Professor Ngamta Thamwattana, School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

OIST Workshop - Application Deadline: 2015/09/10 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - URL: https://groups.oist.jp/rmt

OIST Workshop - Application deadline: 2015-08-22 - OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions - Practical sessions are sessions are only for registered participants - URL: http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/OIST-2015/index.php

入場無料・要予約 Admission Free, Reservation Required. 10月14日予約開始。Reservations open Oct 14.

Join us for October's third Internal Seminar Series on October 30, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's third seminar features the Collective Interactions Unit (Mahesh Bandi) and the Molecular Genetics Unit (Daniel Rokhsar).

Seminar "Translational control by poly(A)-binding protein during glucose-stimulated insulin biosynthesis in mouse pancreatic islets", Dr. Akiko Yamagiya.

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: October 30th, Friday Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Professor (including associate, assistant, adjunct and visiting professor) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend...

This is an externally organized event. For OIST-members: Pre-registration required (registration fee free of charge until Sept 30. For registrations after Sept 30, fees will apply). For more information visit the workshop's website http://jscs.jp/int/2015/?page_id=44

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

Professor A. P. Farrell, PhD., Dir. Fil. h.c., FRC, Tier I Canada Research Chair in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Canada

[HEART] Training for Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) (F)

Date: October 29th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Administrative Division/Section Staff (except Group "E" and Financial Management Devision member) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be...

Shinobu Hikami (OIST), Jorgen Andersen (Univ. Auhuus), Takuya Sakasai (Univ. Tokyo), Takahiro Hayata (Yamagata Univ.), Jun Murakami (Waseda Univ.), Zinn-Justin, Yusuke Kuno (Tsuda College), Hirohiko Shimada (OIST)

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: October 28th, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Manager (Administrative Staff) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Approval of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 5. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training...

Prof. Dennis Bamford, Academic Professor, University of Helsinki Language: English

[HEART] Training for RSD Staff, Executive Assistant, RA, RU member (E)

Date: October 27th, Tuesday Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Venue: Lab3, C700 Seating Capacity: 40 Target Audience: Resarch Support Division Staff, Executive Assistant, Research Administrator, Research Unit member Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Entry of expense request (travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Entry of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of purchase request slips 5. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 6. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use a laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for loan in...

Dr. Shane Dooley, Postdoc Quantum Information Group, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo

Dr. Matin Miryeganeh, Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University

This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class.

Prof. Stephane Boubanga Tombet, RIEC, Tohoku University, Sendai Japan

OIST Graduate Students will present on their thesis research topics every 2 weeks

Debate on the topic “Islands and climatic change: towards energy autonomy” ; from OIST: Prof. Kitano and Prof. Shintake. Language: English. ENG-JP simultaneous interpretation provided. Free of charge, registration required.

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (J)

Date: October 22nd, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B700 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience : Financial Division Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for use in each training session. So please carry a laptop (Windows if possible) to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please...

Seminar by Arnaud Ralko (Néel Institute, CNRS) on Oct 22 (Thu) at 1:30pm in C016, Lab1.

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: October 22nd, Thursday Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Professor (including associate, assistant, adjunct and visiting professor) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class.

*The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so...

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (I)

Date: October 21st, Wednesday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience : Financial Division Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for use in each training session. So please carry a laptop (Windows if possible) to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please...

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (H)

Date: October 20th, Tuesday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience : Financial Division Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for use in each training session. So please carry a laptop (Windows if possible) to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please...

Technical Seminar by: Dr. Wataru Kai, Fluidigm Application Scientist

Professor David A. Wheeler, Baylor College of Medicine

Speaker: Dr. Takuya Miyazawa, Dept. of Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

[HEART] Training for Financial Division Staff (G)

Date: October 19th, Monday Time: 13:30 - 15:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience : Financial Division Staff Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Operations limited to Financial management division (to be updated) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This hands-on training session requires each participant to use laptop. A maximum of 10 laptops are available for use in each training session. So please carry a laptop (Windows if possible) to the training class. *The training registration webpage will be open and announced on TIDA shortly. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please...

Seminar "Precision Cutting of Ceramic Mold by Micro Milling Tool of Single Crystalline Diamond by Laser Fabrication Process" Speaker: Dr. Hirofumi Suzuki, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Innovation Center for Production Engineering, Chubu University Date: Monday October 19, 2015 Time: 11:00 – 12:00 Location: C210

Join us for October's second Internal Seminar Series on October 16, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's second seminar features a special talk by Prof. Kenji Doya from the Neural Computation Unit.

Dr. Darko Cotoras, Postdoctoral fellow, California Academy of Sciences

[HEART] Training for Manager (D)

Date: October 15th, Thursday Time: 13:30 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B700 Seating Capacity:: 10 Target Audience: Manager (Administrative Staff) Spoken Language: Japanese

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. Approval of expense request (Travel, honorarium and meeting expens) 3. Approval of purchase request (excluding direct order) 4. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) 5. Inquiry of budget execution items (slip detail) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. *Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents,...

[HEART] Training for President, Vice President, Auditor (A)

Date: October 15th, Thursday Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: President, Vice President, Auditor Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

*The training requires each participant to use a laptop. Please bring your laptop to the training class . If you do not have a laptop, please indicate it in the below form. *This particular training class includes a hands-on activity with a mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . Please bring your mobile device...

[HEART] Training for Professors (B)

Date: October 14th, Wednesday Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Venue: Lab3, B717 Seating Capacity: 10 Target Audience: Professor (including associate, assistant, adjunct and visiting professor) Spoken Language: English

Contents: 1. Basic system operations 2. General operations with approver interface 3. Inquiry of budget balance (budget execution status report) ※The training contents may be updated.

※This training includes the hands-on activity with the mobile device (iPhone/Android smart phone or tablet device) . So please bring your mobile device to the training class. **Training class will be held multiple times on different days with same contents, so please attend one of the classes during this period.

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Dr. Yuimaru Kubo, Quantronics group, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Language: English. Everyone is welcome.

Title: Sustainable Energy for the 21 ^st Century and The Role of Nuclear Fusion

Speaker : R.J Cashmore CMG,FRS, Chairman ,United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Abstract : There are many aspects to the provision of sustainable energy, nationally and globally, in the 21 ^st century ranging over issues of energy sources, security of supply, usage, cost and climate change. A solution must exploit all of the available carbon ‘free’ technologies and Nuclear Fusion, one such technology, can play a major role providing there is a sustained commitment to R&D internationally.

Introduction : Roger Cashmore was appointed Chairman of the UK Atomic Energy Authority on 30 July 2010. He is a Fellow...

Seminar by Taehoon Kim, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK

National Holiday.

This is an externally organized closed event. For more information, please contact the organizers directly.

This is an externally organized event. For any inquiries, please contact the organizers.

OIST PhD students present on their thesis research topics

Dr. Matthieu PY, EURAXESS Links Japan Country Representative. Participation free. Registration required.

Registration required

Join us for October's first Internal Seminar Series on October 2, from 17:00 to 18:00 in C700 (Lab3). This month's first seminar features the Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering Unit (Yohei Yokobayashi) and the Continuum Mechanics Unit (Gustavo Gioia).

Seminar by Prof. John Chalker (Oxford University) at 2PM, Thursday October 1st.

Training for better comfort, health and safety in the lab

Please address inquiries to the President's Office.

Special lecture by Prof. Halina Rubinsztein Dunlop, The University of Queensland, Australia