Ghandour K., and Inokuchi K.

Masanori Nomoto, Emi Murayama, Shuntaro Ohno, Reiko Okubo-Suzuki, Shin-ichi Muramatsu and Inokuchi K.

[Title of talk] Idling Brain: From Engram to Behavior
*Program

Ali Choucry, Khaled Ghandour and Kaoru Inokuchi.

Mohamed H. Aly, Kareem Abdou, Reiko Okubo-Suzuki, Masanori Nomoto, and Kaoru Inokuchi.

Suzuki A, Kosugi S, Murayama E, Sasakawa E, Ohkawa N, Konno A, Hirai H and Inokuchi K.

Asai H, Ohkawa N, Saitoh Y, Ghandour K, Murayama E, Nishizono H, Matsuo M, Hirayama T, Kaneko R, Muramatsu S, Yagi T and Inokuchi K.

Prof. Inokuchi's [Master of Brain Science x Parallel World Love Story] Kaoru Inokuchi "Reorganize Memory" has been released.

*Japanese Neuroscience Society Public Lecture "Brain Science Master" Channel
This archive video is NEURO2019 citizen open lecture "The brain science master x movie" Parallel World Love Story " "Memory, is it real?"

Ghandour K, Ohkawa N, Fung CCA, Asai H, Saitoh Y, Takekawa T, Okubo-Suzuki R, Soya S, Nishizono H, Matsuo M, Osanai M, Sato M, Ohkura M, Nakai J, Hayashi Y, Sakurai T, Kitamura T, Fukai T, and Inokuchi K.

The award ceremony was held at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on May 30th and he had an audience with the emperor at the Tokyo Imperial Palace.

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The award ceremony was held at Xuzhou Medical University on May 10, 2019.

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Professor Inokuchi was awarded the 50th Naito Memorial prize (2018)
The ceremony was held at Keidanren Kaikeiren Hall on March 19, 2019

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The award was given in recognition of the achievement of "Research on the biochemical mechanism of the storage and the association of the memories."

* Naito Memorial Foundation for Science Promotion Award 2018 winners
(Link to the website of the Naito Memorial Foundation for Science)

Takamine Conference will be held at Tokyo on March 1st, 2019 in commemoration of Professor Inokuchi receiving the Takamine memorial Daiichi Sankyo prize.

* Details

Lecturer Noriaki Ohkawa received Tamura Shiro Science prize.
The award ceremony was held at the Nichiko auditorium on February 8, 2019 and a certificate and medal were awarded.

The award was given in recognition of the research achievement of "Elucidation of Rules for Neuronal Cell Acquisition of Memory".

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Prof. Inokuchi won the 16th Takamine Memorial Daiichi Sankyo Award.
The award ceremony was held at the Tokyo Kaikan on February 8, 2019, and a certificate and medal were awarded.

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* Awarded research
* Takamine Memorial Daiichi Sankyo Award
(Link to the website of Daiichi Sankyo Life Science Research Foundation)
* Toyama University Website Article

Naoya Oishi, Masanori Nomoto, Noriaki Ohkawa, Yoshito Saitoh, Yoshitake Sano, Shuhei Tsujimura, Hirofumi Nishizono, Mina Matsuo, Shin-ichi Muramatsu and Kaoru Inokuchi.

Details: Announcement from Toyama University School of Medicine

[ Awarded papers ]
Abdou, K., Shehata, M., Choko, K., Nishizono, H., Matsuo, M., Muramatsu, S., and Inokuchi, K.
Synapse-specific representation of the identity of overlapping memory engrams.
Science, 360, Issue 6394, 1227-1231 (2018)
doi:10.1126/science.aat3810 treatise

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The grant proposal represented by Professor Inokuchi was selected as the new research project starting from April 2018 to March 2023 under the "Specially Promoted Research"

Research Project Title:
Mechanisms underlying information processing in idling brain

Principal Investigator:
Kaoru Inokuchi, Professor, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama

Research Collaborators:
Tomoki Fukai, Team Leader, Neural Coding and Brain computing, RIKEN BSI
Keizo Takao, Professor, Behavioral Physiology, Research Promotion Organization, University of Toyama

FY2018 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Newly selected projects for special promotion research
Research content (Japanese) / Research Project (English)
Findings of examination results

Alam J, Kitamura T, Saitoh Y , Ohkawa N , Kondo T, Inokuchi K.

