BMED'95 - MEBC'95 (MEBC-6) Symposium held in Okinawa, Japan, 28-30 November, 1995.

PROGRAM CONTENTS

Plenary

P-1 Molecular Assemblies for Bioelectronic Devices and Molecular Electronic Devices

M.Aizawa

Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan

P-2 Studies on the Brain through Its Functional Reconstitution

G.Matsumoto

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

P-3 New Perspectives of Cortical Organization and Function Revealed by Optical Imaging

A.Grinvald

The Weizmann Inst., Israel

P-4 Design Features of Mammalian Forebrain: Guidelines for Developing Autonomous Platforms?

G.Lynch

Univ. of California Irvine, USA

Oral Session (1)

A1-01 Photosynthetic Reaction Centers and the Development Biomolecular Optoelectronic Devices

E.Greenbaum, R.J.Warmack, and D.P.Allison

Oak Ridge National Lab., USA

A1-02 Alder Type Transition of Protein Particles in Secondary Thin Films

E.Adachi *1 and K.Nagayama*1 *2

*1 The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

*2 ERATO JRDC, Japan

A1-03 Molecular Nanotechnology and Biomimetic Membranes with 2D-Protein Crystals (S-layers)

U.B.Sleytr and D.Pum

Univ. for Bundenkultur, Australia

A1-04 Single Molecule Imaging and Single Molecule Nano-manipulation

T.Yanagida

Osaka Univ., Japan

A1-05 Micro Compartments Transformed by Encapsulated Cytoskeltons

H.Hotani*1, T.Kaneko*1, T.J.Itoh*1, K.Takiguchi*1, H.Miyata*2, and H.Miyamoto*3

*1 Nagoya Univ., Japan

*2 Keio Univ., Japan

*3 National Inst. of Biosci. & Human-Tech., Japan

A1-06 Chemical Spatiotemporal Patterns in Monolayer-Excitable Medium System

M.Yoneyama,A.Fujii, and S.Maeda

Mitsubishi Chem. Corp., Japan

A1-07 Molecular and Supermolecular Structure of Heterocyclic Aromatic High Ordered Crystals, LB-Films and Polymers

L.Brehmer, J.Reiche,B.Schuiz, G.Knochenhauer, and A.Freydank

Univ. of Potsdam, Germany

B1-01 Space and Time in the Visual Cortex

R.D.Freeman

University of California Berkeley, USA

B1-02 Visual Cortical Plasticity Studied by Optical Recording

K.Toyama,T.Kurotani, and A.Akase

Kyoto Prefectual Univ. of Med., Japan

B1-03 Non-invasive Higher-order Brain Function Measurement Using Optical Topography and Functional MRI

H.Koizumi*1*2, Y.Yamashita*1 and A.Maki*1

*1 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

*2 Hokkaido Univ., Japan

B1-04 Entorphinal-hippocampal Interactions Revealed by Real-time Optical Imaging

T.Iijima*1, M.P. Witter*2, M.Ichikawa*1, T.Tominaga*1, R.Kajiwara*1, andG. Matsumoto*1

*1 Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

*2 Vrije Univ., The Netherlands

B1-05 Spatial and Temporal Bursting Patterns with Synchronous Oscillation in Neuronal Networks Self-organized in Culture

Y.Kuroda

Tokyo Metropoli. Inst. for Neuralsci., Japan

B1-06 Mechanisms Underlying the Induction of Long-term Potentiation/depression in Developing Visual Cortex

T.Tsumoto and H.Yasuda

Osaka Univ., Japan

B1-07 Neuronal Responses Related to Emotional Memory in the Amygdala and the Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus

T.Ono

Toyama Med.& Pharmaceut. Univ., Japan

B1-08 PATON : Computational Theory of Memory Representation and Attention

T.Omori and A.Mochizuki

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Tech., Japan

Poster Short Presentation (1)

SA1-01 A Model of Enzyme Transistors

T.Aoki and M.Hiratsuka

Tohoku Univ., Japan

SA1-02 Bilayer Lipid Membrane-based Sensors and Devices: Potential Applications and Future Prospects

H.T.Tien and A.L.Ottova

Michigan State Univ., USA

SA1-03 Lipid Bilayer Formation in a Microporous Membrane Filter Elucidated from AC Impedance Analysis and Purple Membrane Photoresponses

M.Ikematsu, M.Iseki, Y.Sugiyama, and T.Sekiguchi

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

Poster Short Presentation (1)

SA1-04 What Can Protein Design Offer Molecular Electronics ?

