PILAF stands for PI / AF (L in between means lunch as well). This weekly seminar series features IRCN Principal Investigators (PIs) and Affiliated Faculty (AFs). The purpose is community building among IRCN researchers and staff by learning about current IRCN research.

Date: Mostly every Wednesday 11:00-11:45
Venue: IRCN Learning Center 3F, Faculty of Medicine 1st Building, School of Medicine, Hongo Campus / ZOOM



PILAF 23: July 22, 2020
Hideki Ukai, Ph.D., IRCN ES-Mouse/Virus Core Manager, Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Introduction of Genetically-Modified ES-Mouse Production Technologies and Their Applications”



PILAF 22: July 15, 2020
Charles Yokoyama, Ph.D., IRCN Executive Director, IRCN Science Writing Core Manager, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Scientific Publishing is Broken. How Do We Fix it?”



PILAF 21: July 8, 2020
Satoru Kondo, Ph.D., IRCN Imaging Core Manager, Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Functional Organization of Response-Selective Inputs on Dendrites of Mouse Primary Visual Cortex Neurons”



PILAF 20: June 17, 2020
Monica Barbir, Ph.D., IRCN Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Tsuji Lab), The University of Tokyo
“To Learn and To Know: Making Sense of the “Blooming, Buzzing Confusion"”



PILAF 19: June 10, 2020
Naohiro Okada, M.D., Ph.D., IRCN Human fMRI Core Manager, Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“MRI Research of Adolescent Brain Development”



PILAF 18: May 27, 2020
Kantaro Fujiwara, Ph.D., IRCN Data Science Core Manager, Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Computational Modeling of Random but Cooperative Neural Activity”



PILAF 17: May 20, 2020
Yukie Nagai, Ph.D., IRCN Principal Investigator, Project Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Predictive Coding as a Principle of Human Cognitive Development”



PILAF 16: April 22, 2020
Takamitsu Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D., IRCN Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Brain Network and Dynamics Behind Typical/Atypical Human Intelligence”



PILAF 15: February 19, 2020
Mingbo Cai, Ph.D., IRCN Principal Investigator, Project Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Bayesian Approach to fMRI Analysis and How the Brain Learns Unknown Rules”



PILAF 14: February 12, 2020
Kenzo Hirose, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Supramolecular Organization Underlying Presynaptic Function””



PILAF 13: January 22, 2020
Masako Okamoto, Ph.D., Project Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“The Neural Bases of Olfactory Perception: Background and Research Plans”



PILAF 12: January 15, 2020
Shinsuke Koike, M.D., Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“The Challenge for Clinical Application of Brain Imaging to Clinical Psychiatry: Data-driven and Hypothesis-driven Approaches”



PILAF 11: December 20, 2019
Takao Hensch, Ph.D., IRCN Director, IRCN Principal Investigator, Project Professor, The University of Tokyo
“How Critical Periods of Brain Development Arise”



PILAF 10: December 13, 2019
Hideki Nakayama, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Toward Biologically-plausible Architectures of Artificial Neural Networks for Visual Recognition”



PILAF 9: December 6, 2019
Gentaro Taga, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Early Human Development of Brain and Behavior”



PILAF 8: November 27, 2019
Masanori Matsuzaki, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Toward Marmoset Neurophysiology”



PILAF 7: November 20, 2019
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Simulating Embodied Fetal Brain Development, ASD Risk with Preterm Birth, and Effect of Learning on Information Integration”



PILAF 6: November 6, 2019
Shigeo Okabe, M.D., Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Mechanism of Synapse Formation and Remodeling”



PILAF 5: October 23, 2019
Hiroshi Imai, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Introduction to IBM Q Quantum Computers”



PILAF 4: October 16, 2019
Kenji Morita, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Reinforcement Learning and Motivation”



PILAF 3: October 9, 2019
Zenas C. Chao, Ph.D., IRCN Principal Investigator, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Searching for Predictive-coding Signals in Primate Brain”



PILAF 2: September 25, 2019
Nobuaki Minematsu, Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Speech Technology and its Contribution to Facilitating and Understanding Acquisition of L2 and L1”


PILAF 1: September 11, 2019
Haruhiko Bito, M.D., Ph.D., IRCN Affiliated Faculty, Professor, The University of Tokyo
“Multiplex Imaging of Neural Activity and Signaling Dynamics”