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Reports on the UCSF Visit (Neuroscience department)

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Kenji W. Koyano (graduate student (D4) of Miyashita’s laboratory, Dept. Physiol., Univ. Tokyo. Sch. Med.)

In the first half of the visit I attend the Neuroscience Retreat meeting at Asilomar, and in the second half I visit UCSF Neuroscience laboratories (host: Dr. Merzenich). All people are so kind and friendly. I enjoyed a great visit and have a productive time in UCSF.

9/22 Departure from Japan → Arrival in San Francisco
9/23 Retreat at Asilomar
  13:00- Lecture [Neurotransmitters and Disease]
Dr. Robert Edwards/ Dr. Su Guo/ Dr. Dorit Ron/ Dr. Ulrike Haberlein
16:00- Lecture [Channels, Synapses and Plasticity]
Dr. Lily Jan/ Dr. David Copenhagen/ Dr. Loren Frank/ Dr. Flib Sabes
20:00-22:00 Poster Session (my poster presentation)
Midnight: Talk with graduate students & postdocs at the beach with a full moon
9/24 Retreat at Asilomar
  8:30- Lecture [Development]
Dr. Arturo Alvarez-Buylla/ Dr. Yuh Nung Jan/ Dr. Ben Cheyette/ Dr. Herwig Baier
11:00- Lecture [Meet the New NS Faculty]
Dr. Anatol Kreitzer/ Dr. Yuriy Kirchok/ Dr. Susan Voglmaier/ Dr. Stavros Lomvardas
Afternoon: Free (go to a beach with graduate students of UCSF)
19:30-21:30 Poster Session
9/25 Retreat at Asilomar
  8:30- Lecture [Neurodegeneration]
Dr. Lennart Mucke/ Dr. Fen-Biao Gao/ Dr. Mark Diamond
10:15- Lecture [Focus on Imaging]
Dr. Sam Barondes-Perspective/ Dr. Kurt Thorn/ Dr. Michael Stryker/ Dr. Adam Gazzaley
13:00 Finish a Return to San Francisco city
9/26 UCSF (Keck center) visit, on Dr. Merzenich's lab.
  9:00-14:30: Talk with postdocs (about their and my ongoing studies)
Dr. Naveen Nagarajan/ Dr. Xiao-Ming Zhou/ Dr. Rob Froemke/ Dr. Etienne de Villars-Sidani/ Dr. Linda Wilbrecht.
14:30-17:30: Sit in on an experiment: Mapping of primary auditory cortex
9/27 UCSF (Keck center) visit,
  8:00- Sit in on an experiment in Dr. Merzenich's lab: Operant conditioning
9:00- Talk with Dr. Mike Merzenich (about major interests [cortical plasticity] and future directions, from the basic research in animal model to clinical applications on humans.)
10:30- Visit PositScience Corporation (Dr. Merzenich's "second-lab.")
12:30- Visit Dr. Adam Gazzaley's lab (@Mission bay campus; talking about his study [human fMRI & TMS] and my work)
14:00 Return to UCSF Parnassus campus
16:00- Visit Dr. Philip Sabes's lab (Talking about his study [“quick” sensorimotor adaptation] and my work)
9/28 UCSF (Keck center) visit,
  9:00- Attend Lab meeting of Dr. Merzenich's lab (introduction of Miyashita's lab & my own work)
11:00- Visit Dr. Christoph Schreiner's lab (Because Dr. Schreiner was absent, I talk with a graduate student about his study [auditory processing] and my work. He also showed me experimental facilities)
13:00- Visit Dr. Michael Stryker's lab (lab tour- [experimental facilities and its demonstrations] and talking about his work and interests [Plasticity and processing in V1])
14:00- Visit Dr. Steve Lisberger's lab (talking about my own work and his interests and future directions [from sensory input to motor output: Pursuit eye movement]. Then I talk with a postdoc with sitting in on his experiment)
15:00- Visit Dr. Alison Doupe's lab (talking about her study [Song learning of songbirds] and lab tour)
16:00- Talk with a Japanese postdoc of Dr. Michael Stryker's lab
18:30- Dinner at Dr. Merzenich's house (delicious wine and dishes!)
9/29 Departure from San Francisco a 9/30 Arrival in Japan
  … I greatly appreciate the many kindness UCSF people gave me.