A.E.G.Cass

Imperial College of Sci. Tech. and Med., UK

SA1-05 Simulation System for studying Spatially Structured Biochemical Interactions

K.-P.Zauner

Wayne State Univ., USA

SA1-06 Amperometric Enzyme-Channeling Immunosensor

J.Rishpon and D.Ivnitski

Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel

SA1-07 Physical Mechanism of Distant Electron Transfer in the Myoglobin-cytochrome C Redox System

G.B.Postnikova

Inst. of Cell Biophysics RAN, Russia

SA1-08 Flexoelectricity and Photoflexoelectricity of Membranes. Possible Application in Mechanoelectric Biodevices

M.Spassova*1, A.G.Petrov*1, and J.H.Fendler*2

1* Inst. of Solid State Physics, Bulgaria

2* Syracuse Univ., USA

SA1-09 Bacteriorhodopsin Spatial Light Modulator Capable of Mimicking Excitatory and Inhibitory Optical Outputs

H.Takei and N.Shimizu

Hitach, Ltd., Japan

SA1-10 X-ray Diffraction and ESR of BO-C10TCNQ Conductive LB Film

K.Ogasawara*1, T.Ishiguro*1, S.Horiuchi*1, H.Yamochi*1, G.Saito*1, M.Taoda*2, and Y.Nogami*2

1* Kyoto Univ., Japan

2* Okayama Univ., Japan

SA1-11 EPR Investigations of Unpaired Spin Delocalization in Acceptor-Bridge Donor Molecular Structures

R.Krzyminiewski and A.Bielewicz-Mordalska

A.Mickiewicz Univ., Poland

SA1-12 Two Dimensional Dynamic Patterns in Illuminated Langmuir Monolayers

H.Yokoyama and Y.Tabe

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

SA1-13 Highly Conducting Amorphous Form of Carbon

S.V.Subramamyan

Indian Inst. of Sci., India

SA1-14 Properties of Self-assembled Metallated Porphyrins and Application

G.Agarwal and R.S.Phadke

Tata Inst. of Fundamental Res., India

SA1-15 Right- and Left-handed Helical Supramolecular Organization of Poly(p-phenylene vinylene) Observed with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

C.W. Yuan, W.P.Qian, Z.M.Ai and Y.Wei

Southeast Univ., China

SA1-16 Scanning Maxwell-Stress Microscopy under Water

H.Yokoyama

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

SA1-17 Enhancement of Photocurrent in Organic Photoelectric Cells Based on Surface Plasmon Excitations

K.Saito, T.Wakamatsu, Y.Sakakibara, and H.Yokoyama

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

SA1-18 Molecular Machining with Scanning Probe Microscope

B.P.Gaber, D.C.Turner, and M.Testoff

Naval Res. Lab., USA

SA1-19 Simple Saline Oscillator as a "Complex System": Multi-Component Diffusion Coupled with Convection Flow under Nonequilibrium

M.Okamura, K.Yoshikawa, and Y.Takemoto

Nagoya Univ., Japan

SA1-20 Large Discrete Transition of Single DNA Chain Between Coil and Grobule

M.Takahashi, V.V.Vasilevskaya, and K.Yoshikawa

Nagoya Univ., Japan

SA1-21 Informational Processing on Time Dependent Input with the Network of Nonlinear Oscillators

K.Kajiya and K.Yoshikawa

Nagoya Univ., Japan

SA1-22

B.D.Moore

Univ. of Strathclyde, U.K.

