国際活動支援報告

2017年11月29日（水）

訪問者：首都大学東京　Dilina Tuerde

【派遣報告】Cell symposium: Big question in Neuroscience
& Society for Neuroscience 2017

発表演題名：Isoform-independent and -dependent phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau in mouse brain during postnatal development
（１）学会報告
　I attended Cell symposium: Big Question in Neuroscience in Arlington 9-10 Nov and Society for Neuroscience (SFN) in Washington, DC 11-15 Nov 2017. These were a tremendous learning experience that enriched not just my professional life but my personal growth as well.
The program of “big question in neuroscience” covered the diversity of what’s exciting and innovative in neuroscience. There were famous keynote speakers who talked how to understand the complexity of the human brain to the cellular features of neurons. I presented my current results in the poster session on 10 November. During the presentation, I got the chance to talk and discuss with Prof. David Rowitch who is a developmental neuroscientist and head of paediatrics at University of Cambridge. Therefore it was a unique opportunity for me to discuss with number of academics and professionals from different countries who have similar research interests.

From November 11-15, I fully enjoyed Society for Neuroscience. The conference covered new and leading-edge techniques and advanced concept of neuroscience including molecular biological, clinical and biochemical. My submitted abstract entitled “Isoform-independent and -dependent phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau in mouse brain during postnatal development”, was accepted for an oral presentation in Tauopathies: Mechanisms nanosymposium. My findings, in summary, indicate that tau phosphorylation state change is not required their isoforms change. It was a great opportunity for me to share these results with others and I also received valuable feedbacks that might contribute to improve my research in the future.
After symposium, I visited many poster sessions related to my research and have collected the contact details of presenters for networking. On the other hand, I also attended a workshop called “Addressing Issues Facing Women in the Early Stages of Their Scientific Career” which introduced key components to develop a successful career, showed skills for increasing scientific insight and accurate valuation, and gave the strategies to manage work-life balance and stress. I am very thankful for the excellent opportunity that I could meet many eminent personalities and share my views with them effectively. I greatly appreciate Brain Protein Aging and Dementia Control project for supporting my travel to Washington, DC to attend meetings and gain those valuable experiences.

（２）新学術領域研究への貢献
　My current study focused on the transition of tau isoform and phosphorylation during brain development. From those meetings, I got exposed to wider knowledge of tau and understand challenges or limitations in dementia diseases more clearly and deeply. They also provided me with current novel researches in USA or Europe who are logically different from Japan and provided me with information to find out role of tau isoforms or phosphorylation in physiological and pathological for my next project.

首都大学東京
大学院生
Dilina Tuerde