Riken Brain Science Institute Collaboration
In October 2005 the Institute of Neuroscience entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) based at Wako City near Tokyo. RIKEN BSI was established in October 1997 and conducts research around four designated areas: Understanding, Protecting, Creating and Nurturing the Brain. RIKEN BSI has more than 50 research laboratories and is Japan's largest centre for neuroscience research. The aim of the MOU with Newcastle is to develop programmes of research around common interests and complementary approaches. The MOU will run for an initial period of five years and will support an exchange programme and the establishment of a number of joint research projects.
Read the announcement of the MOU in Japanese.
The formal signing of the MOU held on the 14th October 2005 in Japan.
Front row: Professor Shun-ichi Amari, Director of RIKEN BSI, flanked by Professors Colin Ingram and Anya Hurlbert, Directors of the Institute of Neuroscience.
Back row (from left to right): Professor Keiji Tanaka (Vice-Director of RIKEN BSI, and Director of the Cognitive Brain Science Group), Dr Thomas Knöpfel (Head of the Laboratory of Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN BSI), Mr Toshikazu Ishii (Director of the Brain Science Promotion Division, RIKEN), Mr Edward Wright (First Secretary for Science and Innovation, British Embassy, Tokyo) and Mr Masao Kumori (Japan Representative of One-NE Regional Development Agency).
Supported by:
a Butterfield Award from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, a Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Award, a Japan Partnering Award from the BBSRC and the One NorthEast Regional Development Agency.