SB1-01 Neurons in Rhesus Monkey Ventral Striatum Encode the Meaning of a Visual Cue in a Motivation Task

M.Shidara*1,*2, T.G.Aigner*2, and B. J. Richmond*2

*1 Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

*2 Laboratory of Neuropsychology, NIMH, USA

SB1-02 AFM Observation of Synapses in Primary Cultured Neurons from the Pond Snail

S.Nagayama*1, S.Kojima*1, M.Morimoto*1, K.Kawabata*1, Y.Fujito*2, S.Ogura*1, K.Abe*1, T.Ushiki*3, and E.Ito*1

*1 Hokkaido Univ., Japan

*2 Sapporo Medical Univ., Japan

*3 Niigata Univ., Japan

SB1-03 Multi-channel Cell Membrane Potential Measuring System and Its Application on Cortical Development Study

H.Sugihara, A.Kamei, and M.Taketani

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan

SB1-04 Temporal Coding Aspect of Guinea Pig Auditory Cortex by Optical Imaging

K.Fukunishi, R.Tokioka, and N.Murai

Hitachi, Ltd., Japan

SB1-05 Simulation of the Oscillatory Potential Propagation in the Slugs Brain with an Array of Nonlinear Oscillators.

A.Yamada, T.Kimura, E.Kono, and T.Sekiguchi

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

SB1-06 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Odor Response in the Olfactory Center of the Terrestrial Slugs, Limax Marginatus.

T.Kimura*1, S.Toda*2, A.Yamada*1, S.Kawahara*2, T.Sekiguchi*1, and Y.Kirino*2

*1 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Japan

*2 The Univ of Tokyo., Japan

SB1-07 Application of Coupled Map Lattice Model to Ca2+ Wave Propagation in Earthworm Median Giant Fiber

K.Oka*1 and H.Ogawa*2

*1 Keio Univ., Japan

*2 Res. Development Corp. of Japan, Japan

SB1-08 Ca2+ Wave Propagation Mechanism in the Earthworm Giant Fiber

H.Ogawa*1 and K.Oka*2

*1 Res. Development Corp. of Japan, Japan

*2 Keio Univ., Japan

Oral Session (2)

A2-01 Self-Assembled Supermolecular Structures in Ion-Containing Polymer Systems

A.R.Khokhlov and E.E.Dormidontova

Moscow State Univ., Russia

A2-02 Thinking on Life Phenomenon From DNA to Macroscopic Spatio-temporal Order

K.Yoshikawa

Nagoya Univ., Japan

A2-03 Dynamic Biomolecular Information Processing Mechanisms: The State of Art and Potentialities

N.G.Rambidi

International Res. Inst for Management Sci., Russia

A2-04 Multiscale Synergy in Brain-Like Computer Architectures: the Interplay of Learning, Memory and Self-Assembly

M.Conrad

Wayne State Univ., USA

B2-01 Unsilencing Postsynaptically Silent Synapses during Long-Term Potentiation

R.Malinow

Cold Spring Harbor Lab., USA

B2-02 A Novel Temporal Learning Rule and Associative Neural Networks

Y.Shigematsu,M.Ichikawa, and G.Matsumoto

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

B2-03 Ion Imaging Study of Dendritic Excitability in CNS Neurons

H.Miyakawa*1, J.Callaway*2, N.Lasser-Ross*2, W.N.Ross*2, V.Lev-Ram*3, J.Lisman*4, D.Jaffe*5, J.Magee*6, B.Christie*6, and D.Johonston*6

*1 Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Japan

*2 New York Med. College, USA

*3 UC San Diego, USA

*4 Brandeis Univ., USA

*5 UT San Antonio, USA

*6 Baylor College of Med., USA

B2-04 A Spatio-temporal Learning Rule Based on the Physiological Data of LTP in the Hippocampal CA1 Network

M.Tsukada*1, T.Aihara*1, H.Saito*1 and H. Kato*2

*1 Tamagawa Univ., Japan

*2 Yamagata Univ., Japan

B2-05 A New Concept for Monoaminergic System: Modulating Synaptic Plasticity as a Major Brain Regulator

N.Okado

Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan

Poster Short Presentation (2)

SA2-01 Infrared Photodetectors Based on Quantum-dot Semiconductor and Molecular Systems

V.Ryzhii, I.Khmyrova, M.Ershov, M.Ryzhii and T.Iizuka

Univ. of Aizu, Japan

SA2-02 Molecular Photodiode Consists of TCNQ-Pyrene-Ferrocene Hetero-LB films

J.-W.Choi*1, J.Min*1, S.-Y. Oh*1, D.-M. Shin*2, and W.-H. Lee*1

*1 Sogang Univ., South Korea

*2 Hongik Univ., South Korea

SA2-03 Characteristics of Organic Gas Sensitivity in Copolymer LB Films by using QCM

