spiro (Senior Editor, Nature)

Summer Program 2004

Theme: Learning and Memory: Systems, Theories and Molecules

Dates: July 6 - 16, 2004

The ability to acquire and retain information and experiences that happen in the world is the basis by which organisms survive and excel in a constantly changing environment, and therefore is a key issue for brain science. The processes for such learning and memory formation are distributed over various parts of the brain where each contributes in unique ways. Such multi-component systems are not easily deciphered and require complementary experimental and theoretical approaches that draw from a wide range of disciplines. This lecture course will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about and discuss the various approaches being applied to the investigation of learning and memory in the brain.

• Ralph Adolphs (Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine)
• Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI)
• Thomas J. Carew (UC Irvine)
• Peter Dayan (University College London)
• Masao Ito (RIKEN BSI)
• Randolf Menzel (FU Berlin)
• Wolfram Schultz (Univ. of Cambridge)
• Larry R. Squire (UCSD)
• Alex M. Thomson (University College London)
• Susumu Tonegawa (RIKEN-MIT)
• David S. Touretzky (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
• Tim Tully (Cold Spring Harbor)
• Anthony D. Wagner (Stanford Univ.)

• Emilie Marcus (Editor, Cell Press)

Summer Program 2003

Theme: Nurturing the Brain

Dates: July 30 - August 11, 2003

In this course, we will focus attention on the postnatal development of the ability to learn and perform social behaviors, and also on various factors influencing these processes under both healthy and pathological conditions. We also hope to consider the biological bases that have made this process possible from an evolutionary and developmental perspective.

• Pre-and Postnatal Development and Regeneration
• Pasko Rakic (Yale)
• Pat Levitt (Pittsburg)
• John D Gabrieli (Stanford)
• Plasticity, Learning and Drug Abuse
• John H. Byrne (Univ. of Texas)
• Takao Hensch (RIKEN BSI)
• Morgan Sheng (RIKEN-MIT)
• Social Behavior
• Michael Meany (McGill)
• Marla Sokolowski (York Univ., Toronto)
• Thomas R. Insel (Emory)
• Terry E. Robinson (Univ. of Michigan)
• Language, Literacy, Biological Bases of Education
• Steve Petersen (Washington Univ., St. Louis)
• Kuniyoshi Sakai (Tokyo)
• Atsushi Iriki (Tokyo Med. Dent. Univ.)
• Tetsuro Matsuzawa (Kyoto)
• Kazuo Okanoya (Chiba)
• Computational and Engineering
• Hideaki Koizumi (HITACHI)
• Kenji Doya (ATR International)

Summer Program 2002

Theme: Seeing the Brain in Action

Dates: July 23 - August 2, 2002

The purpose of the course is to present basic concepts as well as cutting edge research that will promote the understanding of visualization of brain activity. It will provide a coherent platform to cover a wide variety of important new techniques and will allow us to demonstrate how advanced techniques can lead to new insights in brain science.

• Amiram Grinvald (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
• Peter Bandettini (National Institute of Mental Health, USA)
• Thomas Knöpfel (RIKEN BSI, Japan)
• Winfried Denk (Max-Planck-Institute fur medizinische Forschung, Germany)
• James Fujimoto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
• Masahiro Sokabe (Nagoya University, Japan)
• Toshio Yanagida (Osaka University, Japan)
• George Augustine (Duke University, USA)
• Edward Callaway (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
• Daniel Storm (University of Washington, USA)
• Antoine Triller (INSERM, France)
• Rudolf Oldenbourg (Marine Biological Laboratory, USA)
• Haruhiko Bito (Kyoto University, Japan)
• Atsushi Miyawaki (RIKEN BSI, Japan)

• Kenneth Blum (Editor, Neuron, USA)

Summer Program 2001

Theme: Brain Dysfunctions: Molecular and Cellular Bases

Dates: June 28 - July 6, 2001

The purpose of the course is to present basic concepts as well as cutting edge research that will promote the understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders at multiple levels, including molecular, cellular and systems. The lectures will be given in special reference to the basic mechanisms regulating the normal function and development of the nervous system. Individual lecturers will provide basics of their field and advanced topics.

• William C. Mobley (Stanford University)
• Don W. Cleveland (University of California San Diego)
• Masashi Yanagisawa (University of Texas Southwestern)
• Kenneth S. Kosik (Harvard Medical School)
• Peter H. St. George-Hyslop (University of Toronto)
• Nobuyuki Nukina (RIKEN BSI)
• Shoji Tsuji (Niigata University)
• Peter Stern (Science)
• Nobutaka Hirokawa (University of Tokyo)
• Junying Yuan (Harvard Medical School)
• Takeshi Yagi (Osaka University)
• Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (RIKEN BSI)
• Hideyuki Okano (Osaka University)
• Derek van der Kooy (University of Toronto)
• Toru Nishikawa (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
• Ulrike Heberlein (University of California San Francisco)
• Martin Raff (University College London)

Summer Program 2000

Theme: How the Brain Works: Experimental and Theoretical Approaches

Dates: July 4 - 15, 2000

The purpose of the course is to provide basic concepts necessary for understanding computation in the brain at different levels from synapses to systems, from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. Individual lecturers will provide basics of their field and advanced topics.

• Tomoyuki Takahashi (University of Tokyo)
• Anthony M. Zador (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
• Idan Segev (The Hebrew University)
• Bruce L. McNaughton (University of Arizona)
• Kensaku Mori (RIKEN/University of Tokyo)
• Ad Aertsen (Albert-Ludwigs-University)
• Shun-ichi Amari (RIKEN BSI
• Kathleen L. Rockland (RIKEN/University of Iowa)
• Masakazu Konishi (California Institute of Technology)
• Mitsuo Kawato (ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories)
• Earl K. Miller (RIKEN/Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Nancy G. Kanwisher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
• Shimon Ullman (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
• Keiji Tanaka (RIKEN BSI)
• Okihide Hikosaka (Juntendo University)
• Jun Tanji (Tohoku University)
• Sandra Aamodt (Nature Neuroscience, Editor)

Summer Program 1999

Theme: Development and Plasticity in the CNS

Dates: July 25 - August 7, 1999

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• Alain Prochiantz (Ecole Normale Superieure)
• Dennis O'Leary (Salk Institute)
• Masato Nakafuku (Tokyo University)
• Fujio Murakami (Osaka University)
• Hajime Fujisawa (Nagoya University)
• Masatoshi Takeichi (Kyoto University)
• Katsuhiko Mikoshiba (RIKEN BSI)
• Akinao Nose (Tokyo University)
• Susumu Tonegawa (RIKEN-MIT Center)
• Gregory Gasic (Neuron)
• Motoy Kuno (Shionogi Pharmaceuticals)
• Shigetada Nakanishi (Kyoto University)
• Roberto Malinow (Cold Spring Harbor)
• Hollis Cline (Cold Spring Harbor)
• Charles Gilbert (Rockefeller University)
• Earl K. Miller (RIKEN-MIT Center)
• Masao Ito (RIKEN BSI)
• Yasushi Miyashita (Tokyo University)