Language: Simultaneous English and Japanese interpretation Registration required. Go to https://groups.oist.jp/osd/international-symposium-innovative-university for more information.

Mini Symposium - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - For more information, contact the organizers.

National Holiday.

Professor David Daley, professor of Psychological Intervention and Behavior Change Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Nottingham. Audience: Parents and grandparents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD as well as teachers and professionals who may work with children with ADHD.

Opera by Gian Carlo Menotti. Admission free. Registration required.

This event is open to all. Event in English (no interpretation). For details contact organizers.

Language: English Registration required. Go to https://groups.oist.jp/bds/oist-lean-startup-entrepreneurial-training-program-2016-0 for more information.

HEART's full functions (including purchase order and expenses settlement, etc.) will be available for use in 22nd of March. In this session, the system usage and new operations, rules will be explained by OIST Financial Management Divisions.

■HEART All User Meeting - Stage 2 [Date& Venue] Ⅰ.March 18th (Friday) 13:30-15:30 @ Center Bldg, B250 (Japanese Session) Ⅱ. March 25th (Friday) 10:00-12:00 @ Lab 3, C700 (English Session)

[Target Audience] OIST staff who will use the HEART system: Faculty, Researchers, Technicians, RAs, Executives, Administrative Staff.

[Main Topics] ・Final cutover announcement and initial setup ・Explanation on new operation and rules by OIST Financial Management Divisions

Registration not required. The session material will be uploaded on HEART web page...

Speaker: Prof. Spencer V. Nyholm, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut

It is St. Patrick's Day, so let's celebrate with some tea, coffee, and cookies, y'all.

Professor Michael Schultz, Director of Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, United States Naval Academy

Speaker: Bret Grasse, Aquarist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

[Seminar] LightFab 3D Printer Speaker: Dr. Jens Gottmann, LightFab Time: 4 pm – 5pm Date : Wednesday, 16th of March Location: Lab 2, Level A, A613

OIST Workshop - This workshop is open to anyone interested in the topic.

Dr. Ayan Banerjee, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Kolkata, India Language: English Desired audience: Researchers and Technicians

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Final presentation by the Science Challenge participants: ‘What would you do in Graduate School?’

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Spring is in the air! Hop on over to teatime.

Forum featuring keynote speeches from leading Japanese and international experts - In Japanese and English with simultaneous interpretation. Registration required. Registration and information at https://groups.oist.jp/cpr/oist-forum-2016.

Seminar "IER5 generates a novel hypo-phosphorylated active form of HSF1 and contributes to tumorigenesis", Dr. Rieko Ohki, Division of Rare Cancer Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.

Prof. Peter Engels, Washington State University, USA

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Speaker: Dr. Cody Leary, Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, The College of Wooster, USA Seminar Title:Polarization-based control of spin-orbit hybrid modes of light in biphoton interference Desired audience: Researchers, technicians, students

Bring your lunch and watch together a 90-minute special about OIST which has been shown in the Kanto area, which is Tokyo and surrounding megapolis.

"X-ray Dark-Field Imaging: Its Details and BioMedical Applications - Progress Overview since 2000 -" Prof. Masami Ando , Research Institute of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science Date and Time: March 4 (Fri.) 11:00 - 12:00 Place: C210

What time is it? Teatime O'Clock!

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate

[HEART] Stage 2 Training -Hands-on Session- @Lab3 B717

Seminar "Signaling by WW Domain Proteins in Hippo-YAP Tumor Suppressor Pathway, Mechanotransduction and a Genetic Disorder of the Brain" Prof. Marius Sudol.

Prof Su-Ying Wu, Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research)

Seminar: 'Development of DNAi-mediated gene knockdown and analysis of maternal factors using DNAi screening in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica.' by Dr. Tatsuya Omotezako ---------------------------------------------------------- Date : Tuesday, March 1st 2016 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Venue: C015 (Level C, Lab1) ----------------------------------------------------------

Seminar by Yurika Kubo (Waseda University), Mon. Feb 29th @ 1:30pm in C016, Lab1.

Wellbeing Matters: Sleep Professor Jason Ellis, Director of Sleep Studies at Northumbria University will give a presentation entitled Sleep Health : An Opportunity for Action

Dr. Eisuke Abe, School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Keio University English.

Japanese Traditional Music by Hiroe Yamada, Satomi Kurosu, Masaya Hasegawa Admission free. Registration required.

Workshop series on "How to prepare an effective CV and/or Résumé for jobs in academia and industry!"

Prof. Hirdy Miyamoto, University of Tokyo

Teatime is back to its normal time.

Speaker: Dr. Johannes Hecker Denschlag, Professor, Institut für Quantenmaterie, Universität Ulm, Germany. Target audience: Researchers, technicians, students.

Professor Simon Silver, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago. Language: English. Registration: No Need.

Dr. Junko Furihata, Senior Conservator at the Conservation Science Laboratory of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

Professor Anil Hirani, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Abnormal activation of transcription factor NF-kB by oncoprotein of Human T cell leukemia Virus 1 (HTLV-1), Prof. Junichi INOUE. The University of Tokyo.

Professor Anil Hirani, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OIST Seminar by Prof. Ryugo Hayano, University of Tokyo - Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation - No registration required

Speaker: Prof. Thomas W. Holstein Molecular Evolution and Genomics, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany

Students of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) discuss their views and ideas about the future of the world. Admissions free. Reservations required. In English and Japanese, with simultaneous interpretation.

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers.