Past Events

Research

Explanatory Session: FY2015 Research Equipment Maintenance

Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 14:00 to 14:30
C700, Lab 3
We will explain about some rules and procedures regarding FY15 equipment maintenance
Seminar

Seminar: Super-resolution imaging in neuroscience and nephrology

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab 1, Level C
Prof Hans Blom, The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Seminar Title Super-resolution imaging in neuroscience and nephrology
Seminar

"Implications of Higgs boson discovery to physics beyond the Standard Model" Nobuchika Okada

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
Seminar Room C700, Lab 3
Prof. Nobuchika Okada, Assistant Professor, Particle Astrophysics, The University of Alabama
Training

Information Session on Japanese Law on June 23rd

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
OIST Auditorium

Information Session on Japanese Law ( June 23 & 26)  

Purpose

Information Sessions have been arranged to inform the OIST community about some aspects of the laws of Japan with which they may not be fully familiar. The information sessions will provide detailed guidance so that the all OIST employees, students, and family members are able to conduct their work and daily life activities in compliance with the laws and regulations of Japan. These rules and regulations may be different from those found in other parts of the world where many of the OIST employees and students have lived and worked.

Participation in one of these sessions is mandatory for all OIST employees and...

Research

Explanatory Session: FY2015 Research Equipment Maintenance

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 11:00 to 11:30
C700, Lab 3
We will explain about some rules and procedures regarding FY15 equipment maintenance
Seminar

Seminar "Can lattice disorder drive spin-orbital liquid behaviour?" by Andrew Smerald

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
D015, Lab1
Seminar by Dr. Andrew Smerald (EPFL, Lausanne), June 23rd @ 10AM in D015, Lab1.
Workshop

Joint Workshop: Neuro-Computing, Bioinformatics, Mathematical modeling and Machine Learning

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 (All day) to Thursday, June 25, 2015 (All day)
Seminar Room B250 & Seminar Room C209
Language: Japanese. No interpretation will be provided. Keynote lectures: English Registration is not required.
Seminar

"Super-Resolution: Live Imaging Microscopy" Prof Akihiko Nakano

Monday, June 22, 2015 - 11:00 to 11:30
B503, Lab 1
A seminar on a unique microscope system developed by Akihiko Nakano and his team at University of Tokyo/ RIKEN Institute. OIST member only.
Culture

Traditional Tea Ceremony お茶会

Saturday, June 20, 2015 - 13:00 to 15:00
Village Center Meeting Room
Experience the beauty of a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony right on campus! Register by June 17th. 裏千家教授者の方々によるお茶会がOISTにて行われます。6月17日までご登録ください。 Inquiries: resourcecenter@oist.jp
Graduate School

Student Research Presentations

Friday, June 19, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
C700 (Lab 3 Large Seminar Room)
OIST PhD students present their research topic to a general audience.
Seminar

Salon with Ken Peach - Insights for Researchers Interested in Securing Grants-

Friday, June 19, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
B503, Lab 1 Level B, OIST
We, in the Grants and Research Collaborations Section, hope that this series of Salons will jump-start your thinking about research proposal presentations – the key to a well-funded research career.
External Events

The 43rd Japan Ulcer Society Meeting

Friday, June 19, 2015 - 09:00 to Saturday, June 20, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Auditorium, Seminar Rooms C210 & B250, Restaurant Floor

All scientific sessions are open to OIST members. All sessions are in Japanese. English interpretation is provided for the "Ulcer Society-OIST Joint Sessions" on June 19 (9:20-11:30) & June 20 (9:00-11:30). For further information, please visit the symposium website or contact the organizers.

External Events

Maeganeku Harri Race 前兼久ハーリー大会

Friday, June 19, 2015 - 09:00 to 12:00
Maeganeku Fish Port 前兼久漁港
Maeganeku Harii Race Date: Friday, June 19th Time: 9:00~ till 12:00 Venue: Maeganeku Fish Port (Maeganeku Gyokou)
Seminar

Webinar:Superresolution easy3D STED microscopes designed by the inventors of STED microscopy

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
C015, Lab1
Webinar by: Dr. Gerald Donnert, CEO of Abberior Instruments GmbH, Göttingen, Germany
Campus

Karatea Time

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
Restaurant Level B
Teatime with a kick -- and a hand held trident!
Seminar

Seminar by Dr Teresa Hernandez Flores

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
D014 Meeting Room, Level D, Lab 1
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Workshop

Join MTSA 2015

Thursday, June 18, 2015 (All day) to Friday, June 19, 2015 (All day)
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room B250 & OIST Conference Center
MTSA 2015 registration deadline is coming soon. Please Join now!
Seminar

Seminar "Spin-wave excitations in the multiferroic compound Ba2CoGe2O7" by Karlo Penc

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
D014, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Karlo Penc (Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics), Wed 17th June @ 11:00am in D014, Lab1.
OIST Workshops

Neuroscience@OIST

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 14:00 to 16:00
Restaurant, Level B, Central Building

Neuroscience @ OIST - Poster Session on Tuesday June 16, 14:00 - 16:00, Restaurant, Level B, Central Building

Do you want to get an overview of what is going on in Neuroscience @ OIST ?

