APPW2025

Oranizers :Fumino Fujiyama (Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University) and Akari Hagiwara (Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science)

Joint Session : The Japanese Society of Microscopy

The mysterious brain has long fascinated many researchers. Golgi, who developed the Golgi staining method, advocated the reticular theory, while Cajal used the Golgi staining method to advocate the neuron theory, both of which won the Nobel Prize. Later, in 1932, electron microscopy contributed greatly to the understanding of neural circuits, including the visualization of synapses. In addition to these static analyses, the advent of biosensors such as calcium sensors and membrane potential sensors in the 2000s made it possible to visualize neuronal and glial activity. With the advent of channelrhodopsin, neural circuits can be manipulated as well as observed and measured. This symposium invites up-and-coming researchers who want to make more of this history. We hope you enjoy the cutting edge of neuroimaging.