Program

Collaborative International Undergraduate Workshop 2015 

(As of June 6, 2015)

Date Activities

July 31

Friday

Travel Day
16:00 (Japan Time) Transit → RIKEN

17:00 Symposium 1 
Speakers: Thomas CLANDININ (Stanford), Hitoshi OKAMOTO (RIKEN BSI)
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Symposium 1 (cont.)
Speaker: Florian ENGERT (Harvard)

20:45 Tour of RIKEN Campus
22:00 Transit RIKEN → Hotel

August 1

Saturday

7:00 Hotel Breakfast
8:30 Transit Hotel → RIKEN

9:00 Symposium 2
Speakers: Jeff WICKENS (OIST), Yukiko GODA (RIKEN BSI), Shigeo OKABE (Tokyo)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Symposium 2 (cont.)
Speakers: Bernd KUHN (OIST), Masanori MURAYAMA (RIKEN BSI), Takao HENSCH (Harvard)

12:30 Lunch (oustide RIKEN campus)
14:00 Transit RIKEN → University of Tokyo 

15:00 Tour of University of Tokyo Hongo Campus
18:00  Dinner
20:00 Transit  Restaurant → Hotel

August 2

Sunday

7:00 Hotel Breakfast
8:30 Transit Hotel → Haneda Airport

Travel

15:00 Transit Naha Airport → OIST Seaside House

18:00 Dinner and Workshop Introduction

August 3

Monday

7:30 Breakfast

9:00 Module 1: Wickens/Samuel
         Deconstructing Animal Behavior (from behavior to network models)

12:00 Lunch
    
14:00 Team Challenge Lab 1: Human Sensory Systems

16:00 Quantitative Workshop 1:  Data Analysis and Statistics

18:00 Dinner
20:00 Optional Social Activity

August 4

Tuesday

7:30 Breakfast

9:00 Module 2: Nose/Clandinin
         Decoding Neural Activity (from electrophysiology to neural networks)

12:00 Lunch
    
14:00 Team Challenge Lab 2: Human Sensory Processing

16:00 Teamwork Period

18:00 Dinner

20:00 Optional Social Activity

August 5

Wednesday

7:30  Breakfast

9:00 Quantitative Workshop 2: Images in Biology

11:30 Transit Seaside House →  OIST Main Campus

12:00 Lunch

13:00  Tour of OIST Main Campus

14:00 Excursion and Cultural Activity

19:30 Dinner

20:30 Return to OIST Seaside House

August 6

Thursday

7:30 Breakfast

9:00 Module 3: Kuhn/Van Vactor
         Imaging Neuronal Time and Space (from activity to morphogenesis and plasticity)

12:00 Lunch
    
14:00 Quantitative Workshop 3: Modelling and Simulation

16:00 Teamwork Period

18:00 Dinner

20:00 Optional Social Activity

August 7

Friday

7:30 Breakfast

9:00 Final Teamwork Period

11:00 Module 4: Bandi
           A Physics Perspective on Biology

12:00 Lunch with Roundtable Presentations

15:00 Focus Group

16:30 Transfer to Nabii Beach (weather permitting)

18:00 Closing Dinner BBQ at Nabii Beach

20:00 Evening Social Activity (optional)

August 8

Saturday

7:30 Breakfast

Travel Day

Thank you!