Past Events

Lecture

New Biology and Medicine Derived from Human Protein Synthesis Enzymes

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 14:00
Lab 1 B503

New Biology and Medicine Derived from Human Protein Synthesis Enzymes

Dr. Sunghoon Kim

Professor and Director Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology College of Pharmacy Seoul National University Korea

Seminar

Journal club seminar: Unitarity Methods in AdS/CFT

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 14:00 to 16:00
B711, Lab 3

Title : Unitarity methods in AdS/CFT

Abstract : We are going to discuss the recent paper by David Meltzer , Eric Perlmutter and Allic Sivaramakrishnan "Unitarity methods in AdS/CFT" . Sudip Ghosh will be leading the discussion.

Seminar

Seminar "Magnetic Field Induced Competing Phases in Kitaev Magnets" by Dr. Ryui Kaneko

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016 (Lab 1, Level C)

TQM unit is pleased to invite everyone to attend this seminar!

Seminar

Portrait of 40-year-old p53

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 13:00 to 14:00
D015 (Lab1, LevelD)

"Dr. Rieko Ohki, Laboratory Head, National Cancer Center Research Institute. Language: English, no interpretation."

Seminar

Changed [Seminar] "Programmable self-assembly of DNA origami capsids based on the principles of virus structure." by Prof. Seth Fraden, Brandeis University

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209, Level C, Centre Bldg.

Dr. Seth Fraden, Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.

Seminar

Changed [Seminar] "Porous soft matter based on metal-organic cages" by Associate Prof. Shuhei Furukawa (PI), Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209, Level C, Centre Bldg.

Dr. Shuhei Furukawa, Associate Professor (Principal Investigator) at Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University.

Research

On the many dimensions of Dynamic Programming based Reinforcement Learning algorithms by Prof. Bruno Scherrer

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:00
C016, Level C, Lab 1

Title : On the many dimensions of Dynamic Programming based Reinforcement Learning algorithms

Speaker: Prof. Bruno Scherrer

Affiliation: Probability and Statistics team of IECL, at université de Lorraine

Seminar

[Seminar] Cutting-edge optical imaging techniques enabled by organic fluorescent dyes by Assoc. Prof. Masayasu Taki

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700, Lab3

Assoc. Prof. Masayasu Taki, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University

Research

Sample-efficient Reinforcement Learning for Real-world Robot Control by Prof. Takamitsu Matsubara

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 09:45
C016, Level C, Lab 1

Title : Sample-efficient Reinforcement Learning for Real-world Robot Control

Speaker: Prof. Matsubara Takamitsu

Affiliation: Nara Institute of Science and Technology

OIST Mini Symposium

OIST Mini Symposium "Ant Biodiversity Data Synthesis: Present and Future"

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 09:00 to Thursday, January 23, 2020 - 18:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C210

OIST Mini Symposium - Open to all OIST members (working meals are closed sessions) - For non-OIST members: Please contact the organizers for information on how to participate - Program as of 2020/1/20 ( program is subject to change )

Seminar

Seminar "Detection of somatic variations in the human brains at the single cell level"

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 16:00 to 17:00
C015, Lab1

Prof. Miki Bundo, Department of Molecular Brain Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan / PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Seminar

QG group meeting: Symplectic reduction, asymptotic symmetries and edge modes

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 15:30 to 17:00
Lab 3, A719

This is the weekly QG group meeting. Speaker: Slava Lysov Title: "Symplectic reduction, asymptotic symmetries and edge modes"

Training

【残席6】爆破予告訓練(2) / Bomb Threat Training

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 14:30 to 15:00
センター棟, A153

2回目:爆破予告訓練

Training

【満席】爆破予告訓練(1) / Bomb Threat Training

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 14:00 to 14:30
センター棟, A153

1回目:爆破予告訓練

Seminar

Seminar by Prof. Noritada Kaji, Prof. Tatsuro Endo, Prof. Mao Fukuyama and Prof. Satoshi Yamaguchi

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 14:00
D014 (Level D, Lab1)

Language: English

Seminar

Seminar: "Melonic CFTs" by Prof. Dario Benedetti

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 10:30 to 12:00
B712, Lab 3

Speaker: Dr. Benedetti is a professor at Ecole Polytechnique.

