Based on the current status and future prospects of memory research, we promote research that reflects the multidimensionality of memory, with spatial resolution ranging from nm to meso-scale and temporal resolution from msec to days. 7 laboratories are divided into a “Molecular Analysis Team (Hayashi, Yuzaki)”, a “Neural Circuit and Behavior Analysis Team (Ikegaya, Kubo, Mikuni, Yonehara)” and a “Technology Development Team (Nemoto)”. The Molecular Analysis Team focuses on nanoscale molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity, while providing novel molecular analysis techniques to the Neural Circuit and Behavior Analysis Team. The Neural Circuitry and Behavior Team will analyze remodeling of neural circuits associated with memory, focusing on synaptic plasticity, while providing ideas for useful probes and manipulation techniques to the Molecular Analysis Team.

The Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience (IINS) in France has 14 principal investigators, including Daniel Choquet, for a total of 150 members. IINS is collaborating with the Bordeaux Neurocampus, a division of the University of Bordeaux, and is making achievements in synaptic analysis. The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) in the United States, led by Ryohei Yasuda and David Fitzpatrick, has eight principal investigators and about 80 staff members.

While the teams in the three countries are conducting their own research, we will also promote the development of new technologies and research by taking advantage of the framework of international leading research to interact with domestic and overseas centers.