Affiliated Institutes

Brain Science Institute

Strategic Center of Excellence in which intelligence from within and without the university is brought together

Brain Science Institute aims to implement researches related to clarification and application of brain function from the viewpoint of life science, science and engineering, bringing together the brain science and the technical researches related to brain science conducted in Saitama University, and to attempt to give the outcome back.

News

Brain Science Institute is recruiting students, graduate students, co-researchers.

Research papers of Professor Okura and Professor Nakai have been published.
Tissue-Tissue Interaction-Triggered Calcium Elevation Is Required for Cell Polarization during Xenopus Gastrulation

The 3 categories which promotes researches

New possibilities in the brain science area are brought out by academic research which reinforced the cooperation with researchers within and without the university and by joint research with companies.

The category of analysis of brain function

It addresses clarification of high-order brain function, which is targeting human being or experimental animals and of life-support function related to the maintenance of homeostasis.

The category of analysis of cerebral development

It addresses clarification of the control mechanism related to early stage of development and its subsequent process of development of high-order brain structure supporting a wide variety of brain function, and of pathogenic mechanism of various refractory disease/neurological disorder, and developmental disorder.

The category of development of new technology concerning brain science research

Development of new biochemical techniques enabling brain science research to be newly developed.

Topics

The article of professor Nakai, who is "Japanese researcher listed in the journal Science in 2008" was run on the site.

Notice of brain science seminar

*th brain science seminar
Instructors:	***********
Date :	***********
Time :	***********
Venue :	***********

The list of seminars in the year 2009

Organization

The list of teachers' organization of Brain Science Institute of Research Management Bureau in Saitama University

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Contact Information

Junichi Nakai
Saitama University Brain Science Institute
255 Shimo-Okubo,Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, JAPAN
TEL:＋81-48-858-9283
FAX:＋81-48-858-9278
e-mail:jnakaiATmail.saitama-u.ac.jp
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