{"id":992,"date":"2022-04-07T09:15:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T07:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2022\/04\/italian-research-day-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T07:15:50","slug":"italian-research-day-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambtokyo.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2022\/04\/italian-research-day-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Research Day in the World 2022. Seminar on neuroscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Seminar &#8220;Italian Brains in Japan: Italian Researchers studying Neuroscience in Japan&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The human brain is a fascinating organ controlling the nervous system, which we still fail to understand completely. Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary field that try to disentangle the brain cognitive functions, and to understand the biological basis of learning, memory, consciousness, and all the typically human behaviours. The recent advances in handling big data and in artificial intelligence are pushing neuroscience towards new frontiers.<\/p>\n<p>Italian researchers at the forefront of neuroscience work in Japan. Therefore, on occasion of the <strong>Italian Research Day in the World 2022<\/strong>, we want to showcase their innovative research activities, in collaboration with the <strong>Association of the Italian Researchers in Japan (AIRJ)<\/strong>. This event is also a part of the <strong>Italian Samurai initiative<\/strong>, also carried out in collaboration with AIRJ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Tokyo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>: 22 April 2022, 17.00-18.30<\/p>\n<p><strong>To attend book at<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/iictokyobooking.net\/rsv\/5699\/\">https:\/\/iictokyobooking.net\/rsv\/5699\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/iictokyobooking.net\/rsv\/5699\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event will be live streamed from 10.00 am to 11.30 (Italian time) at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V0-tjlW5b58\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/V0-tjlW5b58<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">17.00 &#8211; 17.10 Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Welcome <strong>Dr. Alberto Manai<\/strong> (IIC Director)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Opening Remarks <strong>H.E. Gianluigi Benedetti<\/strong> (Ambassador of Italy to Japan)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Greetings <strong>Prof. Sarah Cosentino,<\/strong> Waseda University (AIRJ President)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">17.10 &#8211; 18.30 Scientific talks<\/span><\/p>\n<p>17.10 &#8211; 17.30 \u201cFrom virtual to reality: physical, cognitive and neural effects of virtual training on the bodily self\u201d, <strong>Dr. Dalila Burin<\/strong> (Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC), Tohoku University)<\/p>\n<p>17.30 \u2013 17.50 \u201cInvestigating axonal molecular dynamics in regeneration and neurodegenerative diseases\u201d, <strong>Dr. Marco Terenzio<\/strong> (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, OIST)<\/p>\n<p>17.50 \u2013 18.10 \u201cNew frontiers in brain science: lasers, deep-nets, and big data\u201d, <strong>Dr. Andrea Benucci<\/strong> (RIKEN Center for Brain Science)<\/p>\n<p>18.10 \u2013 18.30 Panel Discussion with <strong>Dr. Aurelio Cortese<\/strong> (Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Kyoto),\u00a0<strong>Prof. Ludovico Minati<\/strong> (Tokyo Institute of Technology), and the other speakers\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moderator \u2013<strong> Prof. Enrico Traversa<\/strong> (Scientific Counsellor, Embassy of Italy in Japan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seminar &#8220;Italian Brains in Japan: Italian Researchers studying Neuroscience in Japan&#8221; The human brain is a fascinating organ controlling the nervous system, which we still fail to understand completely. 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