Okinawan Bingata Workshop by Hanzakibingata

Cosmos episode 5: Blues for a Red Planet

As part of OIST’s Presidential Lecture series, Dr. Wieland Huttner will deliver a lecture on “A gene that made our brain big". All are invited.

Dr. Wieland Huttner is the Founding Director Emeritus and Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.

It has been a longstanding open problem to find a direct conservation law for harmonic mappings into manifolds. In the late 1980s, Chen and Shatah independently found a conservation law for weakly harmonic maps into spheres, which can be interpreted by Noether's theorem. This leads to Helein's celebrated regularity theorem on weakly harmonic maps from surfaces. For general target manifolds, Riviere discovered a direct conservation law in two dimension in 2007, allowing him to solve two well known conjectures of Hildebrandt and Heinz. As observed by Riviere-Struwe in 2008, due to lack of Wente's lemma, Riviere's approach does not extend to higher dimensions. In a recent joint work with Chang-Lin Xiang, we successfully found a conservation law, in the spirit of Riviere, for a class of weakly harmonic maps (around regular points) into general closed manifolds in higher dimensions.

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Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit would like to invite you to a seminar!

Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit (Takahashi Unit) would like to invite you to the seminar by Dr. Kohgaku Eguchi, IST Austria Language: English

Due to unavoidable circumstances, we regretfully announce the cancellation of this seminar.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Title: Behavioral, Social, and Institutional Dimensions of Cooperation

Abstract: Common goods are at the heart of many challenges facing humankind. Protective measures – such as mitigating climate change or not overexploiting natural resources – are collectively beneficial, yet costly to individual stakeholders with diverse interests. Common goods may thus be jeopardized by selfish agents at all levels – be they collaborators, citizens, companies, cities, or countries – resulting in social dilemmas that often follow a pattern known as the ‘tragedy of the commons.’ Salient examples concern not only climate change and natural resources, but also clean air, civil security, social welfare, ecosystem services, land use, prudent urbanization, natural-disaster protection, demographic planning, and the functioning of the internet. In this presentation, I will illustrate how quantitative analyses can help address the behavioral, social, and institutional dimensions of these challenges, promoting cooperative collective actions and the safeguarding of common goods.

Hosted by: Faculty Talk Coordinators and Faculty Affairs Office

English-speaking insurance agent Wiltec in Chatan visits OIST. [When]11:00-15:00 [Where]Resource Center in the Center Building(right next to the ATM)

In this session, staff/leaders will identify through work and discussion various situations in which they are prone to bias and how this affects their actions such as decision-making and communicating with others.

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

A mysterious talk by Nick Luscombe...

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Faculty Lunchtime Seminar Coordinators & FAO

Science Digest - June edition! Please welcome our invited speaker, Dr. Erika Cyphert (Postdoctoral Fellow at Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, USA) for her talk: " Biomaterials and the gut microbiome - paving the way for novel therapeutics ". The seminar is open to everyone interested in the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Gut Microbiome, Biomaterials/Drug delivery, and Orthopaedics, and those who would like to know more about Cornell University and Dr. Cyphert's career. Save the date: June 28 at 9:00 a.m. JST, C210 or Zoom (Meeting ID: 986 5579 1051 Passcode: 220627).

Dean of research, Dr. Tadashi Yamamoto will give a talk on "Physiology of CCR4-NOT, a comprehensive regulator of mRNA expression"

Japanese and on-site only.

Dr. Leenoy Meshulam, Swartz Theory Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Washington, Seattle. Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / all students and researchers at OIST. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

[Seminar]"Optimal inference of time intervals in cerebellar cortical circuits", Prof. Devika Narain, Associate Professor, Erasmus Medical Center.

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

JSPS Visiting Fellow Professor Jingbo Wang from the University of Western Australia gives a series of lectures on Quantum Computation.

Lecture 6: Quantum Optimisation (practical applications)

OIST music group member, OIST Sanshin Team "Chindamiz" invites you to our "Sanshin Mini Concert for Okinawa Memorial Day "

OISTxASJ Future of Energy & Climate Seminar Series #2

"Climate Change: Need for Action Now"

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 17:00 JST / 9:00 BST

Keynote speaker: Sir David King, Founder & Chair, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge

Panelists: Prof. Jun Arima, Profect Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo

Dr. Peter Gruss, President & CEO, OIST

MC: Mr. Jesper Koll, Global Ambassador, Monex Group Japan

REGISTRATION LINK　⇒　 #2 OISTxASJ Future of Energy & Climate Seminar Series

Professional and Career Development (PCD) 1 requirement: Part 2 of Responsible Conduct in Research

[Responsible Conduct in Research Workshop]

This is the part 2 of 3-series research ethcis course. Madatory for PCD1.

Now that you have completed Part 1 of online self-learing (eFront and The LAB), let us get together for interactive discussion to deeepen your understanding of Responsible Conduct in Research.

