Past Events
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
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.
Seminar
Seminar and Demo by JEOL and a Special Lecture by Professor Hariyama
Friday, May 22, 2015 - 13:30 to 17:00
B503, Lab 1
There will be a presentation by Professor Hariyama of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Seminar
"The Green-ILC project: towards sustainable particle colliders" Denis Perret-Gallix
Friday, May 22, 2015 - 13:30 to 15:00
C015, Lab 1
Language: English. No interpretation will be provided.
Seminar
"Initial-boundary value problems arise in practice" by Dr. Hongqiu Chen
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
C015, LevelC, Lab 1
Dr. Hongqiu Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Memphis.
Research
Technical Workshop - LC/MS Data Analysis
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 10:00 to 16:00
C700, Lab 3
Please contact Alex Villar Briones to attend
External Events
4th Joint workshop of the France-Japan and France-Korea International Associated Particle Physics Laboratories
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 09:00 to Friday, May 22, 2015 - 17:00
B250, C210 & Restaurant Floor
This is an externally organized event. All scientific sessions are open to OIST members. Joint sessions with OIST will be held on May 21, 2015. For more information visit the workshop's website at: http://kds.kek.jp/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=17814
Seminar
"Sand Bar Formation and Soft Beach Protection" Professor Jerry L. Bona
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
C015, LevelC, Lab 1
Professor Jerry L. Bona, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
Seminar
OIST Seminar: Synchrotrons and X-ray Free Electron Lasers in Structural Biology – From “Slow” to “Ultrafast”
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 14:00
B503
Speaker: Prof. Britt Hedman, SSRL and SLAC, Stanford University Title: Synchrotrons and X-ray Free Electron Lasers in Structural Biology – From “Slow” to “Ultrafast”
The 9th Board of Councilors Meeting
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 (All day) to Wednesday, May 20, 2015 (All day)
OIST Campus
Please address inquiries to the President's Office.
Seminar
Seminar: Predictive Computations in the Primary Visual Cortex, Prof. Michael J. Berry II
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 16:30 to 17:30
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Seminar: Prof. Michael J. Berry II from Princeton University talks on "Predictive Computations in the Primary Visual Cortex"
Seminar
''Space-Time Liquid-Crystals : synchronization and fluctuations in active matter'' T.B. Liverpool, University of Bristol
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. T.B. Liverpool (Univ. of Bristol), Monday 18th May 11:00-12:00, C016 Lab1.
Culture
Kitagama × OIST~ Tradition and Science
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 09:00 to Friday, July 31, 2015 - 17:30
Restaurant, Level C Corridor of the Center Building
Pottery, poster presentation, and photo exhibition.
The 12th Board of Governors Meeting
Monday, May 18, 2015 (All day) to Tuesday, May 19, 2015 (All day)
OIST Campus
Please address inquiries to the President's Office.
External Events
Library Fair & Forum 2015 in Onna
Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 13:00 to 18:00
B250 Seminar Room
This is an external even organized by Library Fair & Forum Executive Committee. Venue: B250 Seminar Room Participants: About 100
Seminar
Internal Seminar: Yanagida Unit Unit
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 17:30 to 18:00
B250
Join us for May's second Internal Seminar Series on May 15, from 17:30 to 18:00 in B250. This month's first seminar features the G0 Cell Unit (Mitsuhiro Yanagida).
Seminar
Seminar 'Cephalopods, potential new models or just fancy slugs?' by Dr. Michael Kuba Th 14 May 14:00-15:00
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Seminar Room B503, Level B, Lab 1
Date: Th 14 May 2015 Time: 14:00 - 15:00 Venue: Seminar Room B503, Level/Floor B, Lab 1 Speaker: Dr. Michael Kuba, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt Title: Cephalopods, potential new models or just fancy slugs?