Y.-S.Kwon*1, H.-K.Shin*1, Y.-S.Choi*1, J.-S.Chang*2, and

S.-M.Chang*1

*1 Dong-A Univ., South Korea

*2 Kyung Pook San Up Univ., South Korea

SA2-04 Control of Electrical and Optical Properties of LB Films Using Photoisomerization of Azobenzene

H.Tachibana, R.Azumi, and M.Matsumoto

National Inst. of Material and Chem. Res., Japan

SA2-05 Quantum Electron Tunneling in Molecular Heterojunction Using Flavin-Porphyrin LB Multilayers

K.Akiyama, S.Ueyama, S.Nishikawa, T.Ogama, and S.Isoda

Mitsubishi Electric. Corp., Japan

SA2-06 Perceptron Circuit Using Lead Phthalocyanine Films

K. Nichogi, A.Miyamoto, K.Waragai, and M.Murakami

Matsushita Res. Inst. Tokyo, Inc., Japan

SA2-07 Development of a Functional Device with Synaptic Plasticity using Evaporated Lead Phthalocyanine Films

A.Miyamoto, K.Nichogi, K.Waragai, and M.Murakami

Matsushita Res. Inst. Tokyo, Inc., Japan

SA2-08 Development of Optical Neural Devices Using Photochromic Molecular Assemblies

A.Miyata, H.Arai, and Y.Unuma

Sharp Corp., Japan

SA2-09 Nonlinear Photochromism in Spiropyran J-aggregates

Y.Unuma, A.Miyata, and H.Arai

Sharp Corp., Japan

SA2-10 Organic Photoconductive Device with Memory and its Application to a Visual Information Processing

A.Fujii, K.Ishihara, M.Yoneyama, S.Maeda, and T.Murayama

Mitsubishi Chem. Corp, Japan

SA2-11 Toward Single Molecule Addressing

A.Gourdon

CNRS/CEMES, France

SA2-12 Structural Reciprocality of Electron/Nuclear Configurations as a Basic Principle for the Designing of New Organometallic Molecular Electronic Devices

V.A.Nikanorov

A.N.Nesmeyanov Inst., Russia

SA2-13 Superconducting Reticulate Doped Polymers

J.P.Ulanski*1, J.K.Jeszka*2, E.Laukhina*3, H.W.Helberg*4

*1 Technical University of Lodz, Poland

*2 Center of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Poland

*3 Inst of Chem. Physics, Russia

*4 Univ. G嗾tingen, Germany

SA2-14 Embedded Intermediate One-electron States for Applications in Molecular (bio)electronics

G.Biczo*1 and V.A.Nikanorov*2

*1 Central Res.Insti. of Chemistry, Hungary

*2 A.N.Nesmeyanov Inst., Russia

SA2-15 Design of Small Gap Conjugated Polymers - Band Structure Engineering

J.Kurti*1, P.R.Surjan*1, and M.Kertesz*2

*1 R.Eotvos University, Hungary

*2 Univ. of Washington, USA

SA2-16 The Electroluminescent and the Photodiode Device Made by a Polymer Blend

J.Y.Park*1, H.M.Le*1, G.T.Kim*1, H.Park*1, I.N.Kang*2, D.H.Hwang*2, H.K.Shim*2, and Y.W.Park*1

*1 Seoul National Univ., South Korea

*2 Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech., South Korea

SA2-17 Fabrication and Properties of Organic Dye-aggregates in Polymer Matrices

T.Hiraga, N.Yamamoto, and T.Moriya

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

SA2-18 An Ordered Dense Dendrite Morphology of Polymer Polypyrrole

H.Q.Zhang, M.Wu, C.W.Yuan and Y.Wei

Southeast Univ., China

SA2-19 Appearance of Superconductivity by Band-Filling Control in Organic Superconductor: k-(BEDT-TFT)2Cu2(CN)3

G.Saito and T. Komatsu

Kyoto Univ., Japan

SA2-20 Molecular Conformational Simulation, Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett Films from Fluorescently Labeled Biological Membrane Components

