List of Academic Sessions
Plenary Lectures
PL1 Olfaction and Stress3/28 (Thr) 17:30-18:30
Linda Buck (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)

Room A

PL2	Natural Products as Probes of the Pain Pathway: From Physiology to AtomicStructure
3/29 (Fri) 8:50-9:50
Room ADavid Julius (Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University ofCalifornia, San Francisco, USA)
PL3	Looking Back on 30 Years of Autophagy research -dynamic equilibrium of the cell3/30 (Sat) 8:50-9:50
Room A
Yoshinori Ohsumi (Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology(IIR), Japan)

Special Lectures
3/29 (Fri) 17:20-18:10
SL1 (The Susumu Hagiwara Memorial Lecture)		
Room A
Beyond memory circuit: Origins of metamemory and retrospection in the primate
Yasushi Miyashita (RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan)
SL2 Signaling by Mitochondrial Flashes		
Heping (Peace) Cheng (Peking University, China)

Room BSL3 Tentonin 3, a Mechanosensitive Channel with Baroreceptor Function
Room C
Uhtaek Oh (Brain Science Institute, KIST, Korea)
SL4 Finding Instructional Balance Using the Educational Triangle
Room D
Robert Graham Carroll (Office of Medical Education, Brody School of Medicine,
East Carolina University, USA)

3/30 (Sat) 17:20-18:10

SL5 Toward the Mysteries of Sleep		Room B
Masashi Yanagisawa (International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine(WPI-IIIS), University of Tsukuba, Japan)
SL6 The Beauty of Physiological Mechanisms in Skeletal Muscle Function andFatigue		
Room C
Graham Douglas Lamb (Department of Physiology, La Trobe University, Australia)
SL7	The importance of understanding fetal physiology for detecting brain injury
before birth		
Room F
Laura Bennet (Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, New Zealand)

3/31 (Sun) 9:40-10:30
SL8 (The Sunao Tawara Memorial Lecture)	Mitochondria in fetal programming of metabolic syndrome-associated end
organ dysfunctions in adults		
Room A
Julie YH Chan (Institute for Translational Research in Biomedicine, Kaohsiung
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan)
SL9	Modeling Human Neurological/Psychiatric Disorders using iPS cells andTransgenic Non-Human Primates		Room B
Hideyuki Okano (Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine,Japan)

PSJ and JSPFSM co-organized Special Guest Talk
Towards the Summit with Sport Science

3/30 (Sat) 18:20-19:10

Room A

Symposia
3/29 (Fri) 10:00-12:00

S1 Molecular mechanisms of aging		Room A
Room B
S2 Thermal biology: A new world of life science (whole day symposium) part I
S3 Gastrointestinal microbiome and immunophysiology (CPS, Taiwan)
Room CS4 Teaching physiology; International perspectives (whole day symposium) part I Room D
Room ES5 New Translational Insights on Cardiopulmonary Remodeling
S6 Facilitation of Recovery of Motor Function After Paralysis		Room F
Room GS7 From synaptic and network plasticity to behavior (CAPS, China)
S8	Biophysical mechanisms underlying nano-vibrations of the sensory epithelium inhearing organs		
Room H
Room IS9 Metabolic syndrome and bone metabolism (TPS, Thailand)
Room J
S10 Neural circuit basis of behavioral physiology		S11	Advances in the mastication and swallowing physiology to prepare for an aging
society		
Room KS12 New insights into baroreflex function for cerebral and cardiovascular regulation:
Implications for human health and disease		
Room L
Room M
S13 The role of the sympathetic nerves in health and disease		

3/29 (Fri) 15:10-17:10

S14	Advances in understanding cerebellar LTD and motor learning: Masao ItoSymposium		Room A
Room B
S15 Thermal biology: A new world of life science (whole day symposium) part II
S16 Gastrointestinal Control of Energy Metabolism (CAPS, China)
Room CS17 Teaching physiology; International perspectives (whole day symposium) part II
Room DS18 Dynamics of membrane trafficking and intracellular signaling
Room E
S19 Mitochondrial Physiology and Pathophysiology (KPS, Korea)
Room FS20 Adaptation mechanisms to external or internal environmental changes ofrespiratory system		Room GS21 New Paradigm in Physiology and Pathophysiology of Coagulationfibrinolysis
System		Room H
Room IS22 Proton signalings and proton-related functions		S23	Glia and Neurological Diseases: from Physiological to Pathological Roles ofRoom J
Astrocytes and Microglia		
S24 Complexity and Diversity of Motility Regulation in Smooth Muscle
Room KS25 Calcium signaling in heart disease		
Room L

3/29 (Fri) 18:30-20:00
S26 Synaptic remodeling and beyond in health and disease		
S27 Regulation of cell functions by phosphoinositides		
S28 Molecular evidences Link Physical Exercise to Cardiovascular Improvement
S29 New insights into central mechanisms underlying hypertension
S30 Substance abuse and addiction ~ From basic science to regulatory science
S31 Genomics of Sports and Exercise
S32 Membrane transporters related to diseases and drug development
S33 New insights into Endocrinology and Metabolism		