Seminar
"Gene therapy-progress and predictions" Prof. Mary Collins
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209, Center Bldg
Mary Collins, Professor of Immunology, University College London; Head of Division of Advanced Therapies, National Institute of Biological Standards and Control UK, recently retired as Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences UCL, OIST President's Scholar In Residence
Seminar
"Experimental studies of one dimensional Bose gases" Toshiya Kinoshita
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
C015, Lab 1
Toshiya Kinoshita, Associate Professor Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Course of Studies on Material Science Kyoto University
Workshop
OIST Mini Symposium "New Medical Imaging and Advanced Cancer Therapy (BNCT) Instrumentation"
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 09:00 to Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 17:00
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
"Woman in Science" Prof Mary Collins
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C209
Prof. Mary Collins, Professor of Immunology Head of Division of Advanced Therapies, University College London and National Institute of Biological Standards and Control. Prof Collins is visiting OIST from May 11 to May15, 2015 as the President's Scholar In Residence.
Seminar
"Fung-Type Elastic Potentials in Biomechanics: (Missing) Theory and (Further) Applications" Professor Salvatore Federico
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 10:30 to 11:30
Center Building C210
Professor Salvatore Federico, The University of Calgary
Seminar
CANCELED: Technical Seminar by Lonza: 4D-Nucleofector System
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 15:00 to 16:00
C016, Lab 1
Demo of the Nucleofector will also be available
Seminar
Structural Studies on Translesion DNA Synthesis
Monday, May 11, 2015 - 11:00 to 12:00
C 016 (Lab 1, Level C)
Seminar by Dr. Christian Biertümpfel, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry.
Seminar
Seminar ''Chemical Routes toward Long-Lasting Lithium/Sulfur Cells '' Prof. Yuegang Zhang
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar by Prof. Yuegang Zhang from i-Lab, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Workshop
OIST Mini Symposium: Current Developments in Three-Dimensional Biological Electron Microscopy
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 09:00 to Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 17:00
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
Internal Seminar: Luscombe Unit and Dani Unit
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 17:00 to 18:00
B250
Join us for May's first Internal Seminar Series on May 1, from 17:00 to 18:00 in B250. This month's first seminar features the Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit (Nicholas M. Luscombe) and Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit (Keshav Dani).
Seminar
Seminar ''Introduction of XAFS and its applications'' Prof. Sang-Wook Han, Jeonbuk National University
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 13:30 to 14:30
Meeting Room C015, Lab1
Prof. Sang-Wook Han, Department of Physics Education, Jeonbuk National University, Korea
Seminar
Seminar "microRNAs trigger dissociation of eIF4AI and II from target mRNAs in humans."
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 13:00 to 13:45
C016, Lab1
Seminar "microRNAs trigger dissociation of eIF4AI and II from target mRNAs in humans." Prof. Toshinobu Fujiwara.
Seminar
Technical Seminar: Micro CT Imaging of Soft Tissues of Research Animals
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 14:00 to 16:00
D015, Lab 1
Technical seminar and free discussion
Seminar
Mini Symposium: Optical Trapping
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 09:00 to 17:00
C209, Level C, Centre Building
Outside speakers: Dr Yoshihiro Arita (University of St Andrews, Scotland) Prof Etienne Brasselet (University of Bordeaux I, France) Dr Simon Hanna (University of Bristol, UK) Prof Jack Tsz Fai NG (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)
External Events
Kosen (Technical Collage) Conference in Okinawa part2
Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 12:00 to 21:00
C210 and Seaside House Terrace
This is an externally organized event. Organizer: Kosen Conference Committee. OIST members are welcome to participate
Seminar
''Development of nano functional materials and their application in organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells'' by Prof. Tingli Ma, Kyutech
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 14:00 to 15:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar ''Development of nano functional materials and their application in organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells'' by Prof. Tingli Ma, Kyutech
External Events
General Assembly of Society for the Study of Deafness and Impediment in Okinawa
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 13:00 to 18:00
B250 Seminar Room
This is an externally organized event. Organizer: Society for the Study of Deafness and Impediment in Okinawa.
Seminar
''Printable solar cells'' by Prof. Shuzi Hayase, Kyutech
Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 10:00 to 11:00
Meeting Room C016, Lab1
Seminar ''Printable solar cells'' by Prof. Shuzi Hayase, Kyutech
Seminar
Seminar "Novel approaches to study mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells." Prof. Issei Mabuchi.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 13:00 to 14:00
C016, Lab1
Seminar "Novel approaches to study mechanism of cytokinesis in animal cells." Prof. Issei Mabuchi.