LSF Japan - Dr. Gero Miesenboeck

2nd Japan event: September 14 - 16, 2009

Dr. Gero Miesenboeck
Waynflete Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford, UK

"Lighting up the Brain"

Neuroscientists have traditionally studied the function of the brain by stimulating and recording the activity of single nerve cells with electrodes. But this method is indirect and cumbersome.

The emerging field of optogenetics, which combines genetic engineering with light to observe and control groups of neurons, is allowing researchers to scrutinize individual neural circuits—an approach that will revolutionize the study of brain function.

• Monday,  September 14th, 2009, 17:00 h
  Venue:  Icho Kaikan, Alumnus Union Building for Osaka University Medical School, Institute of Intelligence Network of Medicine
  
• Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, 15:00 h
  Venue:  Sanjo-Kaikan Conference Hall, Hongo Campus of University of Tokyo
  
• Wednesday, September 16th, 2009, 17:00 h
  Venue:  Kyoto University, Yoshida Campus, iCeMS Complex 1, 2nd Floor

If you are interested in attending one of these free events, please contact marketing@leica-microsystems.co.jp  for further information.