NPAS Mini-Symposium on Somatosensory Neuroscience

Friday, November 21, 2025                                                                       1F Auditorium B106, IST

09:000-9:20　Registration

09:20-09:30　Opening Remark

                                                                                                               Host: Chih-Cheng Chen, IBMS

09:30-10:10 Michael L Meier (Balgrist University Hospital, CH)

  Rebalancing Proprioception Through Spinal Manipulative Therapy: A Gateway to Pain Relief in Humans

10:15-10:40 Coffee Break

10:40-11:20 Arlette Kolta (University of Montreal, CA)

  Contribution of astrocytes to hyperexcitability of large primary afferents in chronic myalgia

11:25-11:55 Chun-Hsiang Tan譚俊祥 (KMU, TW)

　　TRPM2 in Thermosensation and Beyond

12:00-13:30 Lunch

                                                                                                               Host: Hwai-Jong Cheng, IMB

13:30-14:10 Simone Di Giovanni (Imperial College London, UK)

   Metabolic regulation of sensory neurons for physiological responses and repair

14:15-14:45　 Kuo-Shen Lee李國昇 (AS, TW)

      Proprioception across species

14:50-15:20 Ching-Lung Hsu徐經倫 (AS, TW)

　   Neuron computational and synaptic learning perspectives of self-motion- and landmark-based goal-directed behavior

15:20-15:40 Coffee Break

                                                                                                               Host: Chi-Kuang Yao, IBC

15:40-16:20 Aya Takeoka (RIKEN Center for Brain Science, JP)

　　    Single-neuron resolution wiring diagrams uncovers function-specific proprioceptive information processing

16:25-16:55 Ming-Kai Pan潘明楷 (NTUCM, TW)

　   Quantitative cerebellar codes for moving velocity sensing

17:00-17:30 Jun-An Chen陳俊安 (AS, TW)

　　   The Aging Dialogue Between Motor Neurons and the Periphery

17:30-17:40 Closing Remark