<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Biophysics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud U]]></title><description><![CDATA[visionneuroscientist]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:09:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[optical voltage recordings from naked-mole rat iNeurons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday (12/23) was my last day at work this year, and I ran my final experiment. Since starting the new project, the first goal has been to achieve optical voltage recording from a neuron. By filling neurons with what is called a voltage-sensitive dye (VSD), I have been working toward this goal.(In parallel, voltage recording using a GEVI—genetically engineered voltage indicator—on human iNeurons is being developed and is progressing thanks to our master student, Isabel de Vicente and...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/it-seems</link><guid isPermaLink="false">694ead419681830ca4739511</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:16:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_c99c35af65a647e5986cd395d1c5ca34~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_847,h_470,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AURORA!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been an eventful half year building the rig at Dr. Wierenga's electrophysiology laboratory, starting from scratch. Thanks to the helps, supports, and countless discussions and brainstorming sessions, things have been moving forward, though slowly. Beginning of May this year, I started to build the rig at the empty spot of the lab. I named the rig "AURORA". I had to collect all sort of parts from different places, including the attic of the building. Often it started with cleaning the...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/aurora</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69480b706cebe7424b314905</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:25:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_41af252775a547f7814de32da075867a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last four months]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since starting the project in May, I've been working hard for the past four months. In retrospect, it's almost unbelievable that I was...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/the-last-four-months</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a61e9ae3204b051370c600</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:43:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[fabric market in Utrecht]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rig had to be covered completely to cut off light coming from surroundings. This is because we will do "optical recording" of neuronal activities. For this, I needed proper fabric materials. I found out that the weekend fabric market in Utrecht was the largest one of this kind in the country. So, why not? I went there and found perfect materials. When the rig is covered, it becomes completely dark.]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/fabric-market-in-utrecht</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68975722f34c1d66825211cb</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:21:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_cf634a3106b54b458b1c74bc423c6832~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[non-linear, inequilibrium me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Science is about reproducibilty, consistency, and omnipotence. But biological system is nonlinear, dynamic, inequilibrium, i.e. we are...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/non-linear-inequilibrium-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6855bc54c53eff7e32920e5b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:02:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_5b1ca0ea10534d8d828f98879be803f4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does anyone need 50m of silicone sheet?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I ordered 1 meter of a silicone rubber sheet. I needed it to protect the equipment of the new rig and it was supposed to be just 60 EUR....]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/does-anyone-need-50m-of-silicone-sheet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68539d63efcb8f9f22e01209</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 05:31:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_d88cb03c3fc74cadb266b939c9048368~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, no!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has been working well with the new rig but last Friday, when I was running experiment, one of the key equipment broke. Probably...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/oh-no</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684f0c255a220fb240589aa6</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 18:09:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_4d59174a3157454b8f62a1c455c7d67c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_481,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first ever recording at AURORA]]></title><description><![CDATA[I decided the name of the new rig to be AURORA. It is finally getting a shape, and last Thursday, I put iNeurons* under the microscope of...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/the-first-ever-recording-at-aurora</link><guid isPermaLink="false">684322743b8c630e155b62cc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:23:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_8eaa1b17f2ff40b8b37a5a87d5194740~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Emerge!": the last lecture for the class]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last Friday, I gave a lecture about my research to the class, called "Neurons &#38; Synapses", that I had been coordinating for the last 4 years. It was a hard work to create a whole new material for the course like this as neuroscience is so broad. But, most importantly, it has been fun and fruitful work. Now the course is taken over by Prof. Corette Wierenga, and I think it is going well. I gave the lecture as a part of "Expert Lecture", a series of four lectures in the course by speakers who...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/emerge-the-last-lecture-for-the-class</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6836be2581150f32c9f6a79d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 07:50:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_71169593b97647598cea903366ec92cb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_492,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[building a new electro/optical physiology rig]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting from scratch, in the empty space, I have been building a new rig for the project. It has to have two channel patch clamp...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/building-a-new-electro-optical-physiology-rig</link><guid isPermaLink="false">681f6416e0791c3813dcea9b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 14:40:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_9d59340ff5274175b825ba1ee957f084~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["nen-shi"]]></title><description><![CDATA[After leaving UMC (see the other post here ), I started to be more and more occupied with teaching. At the same time, I spent my time...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/nen-shi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6817347e80e2422fe51ac44c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 10:08:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_41169f1de193439982744219c4ab8453~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_756,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ball N' Chain]]></title><description><![CDATA[One day, Big Mama Thornton (BMT) was asked by Janis Joplin (JJ) to let her sing the song, Ball N' Chain. BMT OK'd it. And JJ made her...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/ball-n-chain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67db29df435d93501276ba6c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:48:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_7f1129dadf5f45d698279964e649865d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_500,h_399,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Manga" cafe -the savior]]></title><description><![CDATA[While in Japan (to see and help my mother), I heard positive news about our research grant application (not a final decision, but a...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/manga-cafe-the-savior</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66d88de4ad2c0c11dc7ead67</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:09:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_54a7d2a461a8401b9feb181126240955~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_939,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[fallen leaves 4: David Bohm]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was a physics student, I read "Causality and Chance in Modern Physics" and "Wholeness and Implicate Order" both by David Bohm. In...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/fallen-leaves-4-david-bohm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b822627ab4c35df4d867a7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_b7931beebc044107838b8c602e7daaaf~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_233,h_344,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[fallen leaves 3: William James and pragmatism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Then, I read "Pragmatism" by William James. I guess the idea of "if the result is good, it is good" made sense when mysticism and...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/fallen-leaves-3-william-james-and-pragmatism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66b04e332329a35b0da862a0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 04:09:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_4c5d638181724b67a5fcebe54f95660f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[fallen leaves 2: the magic chalk]]></title><description><![CDATA[You are in a room. The room is empty. There is nothing there, not even a window or a door. But you have a chalk. You can draw anything...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/fallen-leaves-2-the-magic-chalk</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6674cda173bd0c86f67d5cb9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 01:02:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_f8cacc9383d845a1b7d8a75692ad4d58~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_236,h_358,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[fallen leaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was in junior high school, I wasn't particularly interested in science. I spent my time hanging out with guys, chasing girls,...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/fallen-leaves</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665a1c7b960e3b8958fb18c0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 19:47:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_491d94afa0744fd39a95042706a28fff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_555,h_712,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Hockney]]></title><description><![CDATA[The space as we perceive is distorted*. This means that when we see things, they are not represented as it is in our non-Euclidian space....]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/david-hockney</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65fea02d8079ae61d190c505</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:04:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_b4d1f1dbb8d840a581cddbd48f6f22d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_772,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[memories and passions]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been ill for a while, with my stomach problem. It exhausts my energy. It is too bad as this is exactly when I need it while I am...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/memories-and-passion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65dab8b69210533a4573cc79</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_6e67d44dd4d24c97b7990035cbad693e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is language?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a phenomenon, X. A person, A, receives sensory inputs from X, as does another person, B. Both experience individual internal...]]></description><link>https://www.visionneuroscientist.com/post/what-is-language</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65bcf40ed8c41397897d0195</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec6088_e1e041db63994168a84ee84f00a72f4a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_862,h_575,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Naoki Kogo</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>