Leica Scientific Forum Japan with Karel Svoboda (HHMI)

September 20-22: Imaging the neural circuits underlying active sensation

Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Karel Svoboda

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm, Ashburn, VA, USA

"Imaging the neural circuits underlying active sensation"

Venues

• LSF Osaka:
  Tuesday, September 20 – 17h00
  Venue: Seminar Room (3rd floor) in Nanobiology Building, Suita Campus (tbc.)
• LSF Kyoto: 
  Thursday, September 22   – 10h:30 pm
  Venue: iCeMS Seminar Hall (2F in iCeMS headquarter building at northwest corner of Higashi-Ichijo)

Abstract

Animals sense the world through movements and sensation in turn modifies movement. Our goal is to understand how movement and sensation are combined in the mammalian brain to guide behavior. We use 2-photon calcium imaging to monitor the flow of excitation in neuronal circuits in behaving mice. In combination with genetically encoded calcium sensors, calcium imaging can measure neural activity in axons, dendrites, and somata of multiple individual neurons. Imaging allows us to define likely places in the brain where sensorimotor integration occurs and provides hints of the underlying mechanisms.

Invitation

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board Japan & Dr. Thomas Zapf (Leica Microsystems) cordially invite you to meet Karel Svoboda at the post lecture receptions for personal discussion.

All lectures are free of charge. For organizational reasons, please RSVP by email