Room A
Room B
Room CRoom D
Room E
Room F
Room G
Room HS34	Life Style Related Diseases in Asia: Underlying Mechanisms, Functions andBehavioural Transitions		
S35	Frontiers in Ca2+ release research in skeletal muscle: 50th anniversary fromdiscovery of Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release		

Room I
Room J

3/30 (Sat) 10:00-12:00

S36	Inter-tissue communications underlying metabolic and feeding control in living
body (whole day symposium) part I		
Room A
S37 Primate researches in Asian regions		Room BS38 Cutting-edge research topics on skeletal muscle plasticity in health and diseases Room C
S39 Cutting-Edge Optical Imaging of Neuronal Circuits and Synapses
Room DS40 Social communication through sensory information		
Room E
S41	Leveraging novel techniques to research and translate synaptic transmission andplasticity (ISPP, Iran)		
Room FS42	(Sponsored Symposium)*10:00~11:30
Physiological function of royal jelly contributing to healthy longevity - The
effectiveness on Locomotive syndrome, Menopausal disorders, Infectious
diseases -		Room G
S43 TRP channels and inflammation/fibrosis
Room H
S44	Cutting-edge approaches to long-lasting questions and novel aspects of inward
rectifier K+ channels -- A quarter-century anniversary of cDNA isolation (ISPP,Israel)		
Room IS45 New molecular insights into the synaptic tagging and capture hypothesis
Room J
S46 Plasticity of inhibitory signaling in Epilepsy: New Physiological Mechanisms
Room K

3/30 (Sat) 13:30-15:00
S47 (Sponsored Symposium)
New Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine of Renal Function

Room F

3/30 (Sat) 15:10-17:10

S48	Inter-tissue communications underlying metabolic and feeding control in living
body (whole day symposium) part II		RoomA
S49 Frontiers in pain physiology - from detection to the survival behavior(under the auspices of Japanese Association for Study of Pain)
Room B
S50 Maternal influences on offspring development (AuPS, Australia)
Room CS51 Cutting-edge Research in Neural Network Dynamics		
Room DS52 Sports and Brain		
Room ES53 Dynamic signaling of axon and presynaptic terminals revealed by directrecordings		
Room FS54 Ca2+ signaling in health and disease		
Room G
S55 Brain pathways linking between emotion, behaviour and autonomic responses Room H
S56	Optical neuroscience: reading and manipulating neural computation behindcognition, memory, and behavior		
Room IS57 Alternative GPCR and G-protein signaling in cardiovascular disease and therapy Room J
S58 Zinc physiology and pathophysiology		
Room KS59 Contribution of microglia in health and disease of the brain
Room M

3/31 (Sun) 8:00-9:30
S60 Hibernation and Torpor in mammals		
Room CS61 The Social Brain: Recent Progress in Understanding Molecules and Networks ofSocial Behavior		
Room DS62 Integrative neural processing of sound information in the higher auditory centers Room E

S63 Implication of tonic inhibition for Brain function		
Room F
S64	New insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurologicaldiseases using experimental model systems
Room G
S65	Intervention factors of neuronal irregular development: from gut bacteria tomental situation via chemicals		
Room HS66 Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
Room I
S67	The potential roles of NMDAR in neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders:
new findings and therapeutic targets
Room J
S68 Pulmonary hypertension and inflammation: the interdependent processes
triggered by each other		
Room K
S69	Optogenetics: Contributions to Physiology and Medicine Beyond Brain CircuitBreaking		Room LS70	Contribution of brain research to the understanding of the physiology,
psychology and communication of acute and chronic pain
Room M

3/31 (Sun) 10:30-12:30

S71 Toward understanding the neural basis of memory		
Room AS72 Neurobiology of reward system in the Brain (ISPP, Iran)		
Room BS73 (Sponsored Symposium)New Twists in Understanding Taste
Room CS74 The consequences of preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction and hypoxiaischemia (PSNZ, New Zealand)		
Room D
S75	Ca2+-permeable channels of excitable and non-excitable cells in health anddisease		
Room E
S76 Physiome for organ function (KPS, Korea)		
Room FS77 Advances in the role of adipocyte in health and disease (CPS, Taiwan)
Room G
S78 “Ins” and “outs” of smooth muscle		
Room H

3/31 (Sun) 10:30-12:00
S79 Mechanomedicine		

Room I

3/31 (Sun) 10:30-12:30
S80	Daily /adaptable Yin-Yang transitions in diverse physiological processes
coordinated by multi-cellular Chrono-molecular signal		
S81 Mechanisms of systemic beauty and health		
S82 Amygdala Neuronal Circuits in Adaptive Behaviors		
S83 Neurobiology of obesity and its metabolic comorbidities		

