Past Events

Seminar

"Therapeutic strategies targeting cancer stem cells" Hideyuki Saya

Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
Seminar Room C209, Center Building
Hideyuki Saya, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University
Seminar

"Chaotic attractors, complexity and beyond-Turing computational power in basal ganglia thalamo-cortical circuits" Alessandro Villa

Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room D014, Lab1
Alessandro Villa. Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean, Neuroeconomics and Computer Science, University of Lausanne ; President of the European Neural Network Society
External Events

English Education Symposium (External Event)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 00:00
Auditorium
This event is an external event. Organized by AMICUS. You are welcome to attend the symposium.
Holiday

National Foundation Day 2015

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 00:00
National Holiday
Seminar

"The Conservation of 18th Century Chinese Lacquer Panels in a 20th Century American Mansion" Ms. Melissa Carr

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
B503
Science and Technology Group invites you to a seminar by Ms.Melissa Carr from Masterwork Conservation.
Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium on Nanocatalysis for Energy and Environmental Applications (MSNEEA)

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, February 12, 2015 (All day)
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C210
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
External Events

Kyushu Area High School Students Science Research Presentation Competition (External Event)

Saturday, February 7, 2015 (All day) to Sunday, February 8, 2015 (All day)
Auditorium, C209, C210, B250, Restaurant Floor
This is an external event organized by Council for Okinawa Prefecture Science Education. Students from Kyushu area will gather and present their science research each other. Contact: 098-857-0481 (Mr. Nakamura)
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Yamamoto Unit and Miller Unit

Friday, February 6, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
B503
Join us for February's first Internal Seminar Series on Feb. 6, from 17:00 to 18:00 in B503. This month's seminars feature the Cell Signal Unit (Tadashi Yamamoto) and the Physics and Biology Unit (Jonathan Miller).
Culture

Opening Ceremony of CDC Art Exhibition "The Jewel Box"

Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 16:30 to 16:45
Level C Corridor, Center Building
This is to open an Art Exhibition "The Jewel Box" organized by Child Development Center. The exhibition will end on 2/16 (Mon).
Seminar

Seminar: Correlation effects in skew scattering of electrons, by Prof Tim Ziman

Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
D014 Meeting Room, Level D, Lab 1
Prof Timothy Ziman, ILL/Université Joseph Fourier Seminar on skew scattering of electrons including eff ects of critical spin fluctuations on anomalous and spin Hall e ffects in ferromagnetic alloys.
Culture

CDC Art Exhibition "The Jewel Box"

Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 09:00 to Monday, February 16, 2015 - 17:30
Skywalk, Level C Corridor of the Center Building
Art Exhibition "The Jewel Box" organized by Child Development Center Exhibition Period: February 5 (Thu) - 16 (Mon) Venue: Skywalk, Level C Corridor of the Center Building
Seminar

"Smart Inverters – Technology Solution for High Penetration Distributed PV" Leon Roose

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Leon Roose, HNEI, University of Hawaii
Seminar

Synthesis, applications and commercialization of nanomaterial-based sensor devices

Monday, February 2, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
Lab 1, D014

Seminar will be conductedin English and open to public.

Innovation

2nd International Symposium on Open Energy Systems

Monday, February 2, 2015 - 08:30 to Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 15:30
B250

Workshop will be conducted in English and open to public. Registration will start in Dec 2014.

Campus

Open Campus 2015

Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 10:00 to 17:00
OIST Campus
OIST welcomes you to the Open Campus 2015!
Seminar

[Seminar] Wingless workers underlie the evolutionary success of ants by Prof.Christian Peeters

Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 11:00
C209, Center Building
Christian Peeters, CNRS Research Professor, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie Paris
Seminar

''Enhanced Absorbance and Electron Collection in Inverted Organic Solar Cells'' Furong Zhu

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab1, D014
Seminar by Prof. Furong Zhu, Department of Physics and Institute of Advanced Materials, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium: Recent Findings on the Cerebellar Microcircuitry