Abdou K, Shehata M, Choko K, Nishizono H, Matsuo M, Muramatsu S, and Inokuchi K.

JST Press Release

Shehata M, Abdou K, Choko K, Matsuo M, Nishizono H, and Inokuchi K.

Professor Inokuchi was awarded "2018 Toray Science and Technology Prize". The award ceremony was held at The Industry Club of Japan, Marunouchi, Tokyo on March 15th, 2018.
The prize was awarded in recognition of the achievement of "Research on the molecular mechanism and circuit formation of memory".

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* The 58th Toray Science Society Presentation Ceremony
[Link to Toray Science Foundation]
*Toyama University Website Article

The podcast link is provided below.
PODCAST QR "Misa Tamagawa happily-TamaColle"
You can listen to the 78th broadcast on April 8th.

[Awarded papers]

*Assistant Professor Masanori Nomoto (Right of photo)
Nomoto M, Ohkawa N, Nishizono H, Yokose J, Suzuki A, Matsuo M, Tsujimura S, Takahashi Y, Nagase M, Watabe A.M, Kato F, & Inokuchi K.
Cellular tagging as a neural network mechanism for behavioral tagging.   
Nature Communications, 7: 12319.
doi:10.1038/ncomms12319 (2016) Abstract

*Specially Appointed Assistant Prof. Jun Yokose (Left of photo)
Yokose J, Okubo-Suzuki R, Nomoto M, Ohkawa N, Nishizono H, Suzuki A, Matsuo M, Tsujimura S, Takahashi Y, Nagase M, Watabe A.M, Sasahara M, Kato F, & Inokuchi K.
Overlapping memory trace indispensable for linking, but not recalling, individual memories.   
Science, 355: 398-403.
doi:10.1126/science.aal2690 (2017) Abstract

Yokose J, Okubo-Suzuki R, Nomoto M, Ohkawa N, Nishizono H, Suzuki A, Matsuo M, Tsujimura S, Takahashi Y, Nagase M, Watabe AM, Sasahara M, Kato F, Inokuchi K.

JST Press Release

The research proposal of the lecturer Noriaki Ohkawa was selected as the new research project of "Sakigake" under JST Presto program which starts from October 2016 to March 2020.

Research area: Light manipulation technology for elucidating the mechanism of biological functions
Research Topic : Creation of new methods for manipulation of memory by extracting the pattern characteristics of the engrams.

Japan Science and Technology Agency
New research topics / Overview

NHK E Tele Science Education Program "Science ZERO"
The mystery of "Memory"
-The true nature of memory that latest neuroscience will unravel-

*Encore broadcast date
September 4 (Sun) 23:30-24:00 (NHK, E Tele)
September 10 (Sat) 12:30-13:00 (NHK, E Tele)
* NHK on demand
Special library (1 year)

Nomoto M., Ohkawa N., Nishizono H., Yokose J., Suzuki A., Matsuo M., Tsujimura S., Takahashi Y., Nagase M., Watabe A.M., Kato F., and Inokuchi K.

JST Press Release

*It was introduced on KNB TV.
You can see the aired video.
June 5, 2016 (Sunday) 11:45-12:00(KNB North Japan Broadcasting)

*An article was published in the Kita Nihon newspaper.

NHK E Tele Science Education Program "Science ZERO"
Mystery of "Memory"
-The true nature of memory revealed by the latest neuroscience-

* Broadcast date
February 28 (Sun) 23:30-24:00 (NHK, E Tele)
* Rebroadcast
March 5 (Sat) 12:30-13:00 (NHK, E Tele)
*NHK On Demand
Missed service + special library (1 year)
*Japanese international broadcasting
NHK World Premium (Thursday 00: 20 ~, Sunday 13: 05 ~)

This book especially discusses the latest research of memory in an easy-to-understand manner for general public readers. He shared the updates at the forefront of research in memory and the potentials of the future.