Seminar

[Seminar] "Circadian rhythm and genetics of Bipolar disorder" - by Prof. Mary Waye

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 10:00 to 11:00
Lab3 C700

Prof. Mary Waye, CUHK.

Workshop

4th ABiS Advanced Light Microscopy Course at OIST

Monday, January 20, 2020 - 09:00 to Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 12:00
Lab1 B503
4th ABiS Advanced Light Microscopy Course at OIST
Conference

The 2nd Osaka University-OIST symposium

Monday, January 20, 2020 (All day) to Tuesday, January 21, 2020 (All day)
Room# B250, Center, OIST
The 2nd Osaka University-OIST symposium
Seminar

Thomas Fogarty, Rise of the Quantum Machines

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 16:30
Lab3 C209

Internal Seminar Series. Please note the room change - it is C209 this time

Research

Seminar by Prof. Kamm "In vitro models of neurological disease"

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700, Lab3 Level C

Speaker: Prof. Roger D Kamm

Affiliation: Biological Enginering Department, MIT

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Seminar

Soshi Mizutani, Machine Learning Based Forecasting and Its Application for Quantum Materials

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 16:00
Lab3 C209

Internal Seminar Series. Please note the room change - it is in C209 this time

Research

Seminar by Prof. Shuichi Takayama "Microfluidic Studies of Lung Injury, Infection, and Fibrosis"

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 14:30 to 15:30
C700, Lab3 Level C

Speaker: Professor Shuichi Takayama

Affiliation: Georgia Tech, USA

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Research

Electron microscopy approaches applied to cell biology with a special focus on autophagy

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 14:00
Lab 1 C016

Electron microscopy approaches applied to cell biology with a special focus on autophagy

Prof. Dr. Muriel Mari - University Medical Center Groningen – The Netherlands

Research

Seminar by Prof. Sandini "From Humanoid Robots to Anthropomorphic Minds"

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 10:30 to 12:00
C209, Center Bld.

Speaker: Prof. Sandini

Affiliation: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and University of Genova

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Research

[PhD Thesis Presentation] ‐ Mr. Hsieh-Fu Tsai "Analysis of glioma cell guidance and interaction in microfluidic-controlled microenvironments enabled by machine learning"

Friday, January 17, 2020 - 09:00 to 10:00
C700, Lab3 Level C

PhD Thesis public presentation by Mr. Hsieh-Fu Tsai

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Seminar

Cancelled: [Seminar] "Force-sensitive actin polymerization systems" by Prof. Naoki Watanabe, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 15:30 to 16:30
Cancelled

Dr. Naoki Watanabe, Professor at Laboratory of Single-Molecule Cell Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Biostudies

Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Public Lecture

Interactive Lecture: "Maximizing your contribution within a High Performing Team".

Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 12:00 to 13:30
C700, Lab 3.

This lecture will give you an understanding of how to communicate and optimise individual and collective effectiveness within a team, in the context of both OIST and future employment.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Post-workshop survey SUMMARY
Research

Seminar by Prof. Tepper "Neurophysiology and Synaptic Connections of Striatal Interneurons"

Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 11:00 to 12:00
D015, Lab 1 Level D

Speaker: Prof. James Tepper

Affiliation: Rutgers, The State University of Newark

Language: English

Audience: OIST researchers and students

Research

[PhD Thesis Presentation] ‐ Mr. Stefan Pommer "The effect of serotonin receptor 5-HT1b on lateral inhibition between spiny projection neurons in the mouse striatum"

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 14:00 to 15:00
B503, Lab 1, Level B

Student: Mr. Stefan Pommer

Language: English

Target Audience: OIST researchers and students

Workshop

Workshop: "High Performing Teams, how can I make a real impact?"

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 13:00 to 17:00
For RSVP only.

What is a high - performing team ? You will get an answer during the participative and practical workshop by Belbin (Cambridge, UK). By using Belbin Team Roles as the framework, you will understand what makes performing teams and high performing team-members.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE . Post-workshop survey SUMMARY
Seminar

[Seminar] "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic-modified Metal Oxide Nanocrystals" by Prof. Seiichi Takami, Nagoya University

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 15:00 to 16:00
C209, Level C, Centre Bldg.

