Shiro Usui — INCF Neuroinformatics Portal

	Full name Shiro Usui	Affiliation RIKEN Brain Science Institute	Address Hirosawa 2-1 351-0198 Wako, Saitama Japan
	Email usuishiro(at)riken.jp		Phone Office: +81-48-467-7491 Fax: +81-48-467-7498
Research Areas General neuroinformatics
Research focus Neuroscience research has been producing many important results. However, such a tremendous amount of evidence makes difficult to integrate individual results into our understanding of brain as a whole system. In order to overcome the difficulty, an organized framework for the integration of the evidence is necessary. This has required the establishment of a new field called 'Neuroinformatics'. The worldwide recognition of the importance of neuroinformatics (NI) has prompted the establishment of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF). In response to the call for international cooperation, the Japanese government has launched the Neuroinformatics Japan Center (NIJC) at RIKEN BSI as the Japan Node (J-Node).
	Profile updated: 2011-08-18