Neuroscience 2016

Special Evening Seminar by the Gender Equality Promotion Committee
"The Promotion of Gender Equality"

Date and Time	Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 18:30-20:30 (A lecture will start at 19:10)
Venue	3F 315（Room K）in Pacifico Yokohama

We would like to cordially invite you all to an evening seminar for the promotion of gender equality. We have invited two lecturers to speak at the seminar, Carol Ann Mason and Noriko Osumi, professors at Columbia University and Tohoku University, respectively. Prof. Mason is a distinguished researcher on neurogenesis and cell biology and she has contributed greatly to the promotion of gender equality in the United States, particularly as the president of the Society for Neuroscience in 2013-2014. Prof. Osumi is a well-known pioneer in the promotion of gender equality in Japan. We will hold discussions and sincerely hope that all participants will strengthen their relationships over a casual dinner (free of charge).

Please don't hesitate to join us. We will have a child care room (18:00-20:30, free of charge). We sincerely welcome all persons regardless of gender.

Lectures

Prof. Carol Ann Mason
Columbia University

Title: Challenges, resources and what we can do together

Prof. Noriko Osumi
Tohoku University

Title: Why there aren't more women in science, and why it matters

Application

Registration Fee	Free
Maximum capacity	50 persons
Application deadline	July 15th (Friday), 2016
How to Application (E-mail)	Neuroscience 2016 Secretariat neurosci2016@jtbcom.co.jp

• *Advance registrations are required. A casual dinner will be delivered at no cost.
• *The applications will be closed as soon as the number of participants reaches that limit.

Please provide the following information in your e-mail to the contact address.

Name
Affiliation
E-mail address

*If you would like to use child care room, please make a reservation using the following form.

1. Number of children • Child's age • Name of the child • Reading of name, sex
2. Any attention required in the children (Allergy / Health problem)

Organizer

Noriko Osumi

(Tohoku University)

Sumiko Mochida

(Tokyo Medical University)

Yumiko Yoshimura

(National Institute for Physiological Sciences)

Scheduled participants

Yukari Ohki

(Kyorin University)

Azusa Kamikouchi

(Nagoya University)

Sayaka Sugiyama

(Niigata University)

Wen-Jie Song

(Kumamoto University)

Hideaki Takeuchi

(Okayama University)

Makoto Tominaga

(National Institute for Physiological Sciences)

Mayumi Nishi

(Nara Medical University)

Mariko Miyata

(Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine)

For further information regarding this event, please contact

National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Yumiko Yoshimura: yumikoy@nips.ac.jp

Sponsors

• Nikon Instec
• Otobe
• Physio-Tech
• Pola R&M
• Shoshin EM
• Yakult