Here comes your chance:

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Seminar

Seminar TODAY: Science Communication: Take Charge of It! by Dr. Matteo Rini

Monday, June 15, 2015 - 12:30
C209
Seminar: Science Communication: Take Charge of It! by Dr. Matteo Rini
Seminar

"Automated Cryo-tomography and Single Particle Analysis with the Volta Phase Plate" Radostin Danev Ph.D.

Monday, June 15, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
C209, Center Bldg., Level C
Radostin Danev Ph.D., Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, one of the key developers of the modern phase plate for electron microscopy. If you want to know what's hot in biological electron microscopy, please come hear his talk!
External Events

6th Meeting of the Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 08:00 to 12:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Rooms B250, C209, C210
This is an external event. For more information, please contact the organizers.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Masai Unit and Mitarai Unit

Friday, June 12, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
B250
Join us for June's first Internal Seminar Series on June 12, from 17:00 to 18:00 in B250. This month's first seminar features the Developmental Neurobiology Unit (Ichiro Masai) and the Marine Biophysics Unit (Satoshi Mitarai).
Seminar

Seminar "Low Energy Physics of a Non-Fermi Liquid System" by Ipsita Mandal

Friday, June 12, 2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
C016, Lab1
Seminar by Dr. Ipsita Mandal (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) on Friday, 12th June at 13:30 in C016 (Lab1).
Seminar

Seminar: Plasticity of neuronal networks and single cell properties in the anterior cingulate cortex induced by neuropathic pain, by Prof. Thomas Nevian from University of Bern

Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Thomas Nevian from University of Bern, talks on "Plasticity of neuronal networks and single cell properties in the anterior cingulate cortex induced by neuropathic pain"
Seminar

Seminar "Topological Surface States in the Heavy Fermion Metals and Superconductors" Andriy Nevidomskyy

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
D015, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Andriy Nevidomskyy (Rice Univ. / Uni.Tokyo), Jun 8th (Mon) 14:00-15:00, D015, Lab1.
Seminar

"Digital counting of mRNA molecules genome-wide by molecular barcoding", Prof. Katsuyuki Shiroguchi.

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar "Digital counting of mRNA molecules genome-wide by molecular barcoding.", Prof. Katsuyuki Shiroguchi.
Seminar

”Entanglement prethermalization” Eriko Kaminishi

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
C016, Lab1
Eriko Kaminishi (Post-doc, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
OIST Workshops

OCNC 2015: OIST Computational Neuroscience Course

Monday, June 8, 2015 - 09:00 to Thursday, June 25, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Workshop - Application Deadline is February 8, 2015 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Practical sessions are only for registered participants - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc/ocnc-2015
Campus

Ganjuu Wellbeing Service Open Afternoon / がんじゅうサービス オープンアフタヌーン

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 14:00
Ganjuu Wellbeing Service, 128 West Court / がんじゅうサービス ウェストコート128号室
Open Afternoon 5th June 2-5pm Ganjuu Wellbeing Service オープンアフタヌーン 6月5日 午後2時~5時 がんじゅうサービス
External Events

Software Informatics Workshop

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 13:30 to Saturday, June 6, 2015 - 18:00
OIST Main Campus, Seminar Room C209
This is an externally organizer event. Please contact the event organizers for more information.
Seminar

Seminar ''Organo lead halide perovskite for high efficiency printable solar cells and optoelectronic devices'' Prof. Tsutomu (Tom) Miyasaka, Toin University of Yokohama

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar ''Organo lead halide perovskite for high efficiency printable solar cells and optoelectronic devices'' Prof. Tsutomu (Tom) Miyasaka, Toin University of Yokohama
Seminar

Seminar by Dr Wang 'Ratiometric wavelength measurement systems based on Silicon-on-Insulator integrated devices'

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
B503, Level B, Centre Building
Speaker: Dr Pengfei Wang, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Seminar

"Electronic ferroelectricity in carbon-based systems:from reality of organic conductors to promises of polymers." by Prof. Natasha Kirova.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016
Natasha Kirova, Professor, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University Paris-Sud Language: English
Seminar

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nanomaterials Synthesis by Prof. Bruce Clemens (Stanford University, U.S.A) , Lecture 4 & 5

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 11:00
C016 (Lab 1, Level C)

Nanoparticles by Design Unit (Sowwan Unit) would like to invite you to a Special Lecture Series by Prof. Bruce Clemens (Stanford University, U.S.A) on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nanomaterials Synthesis .

