4th APRU Symposium on Brain and Mind Research in the Asia-Pacific

The sessions at the BMAP symposium will cover a broad range of topics in brain and

mind research, psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, molecular neuroscience,

cognitive neuroscience, neural stem and iPS cells, and the evolution of the brain.

The latest BMAP program is available at http://www.bmap2012.jp/program.html.

SPEAKERS

The symposium will also feature presentations by leading experts in the field of

neuroscience studies and research. Confirmed and invited speakers to date include:

Plenary Lecture: Yasushi Miyashita, Graduate School of Medicine, University of

Tokyo, Japan and President of the Japan Neuroscience Society

Session I: Evolution of the Brain

Erich D. Jarvis, Duke University Medical Center, USA

Atsushi Iriki, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

Shigeru Watanabe, Faculty of Letters (Psychology), Keio University, Japan

Session II: Clinical Neuroscience of Neural Diseases

Tadafumi Kato, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

Takeshi Iwatsubo, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan

Session III: Neuroimaging, Brain Machine Interface and Cognitive Neuroscience

Yuko Yotsumoto, University of Tokyo, Japan

Junichi Ushiba, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University,

Japan

Session IV: Stress and its Consequence on the Mental Health

Max Bennett, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia

Kiyoto Kasai, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan

Masaru Mimura, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan

Session V: Molecular Neuroscience

To be announced

Session VI: Stem Cell Biology of the Nervous System and Disease Models

Hideyuki Okano, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan

Information on speakers will be progressively updated online at

http://www.bmap2012.jp/speaker.html .

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND OTHER INFORMATION

Once again, we invite APRU members to send to the symposium subject specialists,

Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows in the field of neuroscience or related areas and

hope to attract one or two participants from each member university on a self-funded

basis.

Interested faculty and students from your university can submit their abstracts at

http://www.bmap2012.jp/abstracts.html.

Additional information on registration procedures and fees, key symposium dates,

accommodation and other logistical matters for the symposium are also available online.

If you have any queries regarding the symposium, please contact the BMAP 2012

Symposium Secretariat, Keio University at keio-bmap@adst.keio.ac.jp.