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, January 29, 2015 (All day)
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C210
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
Seminar

''Atomic and electronic structure of bottom-up synthesized graphene nanoribbons characterized via non-contact atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy'' Shiyong Wang

Monday, January 26, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab1, D015
Seminar by Dr. Shiyong Wang, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
External Events

Okinawa Public Schools Women Managers Association Meeting (External Event)

Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 10:00 to 15:00
B250 and Restaurant Floor
This is an externally organized event.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Tanaka Unit and Busch Unit

Friday, January 23, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
B250
Join us for January's second Internal Seminar Series on Jan. 23, from 17:00 to 18:00 in B250. This month's seminars feature the Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit (Fujie Tanaka) and the Quantum Systems Unit (Thomas Busch).
Seminar

''Organic/inorganic perovskite optoelectronics using self-organized polymeric buffer layers'' Tae-Woo Lee

Friday, January 23, 2015 - 15:30 to 16:30
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Tae-Woo Lee, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea
Seminar

''Surface-Directed Molecular Assembly of Organic Semiconductors for High-Performance Organic Electronics'' Kilwon Cho

Friday, January 23, 2015 - 14:30 to 15:30
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Kilwon Cho, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea
Research

Lecture 'Atoms & Nanofibres' by Prof Fam Le Kien

Friday, January 23, 2015 - 14:00 to 16:00
C015, level C, lab 1
Lecturer: Prof Fam Le Kien, TUV, Austria.
OIST Workshops

Nobel Laureate Klaus von Klitzing ''35 years of QHE: Some aspects of zero resistance states and disorder''

Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 09:45 to 10:30
Central Bldg. B250
Klaus von Klitzing (1985 Nobel Prize Laureate) will give an introductory talk about his discovery at OIST Workshop DiRT2D. All are welcome!
Seminar

"Influenza or Ebola– which is the greater threat?" Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 14:30 to 15:30
B250, Center Bldg., Level B
*Seminar Time and Venue have been changed* "Influenza or Ebola– which is the greater threat?" Seminar by Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka
OIST Workshops

DiRT2D - 2015: Disorder and its Role in Transport in 2D systems

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 09:00 to Friday, January 23, 2015 - 18:00
OIST Seaside House and OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250
OIST Workshop - All OIST members are welcome to attend the sessions
Seminar

"'The important thing is not to stop questioning': the relevance of this Einstein quote in natural sciences is exemplified in physics and related mathematics" Daniel Sternheimer

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
Seminar Room B250
Daniel Sternheimer, Visiting Research Fellow, Rikkyo University, Tokyo. English with no Japanese interpretation.
External Events

(External Event) Okinawa Kosen Robot Contest

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 14:15 to 15:00
C210
Okinawa Kosen (Okinawa National Collage of Technology) is organizing Robot contest. Anyone is welcome to come and see the students's robot.
Workshop

2014 Entrepreneurial Training Program - Day 5

Saturday, January 17, 2015 - 13:00 to 17:00
OIST, Restaurant, Floor B

Language: English Reservation is required. Local business people can register at the link below. https://groups.oist.jp/bds/2014-entrepreneurial-training-program-application-form-businesses

Seminar

"How Does Hemoglobin Regulate its O2-Affinity and Cooperativity?" Prof Takashi Yonetani

Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room C209, Center Bldg, Level C
Professor Takashi Yonetani, University of Pennsylvania
Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium: Ancient DNA symposium: New tools for archaeological samples

Thursday, January 15, 2015 (All day) to Saturday, January 17, 2015 (All day)
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C210
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate. URL: https://groups.oist.jp/adna
Workshop

OIST Mini Symposium: Quantum Control of Light and Matter

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 (All day) to Friday, January 16, 2015 (All day)
OIST Seaside House
OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate.
Seminar

"Quantum Magnetism - neutrons in the quasi-particle zoo" Henrik M. Rønnow (EPFL Lausanne)

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Henrik Ronnow (EPFL) on Jan 13th 2-4pm @ C016. All is welcome !
Campus

Change for the Better - Workshop to Support Your New Year Intentions

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 09:30 to 12:00
C210
Free workshop to look at the ingredients of successful change in a fun and interactive way. Reserve by 12pm Mon 12th Jan 2015.
Holiday

Coming of Age Day 2015

Monday, January 12, 2015 - 00:00
National Holiday.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Gioia Unit and De Schutter Unit

Friday, January 9, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
B250
Join us for January's first Internal Seminar Series on Jan. 09, from 17:00 to 18:00 in B250. This month's seminars feature the Continuum Physics Unit (Gustavo Gioia) and the Computational Neuroscience Unit (Erik De Schutter).
Seminar

"Droplet impact on solid surfaces: the effect of air and vapor" Prof. Tuan Tran

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
B503, Seminar room
Prof. Tuan Tran, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Language: English. All are welcome.
Holiday

New Years Holiday 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014 (All day) to Saturday, January 3, 2015 (All day)
The campus will be open to the public during the New Year's holidays (December 28th- January 3rd).
Holiday

Emperor's Birthday 2014

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 00:00

Emperor's Birthday 2014

Seminar

'Novel roles of ribosome ubiquitination in quality control systems' Prof. Toshifumi Inada.

Monday, December 22, 2014 - 17:00 to 18:00
C016, Lab1
[Seminar] 'Novel roles of ribosome ubiquitination in quality control systems', Prof. Toshifumi Inada, Dec 22nd.
Workshop

2014 Entrepreneurial Training Program - Day 4

Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 13:00 to 17:00
OIST, Seminar Room C210

Language: English Reservation is required. Local business people can register at the link below. https://groups.oist.jp/bds/2014-entrepreneurial-training-program-application-form-businesses

External Events

9th Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science (ACCMS-VO9)

Saturday, December 20, 2014 - 09:00 to Monday, December 22, 2014 - 17:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250
This is an External Event. For more information, please visit the conference website at http://accms.mobility.niche.tohoku.ac.jp/accmsvo/accmsvo09/index.html
Seminar

"Discovery of useful bioactive compounds from microorganisms", Prof Hiroshi TOMODA

Friday, December 19, 2014 - 10:30
B503, Center Building
Prof. Hiroshi TOMODA, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University. Language: English. OKINAWA Intellectual Cluster Program
Seminar

Seminar by Dr Louise Parr-Brownlie:Correcting abnormal motor thalamus activity in parkinsonian rats improves movements

Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:00
D015 Meeting Room, Level D, Lab 1
Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, New Zealand
Seminar

"Cosmic connections: from cosmic rays to gamma rays, to cosmic backgrounds and magnetic fields" and "Higgs relaxation and leptogenesis" Alexander Kusenko

Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 13:00 to 15:15
Seminar Room B250
Prof. Alexander Kusenko, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, and Senior Scientist, Kavli IPMU. English with no Japanese interpretation. Everyone is welcome (first talk is targeted for general audience), but content of the second seminar will be very specialized in physics.
Seminar

"Model of Service and Value Co-creation as Constructive Methodology and Its application to Mobility as a Service" Hideyuki Nakashima

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 10:30 to 12:00
Seminar Room C209, Center Bldg.
President Hideyuki Nakashima, Future University Hakodate
Seminar

"Modeling Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV) pathologies and immune surveillance against virus-driven lymphoma" Tomoharu Yasuda

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 16:00 to 17:00
C016, Lab1
Dr. Tomoharu Yasuda, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin. Dec 16(Tue) at C016. All are welcome.
External Events

SIG-EIN/SIG-DOCMAS

Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 14:00 to Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 12:00
OIST Seaside House Seminar Room
Registration required.
Workshop

2014 Entrepreneurial Training Program - Day 3

Saturday, December 13, 2014 - 13:00 to 17:00
OIST, Seminar Room C210

Language: English Reservation is required. Local business people can register at the link below. https://groups.oist.jp/bds/2014-entrepreneurial-training-program-application-form-businesses

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