General Symposium

General Symposium

• ◆New Translational Insights on Cardiopulmonary Remodeling

  Chair

  Masanari Umemura (Yokohama City University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Lin Hai Kurahara (Fukuoka-University, Japan)

• ◆Facilitation of Recovery of Motor Function After Paralysis

  Chair

  Yukio Nishimura (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Takuya Takahashi (Yokohama City University, Japan)

• ◆Biophysical mechanisms underlying nano-vibrations of the sensory epithelium in hearing organs

  Chair

  Hiroshi Hibino (Niigata University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Reichenbach Tobias (Imperial College London, German)

• ◆Daily /adaptable Yin-Yang transitions in diverse physiological processes coordinated by multi-cellular Chrono-molecular signal

  Chair

  Masaaki Ikeda (Saitama Medical University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Teruya Tamaru (Toho University School of Medicine, Japan)

• ◆Advances in the mastication and swallowing physiology to prepare for an aging society

  Chair

  Yoshitaka Oku (Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Makito Iizuka (Showa University, Japan)

• ◆New insights into baroreflex function for cerebral and cardiovascular regulation: Implications for human health and disease.

  Chair

  Shigehiko Ogoh (Toyo University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Paul J Fadel (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

• ◆The role of the sympathetic nerves in health and disease

  Chair

  Rohit Ramchandra (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

• ◆Dynamics of membrane trafficking and intracellular signaling

  Chair

  Yoh Takuwa (Kanazawa University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Yusuke Ohba (Hokkaido University, Japan)

• ◆Adaptation mechanisms to external or internal environmental changes of respiratory system

  Chair

  Hiroshi Onimaru (Showa University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Keiko Ikeda (International University of Health and Welfare, Japan)

• ◆New Paradigm in Physiology and Pathophysiology of Coagulation-fibrinolysis System

  Chair

  Katsuya Hirano (Kagawa University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Tetsumei Urano (Hamamatsu University, Japan)

• ◆Proton signalings and proton-related functions

  Chair

  Yoshifumi Okochi (Osaka University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Ye Yu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China)

• ◆Glia and Neurological Diseases: from Physiological to Pathological Roles of Astrocytes and Microglia

  Chair

  Sun Kwang Kim (Kyung Hee University, Korea)

  Co-Chair

  Hiroaki Wake (Kobe University, Japan)

• ◆Complexity and Diversity of Motility Regulation in Smooth Muscle

  Chair

  Shinsuke Nakayama (Nagoya University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Masaru Watanabe (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)

• ◆Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

  Chair

  Yi Zhu (Tianjin Medical University, USA)

  Co-Chair

  Ding Ai (Tianjin Medical University, China)

• ◆Synaptic remodeling and beyond in health and disease

  Chair

  Ryuta Koyama (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Naofumi Uesaka (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

• ◆Tentative title: Regulation of cell functions by phosphoinositides

  Chair

  Zhuan Zhou (Peking University, China)

  Co-Chair

  Yasushi Okamura (Osaka University, Japan)

• ◆Ca2+-permeable channels of excitable and non-excitable cells in health and disease

  Chair

  Masayuki Mori (Kyoto University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Tuck Wah Soong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

• ◆New insights into central mechanisms underlying hypertension

  Chair

  Julian Francis Paton (University of Auckland, UK)

  Co-Chair

  Sabine Sandra, Stephanie Gouraud (Ochanomizu University, France)

• ◆Substance abuse and addiction ~ From basic science to regulatory science

  Chair

  Tomoaki Shirao (Gunma University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Bart A. Ellenbroek (Victoria University of Wellington, Netherlands)

• ◆Genomics of Sports and Exercise

  Chair

  Noriyuki Fuku (Juntendo University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Ola Hanson (Lunds University, Sweden)

• ◆New insights into Endocrinology and Metabolism

  Chair

  Izuki Amano (Gunma University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Ronny Lesmana (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia)

• ◆Life Style Related Diseases in Asia: Underlying Mechanisms, Functions and Behavioural Transitions

  Chair

  Kanwal Preet Kochhar (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India)

  Co-Chair

  Kishore Kumar Deepak (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India)

• ◆Social communication through sensory information

  Chair

  Sachine Yoshida (Toho University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Masakazu Ide (National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan)

• ◆Cutting-edge Research in Neural Network Dynamics
  Sponsorship by Women in Physiology of Japan (WPJ)

  Chair

  Akiko Arata (Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Yumiko Yoshimura (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan)

• ◆Calcium signaling in heart disease

  Chair

  Shi-Qiang Wang (Peking University, China)

  Co-Chair

  Sun-Hee Woo (Chungnam National University, Korea)

• ◆“Ins” and “outs” of smooth muscle

  Chair

  Hikaru Hashitani (Nagoya City University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Dirk Ferdinand van Helden (University of Newcastle, Australia)

• ◆New molecular insights into the synaptic tagging and capture hypothesis

  Chair

  Tomonori Takeuchi (Aarhus University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Sreedharan Sajikumar (National University of Singapore, India)

