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2018年12月11日

NGPフェローシップ報告: UCL-Tohoku Kick-off Partnership Event

医学系研究科
M2 舘花 美沙子

I attended UCL-Tohoku Kick-off Partnership Event on 11th and 12th Oct. 2018. On the first day, we had a campus tour and learned about the history of UCL and the relation between UCL and Tohoku University. In Neuroscience workshop, 10 researchers gave us short talks. Neuroscience has many research areas, and I was not familiar with some of them. However, it is important for me to know neighboring research field and I believe it will give me ideas for future joint research. Next day, I visited some laboratories at UCL and The Francis Click Institute. I had a discussion with Prof. Turner about my research. He is an expert of sex chromosome research, therefore he gave me comments to my immunostaining data of histone modification on sex chromosome. He also gave me advice to improve my technique of FISH analysis. During these days, I have been so impressed because I met a lot of experts in their own field. It was a good opportunity for me to be encouraged and inspired. I am grateful for all the opportunities, and will work hard as a student of Neuro Global Program.

生命科学研究科
M2 大井 真人

I attended “UCL-Tohoku Kick-off Partnership Event” held in London during the period of 11-12 October 2018. This event consisted of a campus tour, a signing ceremony, workshops, and lab tours.

In the workshop for neuroscience, I heard lectures on molecular, cellular, systems, developmental, and cognitive neuroscience by professors from both universities. The most impressive lecture was Prof. Steve Kernnerly’s talk. He explained how areas of the frontal cortex are involved in attention and decision-making in monkeys. This talk was relevant to my own research.

In the lab tour, I visited Prof. Sven Bestmann’s lab, he is my overseas co-supervisor in Neuro Global Program. I reported my own results of preprocessing that was based on visual inspection. I discussed the way to analyze the data automatically by using computational program with him, and I could receive valuable suggestions. I will make use of this experience in future research activities.

生命科学研究科
D1 小野寺 麻理子

University College London -東北大学パートナーシップイベント(2日間;英国開催)では、大学間協定の調印式後、複数の研究分野のワークショップが開催され、そのうち、神経科学分野ワークショップに参加しました。分子細胞から高次脳機能まで幅広い領域に渡る発表があり、両大学での研究のショーケースとなりました。東北大学卒業生のポスドク留学先であるDimitri Kullmann先生の発表では、局所遺伝子治療を使っててんかん治療を目指す研究が紹介されていました。

翌日、Michael HausserとDavid Attwellの研究室を訪問。Hausser先生の研究室では、パッチクランプ法・in vivoイメージング法により神経回路機能を研究。最先端のプローブやイメージングシステムを紹介され、自身の研究に取り入れることを検討する機会となりました。Attwell先生は、脳血管ペリサイトに着目し、神経活動に必要な栄養供給との関連を調べています。私自身の研究テーマ、てんかん病態にも血流調整の異常が関係あるかもしれないとの着想を得ました。