Lecture 1 – Thermodynamics Review, Bond Counting and the Regular Solution Model, Chemical Potential

Lecture 2 – Surface Energies, the Gibbs-Thompson Effect, the Effect of Size on Vapor Pressure, Gibbs-Thompson Effect

Lecture 3 – Chemical Potential as the Driving Force for Kinetic Processes, Interface Attachment and Diffusion

Lecture 4 – Nanoparticle Formation From Solutions, Nucleation, Interface Attachment, Diffusion, Growth Model, Controlling Size Distribution

Lecture 5 –...

Seminar

Seminar: Evolutionary Robotics, by Prof. Dario Floreano from EPFL

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Dario Floreano from Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL talks on "Evolutionary Robotics"
Seminar

"Dysfunction in circadian behavior and physiology in mouse models of Huntington’s disease" Dr.Takashi Kudo

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
D014,Lab1 LevelD

Dear All,

Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit would like to invite you to the seminar by Dr.Takashi Kudo

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Date: June 3rd ,2015

Time: 10:00-11:00

Venue: D014, La1 LevelD

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Speaker: Dr.Takashi Kudo

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Seminar

[Time Change] Seminar: Bio-inspired and "bio-compatible" drones, by Prof. Dario Floreano from EPFL

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 16:00 to 17:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Dario Floreano from Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL talks on "Bio-inspired and "bio-compatible" drones"
Seminar

"Phase Transitions in Early Life: Clues from the Genetic Code" Nigel Goldenfeld

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209
Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Seminar

"Single molecule spectroscopy using STM" Prof. Maki Kawai

Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C210 (Center Building)
Prof. Maki Kawai, Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
Seminar

"Buckling of macroscopic metal-organic-framework nanofilms" by Prof. Sahraoui Chaieb

Monday, June 1, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
B503, seminar room (Lab1)
Prof. Sahraoui Chaieb PhD, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
External Events

External Event: AMICUS Information Session for Parents

Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 09:30 to 11:00
Auditorium 講堂
This is an externally organized session. AMICUS will hold an information session for the parents. 300 participants will be expected.
Seminar

Internal Seminar: Sinclair Unit

Friday, May 29, 2015 - 17:30 to 18:00
B250
Join us for May's third Internal Seminar Series on May 29, from 17:30 to 18:00 in B250. This month's third seminar features the Mathematical Biology Unit (Robert Michael Sinclair).
Seminar

"Statistical Physics, Biological Complexity and Pattern Formation at Yellowstone's Hot Springs" by Prof. Nigel Goldenfeld

Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C209 seminar room, Level C, Center Building
Professor Nigel Goldenfeld Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Loomis Laboratory 1110 West Green St Urbana IL 61801.
Seminar

The Integrated Research Enterprise

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 13:00
C209

Language: English

Seminar

Solitons in low dimensional electronic systems of synthetic conductors.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016
ENTER IMPORTANT DETAILS HERE, SUCH AS SPEAKER INFO, "Language: Japanese. No interpretation will be provided.", "Participation by invitation only.", "Registration required. Go to www.oist.jp/reserve for more information and registration.", ETC.
Research

Exhibition by Life Technologies, GE Healthcare, Watson, Yamato and Beckman Coulter

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 10:00 to 17:00
C210, Center Building
Please stop by to speak with representatives from each manufacturer
OIST Workshops

ONNA2015: Optical Nanofiber Applications: From Quantum to Bio Technologies

Monday, May 25, 2015 - 09:00 to Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 17:00
OIST Seaside House
OIST Workshop - Application deadline is January 23rd, 2015 - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/onna
External Events

Okinawa Female Managers Association 1st Meeting

Saturday, May 23, 2015 - 12:00 to 17:30
B250 Seminar Room
This is an externally organized event by Okinawa Female Managers Association.
Culture

Harp and Flute Classic Concert "le vent de Paris"

Friday, May 22, 2015 - 19:00
Restaurant Floor, Level B, OIST Center Building
Admission Free. Reservations have been closed.

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