Kanazawa University Sakigake Project International Symposium

Event Details

As part of the Kanazawa University Sakigake Project “Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Research Hub Based on New Concepts of Human Higher Brain Functions”, we will hold an international symposium. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

■Program Outline

13:00 Doors open
13:10 Opening remarks
13:15 Research report on the fusion of disciplines by project members

① Therapeutic Potential of Amino Acids in Glioma-Associated Symptoms (Micro Group / Amino Acid Group)
PhD Student Keijiro Syomura, Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
Associate Professor Takashi Maejima, Integrative Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

② Dynamic Analysis of Brain Networks Involved in Emotion Recognition Using Magnetoencephalography (Neuroimaging Group B)
PhD Student Ruochu Xiong, Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University
Lecturer Masashi Kinoshita, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University
　
③ Higher-Order Functional Mapping and Brain Network Analysis Using Awake Brain Mapping (Awake Surgery Group / Cognitive Reserve Group)
Lecturer Masashi Kinoshita, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

④ Neurocognitive Function and Brain Plasticity Revealed by Direct Electrical Stimulation (Neuroimaging Group A)
Assistant Professor Riho Nakajima, Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University

⑤ Single-Molecule Imaging of AMPAR with Non-competitive Inhibitors Using High-speed AFM (Nano Group)
Professor Mikihiro Shibata, Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University

14:20 Special Lecture
Connectivity and Plasticity of Complex Cognitive Systems: Insights from Causal Mapping in Lower-grade Gliomas 
Guillaume Herbet, PhD, HDR
(Associate Professor in Cognitive Neurosciences, Department of Medicine, University of Montpellier, France)

14:50 Closing remarks

Languages: Japanese and English

*Following this symposium, the public seminar “Mysteries of the Brain and Brain Research” will be held.

Contact

Office of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University   TEL: 076-265-2384