Program Overview
The RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RIKEN BSI), located just outside Tokyo, Japan, offers a summer program to train advanced students interested in brain function. Applicants may choose either a two-month laboratory internship (Plan A) within a RIKEN BSI laboratory, or participate in an intensive 11-day lecture course (Plan B) featuring a distinguished international faculty. Those participating in the internship may also enroll in the lecture course.
Typically, around 45 international students are accepted to the Summer Program each year. Attendees have wide-ranging academic backgrounds and are usually enrolled in graduate courses, or have recently embarked on postdoctoral research. However, candidates holding other positions are encouraged to apply.
Attendees usually reside on/near the RIKEN campus, where they have ample opportunity to interact with invited lecturers, other attendees and RIKEN BSI researchers. Students unable to provide their own financial support will be considered for travel and accommodation bursaries provided by RIKEN BSI.
Plan A: Internship & Lecture (Jul. 1 - Aug. 26, 2010)
Summer interns will work in a BSI Lab. for two months and participate in the research activities of the host laboratory.
Interns will give a presentation on their work at the end of the course. Potential host laboratories are announced annually from the following list:
Host Laboratories
The Lab without a link does not accept interns this year.
Mind and Intelligence Research Core
* Lab. for Cognitive Brain Mapping (Keiji TANAKA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Integrative Neural Systems (Manabu TANIFUJI, D.Eng.)
* Lab. for Cortical Organization and Systematics (Kathleen S. ROCKLAND, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Dynamics of Emergent Intelligence (Yoko YAMAGUCHI, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Behavior and Dynamic Cognition (Jun TANI, D.Eng.)
* Lab. for Perceptual Dynamics (Cees van LEEUWEN, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Symbolic Cognitive Development (Atsushi IRIKI, D.D.S., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Language Development (Reiko MAZUKA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Biolinguistics (Kazuo OKANOYA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Integrated Theoretical Neuroscience (Hiroyuki NAKAHARA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Adaptive Intelligence (Naotaka FUJII, Ph.D.)
* Kuroda Research Unit (Kumi KURODA, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Gardner Research Unit (Justin L. Gardner, Ph.D.)
Neural Circuit Function Research Core
* Lab. for Memory and Learning (Masao ITO, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neuronal Circuit Development (Takao K. HENSCH, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Developmental Gene Regulation (Hitoshi OKAMOTO, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neuronal Circuit Dynamics (Thomas KNÖPFEL, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neurobiology of Synapse (Yoshihiro YOSHIHARA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Vocal Behavior Mechanisms (Neal A. HESSLER, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Motor Learning Control (Soichi NAGAO, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neural Circuit Theory (Tomoki FUKAI, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Cortical Circuit Plasticity (Tadaharu TSUMOTO, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology (Thomas J. McHugh, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Synaptic Function (Yasunori HAYASHI, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Behavioral Neurophysiology (Masanori MURAYAMA, Ph.D.)
* Hosoya Research Unit (Toshihiko HOSOYA, Ph.D.)
* Hirase Research Unit (Hajime HIRASE, Ph.D.)
* Semyanov Research Unit (Alexey SEMYANOV, Ph.D.)
* Hashimoto Research Unit (Mitsuhiro HASHIMOTO, Ph.D.)
* Shimogori Research Unit (Tomomi SHIMOGORI, Ph.D.)
* Launey Research Unit (Thomas LAUNEY, Ph.D.)
Disease Mechanism Research Core
* Lab. for Developmental Neurobiology (Katsuhiko MIKOSHIBA, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Structural Neuropathology (Nobuyuki NUKINA, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Alzheimer's Disease (Akihiko TAKASHIMA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neurogenetics (Kazuhiro YAMAKAWA, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Proteolytic Neuroscience (Takaomi SAIDO, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Molecular Neurogenesis (Tei-ichi FURUICHI, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Molecular Psychiatry (Takeo YOSHIKAWA, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Molecular Dynamics of Mental Disorders (Tadafumi KATO, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neuronal Growth Mechanisms (Hiroyuki KAMIGUCHI, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Behavioral and Developmental Disorders (Jun ARUGA, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Motor Neuron Disease (Koji YAMANAKA, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Molecular Membrane Neuroscience (Yoshio HIRABAYASHI, Ph.D.)
* Kondo Research Unit (Takashi KONDO, Ph.D.)
* Motoyama Research Unit (Jun MOTOYAMA, Ph.D.)
* Yamada Research Unit (Masahisa YAMADA, Ph.D.)
* Moore Research Unit (Adrian W. MOORE, Ph.D.)
* Tanaka Research Unit (Motomasa TANAKA, Ph.D.)
* Ogawa Research Unit (Masaharu OGAWA, Ph.D.)
Advanced Technology Development Core
* Lab. for Mathematical Neuroscience (Shun-ichi AMARI, D.Eng.)
* Lab. for Advanced Brain Signal Processing (Andrzej CICHOCKI, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Behavioral Genetics (Shigeyoshi ITOHARA, D.V.M., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Cell Function Dynamics (Atsushi MIYAWAKI, M.D., Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Neuroinformatics (Shiro USUI, Ph.D.)
* Lab. for Molecular Biophysics (Etsuko MUTO, Ph.D.)
* Gruen Research Unit (Sonja GRUEN, Ph.D.)
* Diesmann Research Unit (Markus DIESMANN, Ph.D.)
Plan B: Lecture (Jul. 20-30, 2010)
The lecture course is set up to present both basic concept as well as cutting edge research that will aid in understanding the selected theme. The intensive course is a coherent platform from where a wide variety of important new research and techniques can be demonstrated.
Contact
Summer Program Organizing Committee
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-Shi, Saitama 351-0198, JAPAN
E-mail: [email protected]
Fax: +81-48-462-4914