G.R.Ivanov

Advanced Technology Ltd., Bulgaria

SA2-21 Bacteriorhodopsin Is Not a Photodiode but Something Better

B.E.Fuller*1, T.L.Okajima*2, and F.T.Hong*3

*1 Difco Lab., USA

*2 Univ. of Illinois, USA

*3 Wayne State Univ., USA

SA2-22 Photoactive Bacteriorhodopsin Variants

A.K.Singh, N.Majumdar and H.M.Pavale

Indian Inst. of Tech., India

SB2-01 Backward Neural Connection Model of the Visual Cortex I: Mathematical Framework of Three Dimensional Object Segmentation

K.Okajima and M.Miyashita

NEC Corp., Japan

SB2-02 Backward Neural Connection Model of the Visual Cortex II: Application to Figure-background Discrimination Problem and Representation of Three Dimensional Object Shape

M.Miyashita and K.Okajima

NEC Corp., Japan

SB2-03 Sensory-Motor Fusion Model with Neural Networks

D.Masumoto and S.Nagata

Fujitsu Ltd., Japan

SB2-04 Two-stage Motion Energy Model for Area MT with Local Feedback

M.Nomura

NEC Corp., Japan

SB2-05 Noisy Dynamics and Biocomputing with Nonequilibrium Neural Networks

V.A.Chinarov

Scientific Res. Center Vidhuk, Ukraine

SB2-06 A Synergetic Multilevel Artificial Brain for Pattern Recognition/Neurocontrol

J.-C. Chen

National Yunlin Inst. of Tech., Taiwan

SB2-07 Associative Memory with Many-to-many Correspondence

T.Tanaka

Toshiba Corp., Japan

SB2-08 Spatio - temporal Dynamic Structures in a Medium of Coupled Neuron-like Molecular Elements for Designing Decision Making Systems

V.Yakhno

Inst. of Applied Physics, Russia

SB2-09 Selforaganization of Constraints to Control Recall and Learning in Brains: A Model Approach

E.Koerner*1, H.Tsujino*1, U.Koerner*2, T.Matsutani*1 and S.Nagai*2

1* Honda R&D Co. Ltd., Japan

2* Kanazawa Inst. of Tech., JAPAN

SB2-10 A Digital Neural Network Hardware Based on SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) Architecture and Its Acceleration-Ratio Evaluation

M.Yasunaga*1 and T.Ochiai*2

1* University of Tsukuba, Japan

2* Hitachi Microcomputer System Ltd., Japan

SB2-11 Analog Electronic Neuro-chip Sets with On-chip Learning Capability

Y.K.Choi, J. Cho, and S-Y.Lee

Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech., South Korea

Oral Session (3)

A3-01 Transfer of Functionally Modified Bacteriorhodopsins into Technical Applications

N.Hampp

Philipps Universit閣 Marburg, Germany

A3-02 Molecular Photodiode and Scanning Probe Microscopes

M.Fujihira

Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan

A3-03 Fabrication and Characterization of Organic Epitaxial Films

A.Koma

The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

A3-04 Molecular Electronics Using an Artificial Flavocytochrome c

S.Nishikawa, S.Ueyama, M.Miyamoto,T.Ogama, and S.Isoda

Mitsubishi Elec. Corp., Japan

A3-05 Non-linear Oscillation System Using Electropolymerized Polypyrrole

Y.Sugiyama,M.Iseki,M.Ikematsu, and T.Sekiguchi

Sanyo Electric. Co., Ltd., Japan

A3-06 Mesoscopic Processes in Biocomputing: The Role of Randomness and Determinism

F.Hong

Wayne State Univ., USA

B3-01 A Theory of the Cerebral Cortex

R.Hecht-Nielsen

HNC Software Inc., USA

B3-02 The Gabor-type Receptive Field of a Visual Cortical Neuron Extracts: The Maximum Information from Input Local Images

K.Okajima

NEC Corp., Japan

B3-03 A Simulation System for Large Scale Neural Networks - Towards the Development of a Brain-like Computer -

M.Ichikawa,Y.Shigematsu, and G.Matsumoto

Electrotechnical Lab., Japan

B3-04 Adaptive Analog VLSI Circuits for Modelling Primate Saccadic Eye Movements

T.K.Horiuchi and C.Koch

Calofornia Inst. of Tech., USA

B3-05 Hybrid Insect Robot

Y.Kuwana,I.Shimoyama, and H.Miura

The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan