Past Events

Seminar

[Seminar] "The enigmatic evolutionary relationships among decapodiform cephalopod lineages" by Dr. Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room L4E01, Lab 4

[Speaker] Dr. Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC, Spain

Recreation

Beach Cleanup at Tancha

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 17:30 to 18:30
Tancha Beach

May 30 is “Go-Mi- Zero” day in Japan (5=Go, 3-Mi, 0=Zero, Gomi=waste, garbage), and a great opportunity to think about nature and keep neighbourhood beaches clean.

This event is part of UMIGOMI ZERO WEEK ( https://uminohi.jp/umigomi/zeroweek/) .

Please:

Wear gloves Wear something blue (to note Umigomi Zero Week). Not compulsory.

In case of rain, the event will be canceled. No volunteer certificate will be issued for this event.

Contact Mayu at +81 50 54696440 with questions.

This event is part of OIST SDGs Initiative.

OIST Workshops

[Hybrid] OIST Workshop "Potential theory and random walks in metric spaces"

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 (All day) to Friday, June 2, 2023 (All day)
Zoom and OIST Main Campus, Sydney Brenner Lecture Theatre (B250)

OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Xiaodan Zhou (Analysis on Metric Spaces) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions.

OIST campus will be closed on Thursday and Friday due to the typhoon. All talks will be online on Thursday and Friday. You can obtain a zoom link from here.

Seminar

Self-similarity approach on the dynamical impact of solid sphere onto the viscoelastic surface, Dr. Hirokazu Maruoka.

Monday, May 29, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Lab4, Level E, L4E48

Dr. Hirokazu Maruoka, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University.

Language: English.

Seminar

Seminar by Dr.YongKeun Park "Holotomography and artificial intelligence: label-free 3D imaging, classification, and inference of live cells and organoids"

Monday, May 29, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
Seminar Room F01, Lab 4

* Dr.Yong Keun Park, Physics Department of KAIST, South Korea

* Language: English (No interpretation)

Seminar

Seminar: Cichlid fishes as a model for evolution of altruism in vertebrates

Monday, May 29, 2023 - 15:00
OIST Main Campus (C209)

We are inviting Dr. Shun Satoh from Kyoto University who calls himself as a "Fish Maniac" in his blog.For his details please check the link below. https://symphysodondiscus.wixsite.com/website-1/blank-3 Date: May 29th(Mon) Time: 15:00* - Room: C209 (Center Bldg) *The start time has been updated as of May 19th. sorry for the inconvenience.

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/94360778822?pwd=ZDlPZFY2d3luQWovcUdLZ1lvbGdpQT09 Meeting ID: 943 6077 8822 Passcode: 705537 If you have any questions, please contact egu@oist.jp.

Culture

New Sci+Art Banner Unveiling

Monday, May 29, 2023 - 11:00

These new banners, featuring imagery created by OIST researchers as part of the scientific process, have been on display for a few days now. This exhibit opening will provide some background about the images and the project and thank the researchers for contributing.

Symposium

A recipe for scientific synergy -Series 4- “Advancing biotechnology through multidisciplinary approaches”

Monday, May 29, 2023 - 09:15 to 18:05
*On-site venue has been changed! The Center of Medical Innovation and Translational Research(CoMIT) building, Suita Campus, Osaka University/ Zoom for OISTers

Osaka University is one of OIST's strategic partners.

Since 2020, we have co-hosted a series called "Recipe for Scientific Synergy" to introduce researchers from both sides. In order to strengthen the network with a view toward more robust collaboration on bottom-up basis, we have decided to transform this series into an on-site symposium.

Recreation

Kids Movie Night

Friday, May 26, 2023 - 18:15 to 21:15
Auditorium Meeting Room 1

Kids movie night

This time, we are showing Moana.

Date: May 26th 18:15

Location: Auditorium meeting room one

Open to all ages (parental supervision is required)

Seminar

[Seminar] Cavity Magnonics

Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 16:00 to 17:00
Seminar Room F01 - Lab 4

Prof. Yaroslav M. Blanter, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology.

Professional Development

第2回 事務職員向け勉強会 ❘ #2 Study Sessions for Administrative Staff

Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 13:30 to 14:30
Seminar Room L4E48
*Japanese session. English sessions will be held from September to December. C-Hub 第2回 事務職員向け勉強会 「科学と技術の研究分野」 (日本語) Speaker: Mizuki Shimanuki, Provost Office. Facilitator: Ayumi Nagai, C-Hub

Public Lecture

Schooling Options Information Seminar

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 17:00
Conference Center Meeting Room 1

お子様の学校選択肢情報セッション Schooling Options Information Session

インターナショナルスクール6校の代表者に会う、質問する、情報を得る。Meet representatives from six different international schools and get your questions answered.

2023年5月24日(水) 17:00-18:30 May 24, 2023 (Wednesday)

Research

Joint Poster Session of OIST & ERATO Evolving Symbiosis Project Members

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 16:00 to 18:00
outside B250

Open Poster Session (~20 posters by ERATO members and ~10 posters by OIST units)

Seminar

Genetic mutation in Escherichia coli genome during adaptation to the murine intestine is optimized for the host diet

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 15:20
B250

Seminar by Dr. Shinji Fukuda (Keio University and University of Tsukuba)

Seminar

Towards Prediction and Control of Microbial Evolution: Analysis of Phenotypic Constraints in Laboratory Evolution

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 14:40
B250

Seminar by Dr. Chikara Furusawa (RIKEN and University of Tokyo)

Seminar

QG group meeting: Higher Topological Quantum Mechanics

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 14:00
Lab 4, E01

QG group meeting. Speaker: Slava Lysov. Title: Higher Topological Quantum Mechanics.

Seminar

E. coli evolves into an insect mutualist in real-time

Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 14:00
B250

Seminar by Dr. Takema Fukatsu (AIST, University of Tokyo, and University of Tsukuba)

Seminar

An evolutionary perspective on symbioses from the alvinocaridid shrimp family

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 11:00
L4E48
Seminar by Dr. Pierre Methou (JAMSTEC)

Seminar

[Seminar] Disorder effects in the Kitaev-Heisenberg model

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
L4E48 and Zoom

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

Seminar

[Seminar] "Effects of macromolecular crowding on protein dynamics and function" by Dr. Yuji Sugita

Monday, May 22, 2023 - 10:30 to 11:30
C700, Lab3

Dr. Yuji Sugita, Team Leader, Laboratory for Biomolecular Function Simulation, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research

External Events

The 40th Board of Governors Meeting

Sunday, May 21, 2023 (All day) to Monday, May 22, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

External Events

Beach Cleanup at Senaha

Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 13:00 to 15:00
Senaha Beach

This event is part of UMIGOMI ZERO WEEK ( https://uminohi.jp/umigomi/zeroweek/) .

Please:

Wear gloves. Wear something blue (to note Umigomi Zero Week). Bring water.

In case of rain, the event will be postponed to Sunday, May 21.

Volunteer certificates are issued on request.

Contact Mayu at +81 50 54696440 with questions.

This event is part of OIST SDGs Initiative.

Please see attached flyer for map to the event.

External Events

The 39th Board of Governors Meeting

Saturday, May 20, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Graduate School

Graduation Ceremony 2023

Friday, May 19, 2023 - 14:00 to 16:00
OIST Auditorium

The Graduation Ceremony to award degrees to students who have graduated in the period May 2022 to April 2023.

Research

[Seminar] Coral reef ecology and restoration research at the St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, Singapore

Friday, May 19, 2023 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab3 C700 Seminar Room

Speakers: Dr. Jani Tanzil, the Deputy Director of the St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory and a Senior Research Fellow at the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), National University of Singapore Dr. Lionel Ng, Research Fellow at TMSI, National University of Singapore Mr. Ow Yong Wei Long, Research Assistant with the Coral Team at TMSI, National University of Singapore

Hosted by: Professor Timothy Ravasi, OIST Marine Climate Change Unit

This talk will a broad overview of marine science research conducted in Singapore, with a focus on coral reef ecology and restoration efforts. This talk will also share more about Singapore’s only offshore marine research facility, the St. John’s Island National Marine Laboratory (SJINML), as a research infrastructure open to all marine science researchers, both local and international ( https://sjinml.nus.edu.sg/ ).

Research

Come chat with Serge!

Friday, May 19, 2023 - 10:00
L5DE18
Come chat with Serge…

Please join us for an informal discussion with Prof Serge Haroche…Serge was joint awardee of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for “ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”!

Recreation

May Flea Market

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 16:30 to 18:30
Outside the Auditorium

Come buy and sell your 2nd hand things.

No registration required.

Grab a table from Conference Center Meeting Room 4. Put back your table at the end.

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "People, Environments, Sensors: Cyber Opportunities for Exploring Human Mobilities" by Christophe Claramunt

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4E48, Zoom

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Seminar

Decoding the chemical language of plants

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 10:30
L4F01

Seminar by Dr. Tomas Pluskal (IOCHB, Prague, CZ)

Research

Aivia Workshop Hands-on @ Lab4F14

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 10:00 to Friday, May 19, 2023 - 18:00
Lab1 B503 & Lab4 L4F14

Aivia Workshop: Image Analysis Software

Seminar

[ONOS Seminar Series] Professor. Andrew Miri : Firing dynamics organization of motor cortical influence

Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 09:30

Firing dynamics organization of motor cortical influence

ZOOM LINK

Campus Service

Teen Night

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 18:30 to 19:30
Conference Center Meeting Room 4

Teen Night for junior high school and high school kids only! Social night - play games, watch movies, do projects, socialize. Wednesdays from 18:30-19:30 in conference center meeting room 4. All teen s welcome!

