Symposium on Life Science Technologies

Chairs: Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto University) and Masaki Sekino (University of Tokyo)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8
11:00 Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto) and Masaki Sekino (Univ. Tokyo): Welcome!
11:10 Matti Hämäläinen (Aalto): Introduction to the Department of Neuroscience and
Biomedical Engineering
11:30 Risto Ilmoniemi (Aalto): The ConnectToBrain project
11:45 Masaki Sekino (Univ. Tokyo): Toward non-invasive deep brain stimulation using
electromagnetic fields
12:15 Anna Iino (Univ. Tokyo): Development of transcranial magnetic stimulator coils that
physically achieve the deepest stimulation based on the inverse problem approach

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Ilkka Laakso (Aalto): Electromagnetic modeling for personalization of brain
stimulation
14:00 Keiichi Nakagawa (Univ. Tokyo): Manipulation of light propagation based on
acoustic waves for neuroscience applications
14:30 Ilkka Rissanen and Heikki Sinisalo (Aalto): Multi-locus TMS technology

15:00 Coffee and Posters

15:30 Ivan Vujaklija (Aalto): Non-invasive spinal interfacing for human motor rehabilitation
16:00 Pantelis Lioumis (Aalto): Neuroimaging guided TMS–EEG mapping for target
engagement
16:30 Koos Zevenhoven (Aalto): Unconventional MRI and its combination with MEG and
ultrasound
17:00–18:30 Lab visits: TMS and MEG–MRI (Mikael Laine and Koos Zevenhoven)
18:45 Dinner at Fat Lizard (at own cost for local participants)

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
9:00 Takuya Katashima (Univ. Tokyo): Design of biomaterials based on psycho-rheological
viewpoint
9:30 Olli Ikkala (Aalto): Biological systems inspire the next generation multifunctional
materials
10:00 Takamasa Sakai (Univ. Tokyo): Percolation induced gel–gel phase separation in a
dilute polymer network

10:30 Coffee + posters

11:00 Maria Nazarova (Aalto): Mapping the motor cortex using TMS: what questions may
we ask
11:30 Lauri Parkkonen (Aalto): High-resolution MEG with optically pumped magnetometers
12:00 Yijie Liu (Univ. Tokyo): Basic study on light guidance of two-photon microscopy in
biological tissue imaging using extracorporeal elliptical acoustic lens
12:15 Ida Granö (Aalto): Automatic optimization of mTMS targeting

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Matilda Makkonen (Aalto): Real-time EEG noise removal
13:45 Arkaprovo Sarkar (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay): Edect of TMS pulse
parameters on spatial activation and recruitment of forearm extensor muscles
14:00 Mikael Laine (Aalto): Cortical localization of TMS responses
14:15 Motofumi Fushimi (Univ. Tokyo) Extended source estimation in
magnetoencephalography based on multipole modeling

14:45 Coffee break

15:00 Mia Liljeström (Helsinki Univ. Hospital): MEG reveals altered neural functioning in
mild cognitive impairment
15:30 Lab visits: Advanced Imaging Centre, Behavioral lab & MEG Core 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10
9:00 Abraham Kipnis (Aalto): Active plasmonic surfaces via electrically driven actuation of
DNA tethered nanoparticles
9:30 Tomi Laurila (Aalto): Insights into vertically aligned carbon nanofiber (VACNF)
(bio)electrodes and their application potential — what we (think) we know and what we do
not know
10:00 Yusuke Hirabayashi (Univ. Tokyo): Direct conversion of glucose into
neurotransmitter glutamate via neuronal mitochondria

10:30 Coffee Break + posters

11:00 Tomoka Ishiyama (Univ. Tokyo): Investigation of the activity-dependent supply
pathway of neurotransmitter glutamate
11:15 Ilkka Nissilä (Aalto): Neuroimaging using diduse optical tomography
11:45 Oguz Tanzer (Aalto): Development of sensor technology for incontinence in elderly
and disabled care
12:00 Ren Sato (Univ. Tokyo): Relationships between rheological properties and sensory
and tactile sensory using viscoelastic liquids with controlled network structures
12:15 Sanjeev Ranjan (Aalto): Adaptive focused ultrasound for encapsulation of RNA
therapeutics: a novel nanoplex platform
12:45 Risto Ilmoniemi and Masaki Sekino: Closing words