• ◆Plasticity of inhibitory signaling in Epilepsy: New Physiological Mechanisms

  Chair

  Andy Moorhouse (School of Medical Sciences, Australia)

  Co-Chair

  Atsuo Fukuda (Hamamatsu University, Japan)d>

• ◆Sports and Brain

  Chair

  Kazuyuki Kanosue (Waseda University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Yukio Nishimura (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan)d>

• ◆Dynamic signaling of axon and presynaptic terminals revealed by direct recordings

  Chair

  Shin-ya Kawaguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Haruyuki Kamiya (Hokkaido University, Japan)

• ◆Ca2+ signaling in health and disease

  Chair

  Xiaoqiang Yao (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

  Co-Chair

  Ryuji Inoue (Fukuoka University, Japan)

• ◆Brain pathways linking between emotion, behaviour and autonomic responses

  Chair

  Youichirou Ootsuka (Flinders University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Tomoyuki Kuwaki (Kagoshima University, Japan)

• ◆Optical neuroscience: reading and manipulating neural computation behind cognition, memory, and behavior

  Chair

  Masakazu Agetsuma (National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Luis Alberto Carrillo-Reid (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)

• ◆Alternative GPCR and G-protein signaling in cardiovascular disease and therapy

  Chair

  Utako Yokoyama (Yokohama City University , Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Motohiko Sato (Aichi Medical University, Japan)

• ◆Zinc physiology and pathophysiology

  Chair

  Tosiyuki Fukada (Tokushima Bunri University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Taiho Kambe (Kyoto University, Japan)dd>

• ◆Contribution of microglia in health and disease of the brain

  Chair

  Mami Noda (Kyushu University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Helmut Kettenmann (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany)

• ◆Hibernation and Torpor in mammals

  Chair

  Yoshifumi Yamaguchi (Hokkaido University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Genshiro A Sunagawa (RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan)

• ◆The Social Brain: Recent Progress in Understanding Molecules and Networks of Social Behavior

  Chair

  Sonoko Ogawa (University of Tsukuba, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Nandini Vasudevan (University of Reading, USA)

• ◆Amygdala Neuronal Circuits in Adaptive Behaviors

  Chair

  Ayako M Watabe (Jikei University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Pankaj Sah (The University of Queensland, Australia)

• ◆Implication of Cerebellar tonic inhibition for Brain function

  Chair

  Bo-Eun Yoon (Dankook University, Korea)

  Co-Chair

  C. Justin Lee (Korea Institute of Science and Technology, USA)

• ◆New insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurological diseases
  using experimental model systems

  Chair

  Ching‐Yi Tsai (Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)

  Co-Chair

  Sujira Mukda (Mahidol University, Thailand)

• ◆Intervention factors of neuronal irregular development: from gut bacteria to mental situation via chemicals.

  Chair

  Sachiko Yoshida (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Yasunari Kanda (National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan)

• ◆Frontiers in Ca2+ release research in skeletal muscle: 50th anniversary from discovery of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release

  Chair

  Takashi Murayama (Juntendo University , Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Zhiguang (Michael) Yuchi (Tianjin Univeristy, Canada)

• ◆The potential roles of NMDAR in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders: new findings and therapeutic targets

  Chair

  Wen-Sung Lai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

  Co-Chair

  Hisashi Mori (University of Toyama, Japan)

• ◆Pulmonary hypertension and inflammation: the interdependent processes triggered by each other

  Chair

  Xiaoqun Qin (Central South University, China)

  Co-Chair

  Qinghua Hu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)

• ◆Optogenetics: Contributions to Physiology and Medicine Beyond Brain Circuit-Breaking

  Chair

  Hiromu Yawo (Tohoku University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  George Augustine (Nanyang Technological University, USA)d>

• ◆Contribution of brain research to the understanding of the physiology, psychology and communication of acute and chronic pain.

  Chair

  Mathieu Piché (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada)

  Co-Chair

  Pierre Rainville (Université de Montréal, Canada)

• ◆Molecular evidences Link Physical Exercise to Cardiovascular Improvement

  Chair

  Junjie Xiao (Shanghai University, Chinese)

  Co-Chair

  Julie McMullen (Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia)

• ◆TRP channels and inflammation/fibrosis

  Chair

  Insuk So (Seoul National University , Korea)

  Co-Chair

  Ryuji Inoue (Fukuoka Univ, Japan)

• ◆Neural circuit basis of behavioral physiology

  Chair

  Shi-Bing Yang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

  Co-Chair

  Tsung-Han Kuo (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

• ◆Mechanisms of systemic beauty and health

  Chair

  Motohiro Nishida (National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Jin Han (Inje University, Korea)

• ◆Integrative neural processing of sound information in the higher auditory centers.

  Chair

  Munenori Ono (Kanazawa Medical University, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Ling Qin (China Medical University, China)

• ◆Neurobiology of obesity and its metabolic comorbidities

  Chair

  Makoto Fukuda (Baylor College of Medicine, Japan)

  Co-Chair

  Toshihiko Yada (Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Japan)