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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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!) |
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9/29 Departure from San Francisco a 9/30 Arrival in Japan | |
… I greatly appreciate the many kindness UCSF people gave me. |