Frontiers of bioinformatics
and its clinical application

Feb. 8 [Thu], 2024 - Osaka University, Japan
Venue : Convention Center, Osaka University Suita Campus Access
Sponsorship : Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University
Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division,
Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary ResearchInitiatives (OTRI), Osaka University
Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Osaka University

PROGRAM
9:30-9:40

OnsiteOnlyFreeOpening remarks
Takao Onoye, Executive Vice President of Research, Osaka University
Kohji Nishida, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine

Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe)
Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI)

Session 1

Frontiers in sensing and controlling of the Brain function
Chair

9:40-10:25

Takufumi Yanagisawa, Institute of Advanced Co-Creation studies, Department of Neurosurgery at Osaka University.

Investigation of Speech Imagery for Brain-Computer Interfaces

David Grayden, Neural Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology,
and the Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering.

10:25-10:40 Break
10:40-11:25

Neural decoding and manipulation of metacognition
Aurelio Cortese, ATR Institute International Computational Neuroscience Laboratories

11:25-12:10

Neural mechanisms of anxiety responses to psychological stress

Atsushi Kasai, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Innovation Center, Osaka University
12:10-13:30 Lunch break
Session 2

Big data and AI, and its applications
Chair

13:30-14:15

Haruhiko Kishima, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine & MEI center

Ambitions of the Moonshot Project: Bridging Minds and Machines

Ryota Kanai, ARAYA Inc.
14:15-14:30 Break
14:30-15:15

Mapping diverse perceptual and cognitive functions in the human brainShinji Nishimoto, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

15:15-16:00

DNA event recording system through advanced DNA engineering
Hideto Mori, Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine, Osaka University

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Contact information

Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division,
Institute for Open Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI)
masashige.taki@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, OTRI

Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Osaka University

Frontiers of bioinformatics and its clinical application
Feb. 8 – 9, 2024 – Osaka University, JapanDay 1 (Thursday, Feb. 8) “International Symposium”
Venue: Convention Center, Osaka University Suita Campus
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9:30-9:40 Opening remarks
Takao Onoye, Executive Vice President of Research, Osaka University
Kohji Nishida,

Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine
Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe)
Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division,
Institute for Open Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI)

Session 1Frontiers in sensing and controlling of the Brain function
Chair; Takufumi Yanagisawa, Institute of Advanced Co-Creation studies/ Department ofNeurosurgery at Osaka University
9:40-10:25
David Grayden, Neural Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty ofEngineering & Information Technology, and the Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering.
Lecture title: Investigation of Speech Imagery for Brain-Computer Interfaces

Break10:40-11:25
Aurelio Cortese, ATR Institute International Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
Lecture title: Neural decoding and manipulation of metacognition

11:25-12:10
Atsushi Kasai, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Drug Innovation Center, OsakaUniversity
Lecture title: Neural mechanisms of anxiety responses to psychological stressLunch BreakSession 2Big data and AI, and its applications
Chair; Haruhiko Kishima, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School ofMedicine & MEI center
13:30-14:15
Ryota Kanai, ARAYA Inc.
Lecture title: Ambitions of the Moonshot Project: Bridging Minds and Machines

Break
14:30-15:15
Shinji Nishimoto, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Lecture title: Mapping diverse perceptual and cognitive functions in the human brain
15:15-16:00
Hideto Mori, Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine, Osaka University
Lecture Title: DNA event recording system through advanced DNA engineering
16:00-18:30
Lab tourYanagisawa Lab., Neurosurgery, Osaka University HospitalDay 2 (Friday, Feb 9) “MEI Winter School Day”
Venue: CoMIT - Multimedia Hall at Osaka University Medical School
http://www.comit.med.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access.html
9:30-10:20 (lecture)
John Sam, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne
Lecture title: Efficacy of the Endovascular Neural Interface for Neural Recording andStimulation
10:20-11:10 (lecture)
Masami Tatsuno, University of Lethbridge
Lecture title: Replay of explicit and implicit memory and its functions

Break
11:20-12:00 (lecture)
Aurelio Cortese, ATR Institute International Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
Lecture title: How do we build metacognition in our brains --measuring, decoding andmanipulating subjective experience

12:00-12:30 (lecture)
Hajime Nakamura, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Lecture title: Development of intravascular electrode to realize minimally invasive
BMI system

Lunch Break
13:50-14:10 (lecture)
Hui Ming Khoo, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Lecture title: SEEG -- the New Frontier in Localization of Epileptic Foci
14:10-15:10
Brief introduction of participants15:10-15:40 (lecture)David Grayden, Neural Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty ofEngineering & Information Technology, and the Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering.
Lecture title: Epileptic seizure forecasting using mobile and wearable devices

Break
15:50-16:35 (lecture)
Takufumi Yanagisawa, Institute of Advanced Co-Creation studies, Department of Neurosurgery atOsaka University
Lecture title: Decoding of Thought and application for BCI
16:35-16:55 (lecture)
Naoki Tani, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
Lecture title: LFP as Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease Motor Symptoms and its
application to Adaptive DBS
16:55-17:10
Greetings and Closing remarks from the Director of the MEI center
Haruhiko Kishima, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School ofMedicine & MEI center