Facilitator:

Dr. Kathy Takayama

Senior Consultant for Center for Professional Development and Inclusive Excellence (C-Hub)

Kathy has over 20 years of experience in creating and leading innovations to develop engaging, inclusive, and productive educational environments for a wide range of universities across the world. She has collaborated with organizations including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, the National Academies Fellowship of the US National Research Council, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on initiatives to build capacity for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and has served as external advisor to universities around the world. A professor of molecular microbiology by background, Kathy previously served as executive director of professional development centers at US research universities including Brown University and Columbia University.

JSPS Visiting Fellow Professor Jingbo Wang from the University of Western Australia gives a series of lectures on Quantum Computation.

Lecture 5: Grover's Search Algorithm (amplitude amplification) and Quantum Error Correction

Presented by OIST LGBTQ+ Allies

Dr. Danny Bulmash Bowman, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Maryland. Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / all students and researchers at OIST. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

"On the Quantum Information of Quantum Interference", Professor Peter S. Turner, CEO of the Sydney Quantum Academy, Australia, discusses recent results on issues one faces when attempting to scale up photonic quantum computation.

Eco festival on June 25th (Saturday)

10:00 - 12:00 Guided walk through the jungle between OIST and Akama Sports Park

13:00 - 15:00 Flea market, screen printing and food trucks

Register to participate at the walk or to sell at the flea market!

JSPS Visiting Fellow Professor Jingbo Wang from the University of Western Australia gives a series of lectures on Quantum Computation.

Lecture 4: Shor’s Factorization Algorithm (quantum arithmetic and logic; quantum Fourier transformation)

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

JSPS Visiting Fellow Professor Jingbo Wang from the University of Western Australia gives a series of lectures on Quantum Computation.

Lecture 3: Quantum Teleportation and Superdense Coding (demonstrating quantum advantages)

Speaker；Atsutaka Maeda　Department of Basic Science , University of Tokyo

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Erik De Schutter (Computational Neuroscience Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions (registration required). Tutorial sessions are closed (only for selected participants) | Website

We ask for you understanding that the dates are subject to change due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation.

Testing of Power Transmission equipment will be conducted in conjunction with the renovation of the campus' power generation facilities. During the test, there will be a power outage due to the switching over of power transmission lines.

※This seminar was originally scheduled on May 13th. This time the venue is in Conference Center.

Cell Signal Unit (Yamamoto Unit) presents a seminar inviting Dr. Rieko AJIMA, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Genetics. (国立遺伝学研究所)

Seminar keywords: Wnt5a, Wnt/PCP pathway, morphogenesis

Student Activity at Murasaki Mura

Hands-on Okinawan Cultural Food and Art Activities for Students

Uke club rides again!

C-Hub and The Graduate School jointly invite you to an informal career talk by OIST postdoc alumnus, D r. Mikas Remeika . Dr. Remeika is back on campus for a return visit and has kindly offered to share his experiences on the industry job search in Japan . He is also pleased to introduce a job opportunity for new/recent PhD graduates at an international semiconductor company .

JSPS Visiting Fellow Professor Jingbo Wang from the University of Western Australia gives a series of lectures on Quantum Computation.

Lecture 2: Physical Implementation of Quantum Gates and Circuits (evolving the quantum computer governed by Schrödinger’s equation)

This Tea Ceremony will be held casual table style and anyone is welcome to participate.

テーブル式のカジュアルなお茶会を予定しております。どなたでもご参加頂けます。

Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Language: English

JSPS Visiting Fellow Professor Jingbo Wang from the University of Western Australia gives a series of lectures on Quantum Computation.

Lecture 1: Quantum Computing Fundamentals (postulates of quantum mechanics; quantum bits, gates, and circuits)

Speaker: Dr. Jose Henrique Rodrigues, University of Memphis, USA

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Simone Pigolotti (Biological Complexity Unit) | Program | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions

Prof. Shiro Ikeda, Professor, Institute of Statistical Mathematics. Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / all students and researchers at OIST. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

[Neuroscience Club] Prof. Lisa Giocomo, Associate Professor, Stanford University. Language: English.

Language: English

OIST and Keio University, Japan's very first private institution of higher learning located in the center of Tokyo, are starting a series of short seminars (OIST-KEIO SHOWCASE TALK) to introduce each other's researchers to promote future collaboration.

Quantum Gravity group meeting. Speaker: Mirian Tsulaia. Title: "N=1 and N=4 Super Yang-Mills. A brief review" (part 2)

The Science Digest is back! Dr. David Brückner, NOMIS Fellow at the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, will give us a talk on " Learning the stochastic dynamics of biological systems across scales: from single cells to organoids ". The seminar is open to everyone interested in the fields of Biophysics, Cell Migration, and Developmental Biology, and those who would like to know more about IST Austria and Dr. Brückner's career. Tuesday, May 31 at 16:00 JST on C700 or Zoom (Meeting ID: 990 6065 9864 Passcode: 855680).

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Philipp Höhn (Qubits and Spacetime Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions

We ask for you understanding that the dates are subject to change due to the the current COVID-19 situation.