Multicellular Neurobiocomputing: Understanding and Advancing towards Biological Supremacy

Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) 2024-2029

Multicellular Neurobiocomputing: Understanding and Advancing towards Biological Supremacy

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Research objectives and background

Towards the
creation of innovative
computing technologies

The human brain, despite being composed of the seemingly unstable biological elements known as neurons, demonstrates the ability to perform advanced information processing autonomously and adaptively with remarkable energy efficiency. Understanding the information processing architecture of the brain is a critical interdisciplinary challenge spanning biology, engineering, and information science. This Research Area aims to pioneer a new academic discipline to unravel the brain's information processing mechanisms through in vivo and in vitro experiments, formulate the findings in mathematical models, and explore their potential applications in systems applications. The achievements herein would deepen our understanding of the nervous system and also lead to a more efficient, robust, and adaptable information and communication technology that supports next-generation super-smart societies.

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ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP MEMBERS

  • A01-1 Information Science

    Yuichi KatoriProfessorFuture University-Hakodate

  • A01-2 Information Science

    Teppei MatsuiProfessorDoshisha University

  • Area Representative /
    A02-1 Bioengineering

    Hideaki YamamotoAssociate ProfessorTohoku University

  • A02-2 Bioengineering

    Takashi TaniiProfessorWaseda University

  • A02-3 Bioengineering

    Ayumi Hirano-IwataProfessorTohoku University

  • A03-1 Systems Neuroscience

    Yoshito MasamizuProfessorDoshisha University

  • A03-2 Systems Neuroscience

    Haruyuki KamiyaProfessorHokkaido University

  • A04-1 Hardware Applications

    Takashi KohnoProfessorThe University of Tokyo

  • A04-2 Hardware Applications

    Yutaka HirataProfessorChubu University

Members

RESERCH GROUPS

  • Information Science Group (A01)

    Information Science Group (A01)

    Extract metrics from large-scale data on multicellular neuronal dynamics (Matsui Team) and formulate them as mathematical models (Katori Team).

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  • Bioengineering Group (A02)

    Bioengineering Group (A02)

    Build biointerface technologies (Tanii Team) to test the models formulated for normal (Yamamoto Team) and pathological (Hirano-Iwata Team) networks in living neurons.

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  • Systems Neuroscience Group (A03)

    Systems Neuroscience Group (A03)

    Obtain physiological data on multicellular computing and underlying synaptic functions using in vivo calcium imaging (Masumizu Team) and electrophysiological recording (Kamiya Team).

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  • Hardware Applications Group (A04)

    Hardware Applications Group (A04)

    Develop hardware for implementing multicellular models (Kohno Team) and apply it for adaptive robot (Hirata Team).

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