Research Areas

Standing at the intersection of neuroscience and information science, the field of neuroinformatics develops the tools to house, share and analyze neuroscientific data, and to create computational models of brain. As a national node of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF), the Neuroinformamtics Japan Center (NIJC) was established to organize neuroinformatics research activities and international cooperation in Japan. NIJC supports researchers developing and maintaining neuroscience databases in collaboration with the nation-wide brain science research institutions/universities, provides a portal for these databases and Neuroinformatics, and is designing and operating the infrastructure for Neuroinformatics. It is also developing database technologies, and facilitates cooperation and distribution of the information stored in those databases.

Research Subject

1. Searching information useful for the NI field and release it on the J-Node portal site; supporting the PF development and providing maintenance for PF operations.
2. Publicity and educational activities to promote neuroinformatics research.
3. International cooperation.
4. Developing and improving the technologies for constructing PFs which are indispensable for distributing information of the NI research activities as well as tools and providing maintenance support.

Related links

1. RIKEN Brain Science Institute Website_Laboratories Page
2. INCF Japan Node Page

RIKEN RESEARCH

August 03, 2007

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