Young Glia

Glia is our mind.

Where is the location of our mind? It probably resides in the milky-white substance that sits inside your skull. But the half of the brain is glia. Let's, for the sake of argument, assume that our mind is embedded in these glial cells. What would be your counterevidence?

ABOUT

Framework: Young Glia
Established: November 15, 2015
Budget source: Japan: Glial Assembly
Germany: Glial Heterogeneity
Executive Supervisors: Japan: Dr. Kazuhiro Ikenaka
Germany: Dr. Frank Kirchhoff
Project Overview: The purpose of this framework is to stimulate mutual exchange visits of young researchers of glial research. The collaborative research between Japan and German will be carried out by the young researchers. Applicants must be graduate students or have obtained a Ph.D. degree within the past five years. The collaboration must be approved by the priciple investigators on both sides but the original proposal and execution of the research itself must be done by the young researchers.

ALBUM

YG Platinum Award - 2FY full support collaboration

"Revealing glial functions mediated by cytosolic ions: using optogenetic control and live ion imaging"

Japan member	Naoko Kubo Yuki Suhara	Dr. Ko Matsui Lab (Tohoku University)
Germany member	Niklas Gerkau Behrouz Moshrefi-Ravasdjani	Dr. Christine R. Rose Lab (Universität Düsseldorf)
Proposal	Cytosolic ions such as proton, Na⁺, and Ca²⁺ are known to have specific functions in physiological behavior of glial cells. Here, we will attempt to image and control cytosolic ions using forefront technology and optogenetics.
Exchange dates	Naoko and Yuki visited Niklas and Behrouz and the Rose lab from Feb 23 to March 9, 2016. Naoko Kubo stayed at Christine Rose's lab for whole 3 months in FY2016.