OIST Neuroscience Symposium 2025

A symposium featuring short talks selected from across OIST neuroscience research units, panel discussions, and a poster session.

Target audience: Open to the OIST community

Language: English

Behavioral and neural mechanisms of motor control (ONOS)

Posters After Hours (NeuroClub)

Join us for a casual poster presentation with snacks, for a friendly discussion with peers or any curious passerby!

Neural coordination in (mal)adaptive memory (ONOS)

Late Night Science (ONOS)

Neuroscience Online Seminar + Social Event at Lab 5 D23

Prof. Claudia Clopath on Engram dynamics during consolidation - Bioengineering Department at Imperial College London

Action, valence, dopamine (ONOS)

Prof. Bertram Gerber, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany 

Come in person for some active discussion and snacks! 

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Heiko Schütt : Reward prediction error neurons implement an efficient code for reward

Professor. Heiko Schütt : Reward prediction error neurons implement an efficient code for reward

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Kara Marshall: Under Pressure: the role of PIEZO ion channels in interoception

Abstract: Our internal organs are often moving during their normal functions: hearts beat, lungs expand, and bladders fill. The mechanical forces generated by these movements are actively detected by the nervous system to drive physiology. Force detection in mammals is accomplished through mechanosensory PIEZO ion channels, which are critical for several internal sensory processes, including baroreception and the detection of bladder filling.  We use PIEZO ion channels as molecular handles to understand how mechanosensory information is detected, and how it influences important physiological processes in the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts.  

You can join the seminar via this ZOOM link

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Masaaki Ogawa: Neural mechanisms for persistent pursuit of reward

Rewards are often subject to chance, resulting in situations where animals might not receive them despite taking appropriate actions. Consequently, to maximize the acquisition of specific probabilistic rewards, animals need to develop strategies for coping with their absence, continuing their pursuit of rewards despite the disappointing outcomes. However, the neural mechanisms for developing such coping strategies are poorly understood. I will introduce our recent studies that reveal the distinct roles of dopamine circuits (Ishino et al., Science Advances, 2023) and basal forebrain acetylcholine circuits (Unpublished) for persistent pursuit of rewards.Rewards are often subject to chance, resulting in situations where animals might not receive them despite taking appropriate actions. Consequently, to maximize the acquisition of specific probabilistic rewards, animals need to develop strategies for coping with their absence, continuing their pursuit of rewards despite the disappointing outcomes. However, the neural mechanisms for developing such coping strategies are poorly understood. I will introduce our recent studies that reveal the distinct roles of dopamine circuaits (Ishino et al., Science Advances, 2023) and basal forebrain acetylcholine circuits (Unpublished) for persistent pursuit of rewards.

https://sites.google.com/view/ogawagroup/english/masaaki-ogawa

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri : Dopamine and causal learning

Dopamine and causal learning