DNC2017

Overview

  • Duration: July 23 – August 7, 2017
  • Venue: OIST Campus
  • Organizing Institution: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  • Language: All lectures will be given in English.
  • Contact: dnc.secretariat[at]oist.jp

Important Dates:

  • Begin Accepting Applications: February 6, 2017
  • Application Deadline: March 3, 2017, March 19, 2017 *Submission deadline has been extended
  • Notification of Application Results: by mid April, 2017
  • Participants arrive in Okinawa: July 23, 2017
  • Participants depart Okinawa: August 7, 2017

Application

  • Deadline: March 3, 2017; March 19, 2017 *Submission deadline has been extended
  • To apply to participate in the workshop, please go to the application form.
  • The course is targeted mainly to Ph.D. students and junior postdocs.
  • OIST provides full coverage of lodging, meals and tuition.  We are also hoping to provide a modest travel subsidy to defray part of the cost of travel to and from Okinawa (The travel subsidy cannot be guaranteed at this moment. The related information will be updated on this page). However, we strongly encourage applicants to seek external grants for travel. For more information, please go to Travel and Accommodation page.

Course Directors

  • Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit)
  • Ichiro Masai (OIST Developmental Neurobiology Unit)
  • David Van Vactor (Harvard Medical School/OIST Formation and Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity Unit)
  • Yimin Zou (UCSD)
  • Hiroshi Kohsaka (The University of Tokyo)

Course Faculty and Lecturers

[Lecturers]

  • Ulrike Engel (University of Heidelberg)
  • Cecilia Moens (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
  • Lisa Goodrich (Harvard Medical School)
  • Hiroshi Kawasaki (Kanazawa University)
  • Yimin Zou (UCSD)
  • Greg Bashaw (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Michael Granato (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Kang Shen (Stanford University)
  • Tomoyuki Takahashi (OIST)
  • Mei Zhen (University of Toronto)
  • Jeff Wickens (OIST)
  • Anne Hart (Brown University)
  • Minmin Luo (National Institute of Biological Sciences)
  • Hitoshi Okamoto (RIKEN BSI)
  • Tadashi Isa (Kyoto University)
  • Takao Hensch (Harvard University)

[Teaching Lab Lecturers]

  • Hiroshi Kawasaki (Kanazawa University)
  • Hiroshi Kohsaka (University of Tokyo)
  • Ichiro Masai (OIST Developmental Neurobiology Unit)
  • David Van Vactor (Harvard Medical School/OIST Formation and Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity Unit)
  • Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit)

 

DNC2017 Program

     Go to DNC2017 Program page for details.

 

Short Talk Time Table

     Go to Short Talk Time Table page for details.

 

Poster Session

     Go to Poster Session page for details.

 

Daily Transportation Schedule

     Go to Daily Transportation Schedule page for details.