Seminar

Seminar "Development of novel fast scintillators based on organic polymers", Prof. Koshimizu

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room L4E48, Lab 4

Seminar "Development of novel fast scintillators based on organic polymers" by Professor Masanori Koshimizu.

Seminar

"BRST formalism of Weyl conformal gravity in Weyl geometry" Prof. Ichiro Oda, University of the Ryukyus

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 14:00
Lab 4, Seminar room L4E01

Quantum Gravity Unit visitor seminar. Speaker: Prof. Ichiro Oda, University of the Ryukyus Title: BRST formalism of Weyl conformal gravity in Weyl geometry

External Events

The 31st Board of Councilors Meeting

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (All day) to Friday, May 19, 2023 (All day)

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Seminar

OIST x the University of Tokyo -Joint talk series for future science-Season7:Exploring synaptic function through fluorescence imaging

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 10:30 to 11:30
C209 for OISTers/Zoom *Registration is required for on-site participants.

OIST-UT Joint talk series for future science-Season7:Exploring synaptic function through fluorescence imaging. *Please register in advance if you are participating onsite.

Recreation

ECO Club Lunch

Monday, May 15, 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00
Center Court
Description:

Come have lunch and talk about sustainability related things!

New restaurants, event ideas, campus gossip, anything goes.

Symposium

OIST Science 100 Symposium

Monday, May 15, 2023 - 08:30 to 17:15
Auditorium & Conference Center / Zoom

OIST Science 100 Symposium: Mapping OIST's Scientific Expansion to 100 PIs.

The symposium will explore OIST's current scientific standing in each field and encourage an exchange of ideas about the future direction. Additionally, it will offer an opportunity for colleagues and community members to connect and contribute to driving forward OIST's research and collaboration for achieving the university mission.

Open to all OIST members.

Registration required

External Events

18th Key Symposium: Longevity and Healthy Ageing: What Can We Learn From Blue Zones?

Friday, May 12, 2023 - 08:30 to Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 17:00
OIST Conference Center

This is a "Key Symposium" arranged by the Journal of Internal Medicine and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Special Registration for OIST members: Register here (OIST login required) | For general information please go the symposium's website .

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 20:00
Seaside Lounge OR beach behind Seaside House

Q: What is the difference between a ukulele player and a savings bond? A: One will mature and make money.

Campus Service

Teen Night

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 18:30 to 19:30
Conference Center Meeting Room 4

Teen Night for junior high school and high school kids only!

Social night - play games, watch movies, do projects, socialize.

Wednesdays from 18:30-19:30 in conference center meeting room 4.

All teens welcome!

Holiday

こどもの日 Children’s Day

Friday, May 5, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Holiday

みどりの日 Greenery Day

Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Holiday

憲法記念日 Constitution Day

Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Seminar

"The dragonfly’s superpowers: from predictive visual guidance and wing aerodynamics sensing to bio-inspired robotics" by Dr. Huai-Ti Lin

Monday, May 1, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
L4F01

Dr Huai-Ti Lin, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

Imperial College London, Department of Bioengineering

Holiday

昭和の日 Showa Day

Saturday, April 29, 2023 - 00:00

National holiday

Lecture

Artificial neural network for understanding neural basis of mouse decision making by Akihiro Funamizu (Lecturer, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), University of Tokyo)

Friday, April 28, 2023 - 09:00 to 10:00
C209

Artificial neural network for understanding neural basis of mouse decision making by Akihiro Funamizu (Lecturer, Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (IQB), University of Tokyo)

Recreation

Uke Club Meeting - Seaside Lounge OR Beach!

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 20:00

If you've never sung "Closing Time" to an audience of hermit crabs have you ever really lived?

Lecture

TSVP Talk: "From Gravity to Quantum Clocks (And Rulers!)" by Artur Tsobanjan

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:10
L4E48, Zoom

TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

Seminar

Soft Matter in Opto-Thermal Gradients : Evolutionary Dynamics and Pattern Formation, Prof. Pavan Kumar Gopalapura Venkataramu.

Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 15:00 to 16:00
Center, level B, B503

Prof. Pavan Kumar Gopalapura Venkataramu, IISER PUNE.

Language: English.

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