Room J
Room K
Room L
Room M

Symposium by the PSJ Committee on the Promotion of Gender Equality
MLS	Seeking Gender Equality in Science. A comparison of issues and initiatives inJapan and New Zealand
3/29 (Fri) 12:20-13:20

Room M

Tutorial for Physiologists
T

Practical Approaches to Protein Structural Information

3/31 (Sun) 8:00-9:10

Room BPoster Sessions
3/29 (Fri) 13:20-15:00 (discussion core time)
PSJ Awards
Skeletal muscle & locomotion (1)Exercise (1)Circulation & Respiration: Cardiac Physiology (1)Circulation & Respiration: Lung Physiology (1)Circulation & Respiration: Vascular Physiology (1)Endocrine, Reproduction & Development (1)Neuroscience: Synapse & neural cellular communication (1)Neuroscience: Neural cell signalling
Neuroscience: Brain circuits
Neuroscience: Learning, memory & neuronal plasticity (1)Neuroscience: Higher order brain functions
Neuroscience: Neurologic and psychiatric diseases (1)Neuroscience: Somatosensory & Pain (1)Neuroscience: Autonomic Physiology (1)Neuroscience: Brain-machine interface
Neuroscience: Others (1)Epithelial transport, Secretion & Absorption: Epithelium (1)Epithelial transport, Secretion & Absorption: G-I Tract (1)Epithelial transport, Secretion & Absorption: Renal Physiology (1)Molecular & Cellular Biology: Channels & Transporters (1)Molecular & Cellular Biology: Cellular Physiology (1)Adaptation, Environment & Evolution (1)Physiome
Alternative Medicine (1)3/30 (Sat) 13:20-15:00 (discussion core time)
PSJ Awards
Skeletal muscle & locomotion (2)Exercise (2)Circulation & Respiration: Cardiac Physiology (2)Circulation & Respiration: Lung Physiology (2)Circulation & Respiration: Vascular Physiology (2)Endocrine, Reproduction & Development (2)Neuroscience: Neural development and repair
Neuroscience: Synapse & neural cellular communication (2)Neuroscience: Neuron-glia interactions/functions of glia
Neuroscience: Imaging of brain
Neuroscience: Learning, memory & neuronal plasticity (2)Neuroscience: Neurologic and psychiatric diseases (2)Neuroscience: Somatosensory & Pain (2)Neuroscience: Autonomic physiology (2)Neuroscience: Others (2)Epithelial transport, Secretion & Absorption: Epithelium (2)Epithelial transport, Secretion & Absorption: G-I tract (2)Epithelial transport, Secretion & Absorption: Renal Physiology (2)Molecular & Cellular Biology: Channels & Transporters (2)Molecular & Cellular Biology: Cellular Physiology (2)Adaptation, Environment & Evolution (2)Genomics & Biodiversity
Education
Alternative Medicine (2)1F, Exhibition HallPoster Sessions (Special Sessions for Awardees)
3/31 (Sun) 8:00-13:00 (Viewing time)

1F, Exhibition HallYoung Scientist Travel Awards and Masao Ito Memorial Awards	The Journal of General Physiology (JGP) Poster Awards
PSJ Awards

Luncheon Seminars
3/29 (Fri) 12:20-13:20
LS1 Structural Analysis of membrane proteins by Cryo-EM		

Room BLS2 - Visualize Cellular Function - Application of DOJINDO Reagents

Room C hysiological role of brain glycogen in rats with prolonged exercise-induced
LS3 P
central fatigue: Usefulness of metabolomics study		LS4 Absorption of Rare Sugars in the Small Intestine		LS5 Functional imaging of marmoset visual cortex

Room DRoom G
Room I

3/30 (Sat) 12:20-13:20

LS6 Plasmalogen: The effects on Alzheimer’s disease and its mechanism
Room A
Room BLS7 Frailty and Ninjin’yoeito		LS8 Imaging intracellular temperature using fluorescence lifetime imaging
microscopy (FLIM) reveals novel thermal signaling		Room CLS9	ABiS Luncheon Event: Neurophysiological Sciences Assisted by Imaging Support
Network		
Room D

3/30 (Sat) 12:20-13:05
LS10 The effects of Bedding based on Physiology of sleep		Room HTechnical Workshops
3/29 (Fri) 12:20-13:20
TW1	Cutting edge of clinical rehabilitation for the paresis to reduce the burden onpatients; Repetitive Facilitative Exercise combined with vibratory, electrical,
magnetic stimulation and Robotics		

Room F

3/30 (Sat) 12:20-13:20		
TW2 How to take advantage of new tools and techniques with Narishige products

Room GGAKUSAI (interdisciplinary) Seminar
3/29 (Fri) 12:20-13:20		
I	Future Medicine and Innovation for Agriculture and Fisheries Opened by Lowtemperature Plasma Sciences

Room H