Kadokawa Shoten website

Ohkawa N., Saitoh Y., Suzuki A., Tsujimura S., Murayama E., Kosugi S., Nishizono H., Matsuo M., Takahashi Y., Nagase M., Sugimura Y.K., Watabe A.M., Kato F., and Inokuchi K.

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If you are a visitor, Please come to the building of Center for Innovation in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Phone numbers are the same as before.

Lecturer Daisuke Okada (Kitasato University) and Prof. Inokuchi wrote a Chapter 6 "Activity-Dependent Protein Transport as a Synaptic Tag".
-- Please see the [Publications] page for details.--

The research plan, represented by Prof. Inokuchi, was selected as a new CREST research project from October 2013 to March 2019 (5 and a half years).

Research area:
Creation of Fundamental Technologies for Understanding and Control of Biosystem Dynamics

Research subject:
Memory integration process based on cell assembly and neural circuit model

Principal Investigator:
University of Toyama, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Kaoru Inokuchi

Collaborator:
RIKEN Brain Science Institute Brain Circuit Functional Theory Research Team, Team Leader Tomoki Fukai
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Associate, Professor Tatsuhiro Hisatsune

FY2013 New applicant information (JST)

I published a book that explains the "frontier research of memory" in an easy-to-understand manner for the general public. Due to a remarkable progress in the memory research in recent years, I think it will soon be possible to understand the true nature of memory. The motivation was to share these newest findings and I hope that there will be more various people in general start taking an interest in the field of neuroscience.

I included my research philosophy and a message for young people.

Iwanami Shoten website

Professor Inokuchi was awarded the prize of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The award ceremony was held at the auditorium of MEXT on April 16,2013.

The award was given in recognition of the achievement of "Research on the molecular mechanisms of long-term memory storage"

For details, see the MEXT website:
About the decision of the 2013 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award winners
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Medical School Website Article

At the 7th International Conference of Neurons and Brain Diseases (ICNBD) held in Montreal, Canada, Prof. Inokuchi received the AND Investigator Award (June 28, 2012).

The award was given in recognition of its contribution to "Development of the International Society for AND (Association for the Study of Neurons and Diseases)" and "Research on Memory Mechanism".

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This ICNBD international conference presents the latest research with many top researchers from overseas, focusing on basic medical research on neuroplasticity, synaptic function, learning and memory, pain, neurodegenerative diseases, mental disorders, etc.
2011 International Summer Conference of Neurons and Brain Diseases website

Poster (A4 / pdf file)
Access to Toyama: pdf file (116 KB)
Restaurants_and_sightseeing in Toyama: pdf file (85 KB)

Kaoru Inokuchi: Basics of Fundamentals. Cell Engineering, 30, 466-469 (2011)

Takashi Kitamura and Kaoru Inokuchi: Memory transition mechanism and postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis. Cell engineering, 30, 493-499 (2011)

Noriaki Ohkawa, Kaoru Inokuchi: Embedding new neurons into experience-dependent hippocampal neural networks. Cell engineering, 30, 521-527 (2011)

Ageta H., IkegamiS., Miura M., Masuda M., Migishima R., Hino T., Takashima N., Murayama A., Sugino H., Setou M., Kida S., Yokoyama M., Hasegawa Y., Tsuchida K., Aosaki T., and Inokuchi K. (2010) Activin plays a key role in the maintenance of long-term memory and late-LTP.

Kitamura T., Saitoh Y., Takashima N., Murayama A., Niibori Y., Ageta H., Sekiguchi M., Sugiyama H., & Inokuchi K. Adult neurogenesis modulates the hippocampus-dependent period of associative fear memory.

Okada, D., Ozawa, F. & Inokuchi, K. Input-specific spine entry of soma-derived Vesl-1S protein conforms to synaptic tagging.

Fukazawa, Y., Saitoh, Y., Ozawa, F., Ohta, Y., Mizuno, K. & Inokuchi, K. Hippocampal LTP is accompanied by enhanced F-actin content within the dendritic spine that is essential for late LTP maintenance in vivo.