Dr. Seiichi Takami, Professor in the Department of Materials Process Engineering at Nagoya University. E-mail: takami.seiichi@material.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Seminar

IAS Users Meeting and Seminar: Mass Spectrometry

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 10:00 to 11:40
C016, Lab1

For OIST members:

Users meeting and Seminar are registration free. We look forward to seeing you at the venue.

For Non-OIST members:

Please contact ias@oist.jp for Seminar sign up. (Users meeting is an internal event.)

Seminar

Seminar "2D thermoelectric materials: Role of the lattice thermal conductivity"

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 10:00 to 11:00
C700, Lab3

Prof. Udo Schwingenschlögl, Materials Science & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

OIST Mini Symposium

OIST Mini Symposium "Fluid-Structure Interactions: From Engineering to Biomimetic Systems"

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 09:00 to Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 15:00
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.

Holiday

Coming of Age Day 成人の日 2020

Monday, January 13, 2020 - 00:00

National holiday

External Events

Symposium "Not Enough! The Color of Welfare as Seen by Me, the User"

Saturday, January 11, 2020 - 13:00 to 15:30
OIST Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (B250)

This is an externally organized event. For more information contact the organizers. The event is in Japanese language.

Research

[PhD Thesis Presentation] ‐ Mr. Paavo Parmas – “Total stochastic gradient algorithms and applications to model-based reinforcement learning”

Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 09:00 to 10:00
C700, Level C, Lab 3

PhD public presentation

Research

[Seminar] Selection bias may be adjusted when sample size is negative " by Prof. Hidetoshi Shimodaira

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 15:00 to 16:00
C210, Lev C, Central Bldg

Title : Selection bias may be adjusted when sample size is negative

Speaker: Prof. Hidetoshi Shimodaira

Affiliation: Kyoto University

Training

Sharepoint Open Hours

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 14:00
B646

Sharepoint Open Hours

Location: B646

Time: 14:00-15:00

Seminar

[Seminar] "How can we predict efficiently?" by Prof. Sarah Marzen

Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 13:00 to 14:00
Lab3 C700

Professor Sarah Marzen, Claremont McKenna College

Research

[Seminar] "Advances in Anomaly Detection" by Prof. Thomas G. Dietterich

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 13:00 to 14:00
Location: C700, Level C, Lab 3

Title : Advances in Anomaly Detection

Speaker: Prof. Thomas G. Dietterich

Affiliation: Oregon State University

Seminar

QG group meeting - the hidden heavy particles in higher-spin gravity

Monday, January 6, 2020 - 15:30
Lab 3, A719

This is the weekly QG group meeting. Speaker: Yasha Neiman Title: "The hidden heavy particles in higher-spin gravity"

Seminar

WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE ‘NATURE’?

Monday, January 6, 2020 - 15:00 to 16:00
OIST Center building Seminar Room B250

Dr Henry Gee

Senior Editor

NATURE

Holiday

New Years Holiday 2020

Sunday, December 29, 2019 (All day) to Friday, January 3, 2020 (All day)

National holiday

OIST Science Talk vol.2

Friday, December 27, 2019 - 18:30
Jyunkudo Naha D-NAHA Floor B1

Science Talk by OIST Students

Seminar

[Seminar] "Energy landscape analyses of brain dynamics" by Dr. Jiyoung Kang

Monday, December 23, 2019 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015 meeting room, Lab1-D

[Computational Neuroscience Unit Seminar] "Energy landscape analyses of brain dynamics" by Dr. Jiyoung Kang, from Center for Systems and Translational Brain Sciences, Institute of Human Complexity and Systems Science, Yonsei University, South Korea

Colloquium

Colloquium: "Classification of 4-manifolds" by Dr. Guilherme Sadovski

Monday, December 23, 2019 - 10:00 to 12:00
B714a, level B of Lab 3

Speaker: Dr. Sadovski is a member of this unit (visit his page ).

Seminar

IAS Users Meeting and Seminar: Mass Spectrometry

Friday, December 20, 2019 - 13:00 to 15:00
D015, Lab 1

For OIST members:

Users meeting and Seminar are registration free. We look forward to seeing you at the venue.

For Non-OIST members:

Please contact ias@oist.jp for Seminar sign up. (Users meeting is an internal event.)

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