Past Events
Seminar "How Universal is Turbulence?" by Prof. Samriddhi Sankar Ray
[Speaker] Prof. Samriddhi Sankar Ray, Associate Professor, International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
Silver Workshop : Complex geometry and related topics VII (Series final)
(List updated on March 6, 2025)
Organizer: N. Yui (Queen’s Univ.), K. Saito (RIMS, Kyoto), S. Hikami (OIST) Local organizer: N. Kawazumi (Univ. Tokyo) Support: OIST fundingSpinal cord formation, function, and beyond
OIST organizer: Yutaka Yoshida (Neural Circuit Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Please show your OIST badge when entering the venue.
Mechanism of Brain and Mind Winter workshop 2025
The workshop will be held March 10 (Mon) – 12 (Wed), 2025 at Rustsu Resort Hotel. Registration is available now.
[Seminar] "NcRNA in neural development, degeneration, and aging" by Dr. Jun-An Chen
[Affiliation] Research Fellow: Principal Investigator, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
[Seminar Title] NcRNA in neural development, degeneration, and agingSeminar: Nonlinear Photonics in High-Q Microcavities: From All-Optical Switches to Microresonator Frequency Combs
Title: Nonlinear Photonics in High-Q Microcavities: From All-Optical Switches to Microresonator Frequency Combs
Speaker: Dr Takasumi Tanabe, Professor, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Keio University, Japan
Cultural Event Series (CluES) - South Africa
Cultural Events Series team cordially invites you to celebrate the culture of South Africa on the 8th of March at Seaside House (second floor, lounge)!
OIST Science Talk Series
[Seminar] "Elucidation and Control of Advanced Photofunctions based on Triplet Excited States in Molecular Materials", Prof. Kiyoshi Miyata
[Seminar] "Elucidation and Control of Advanced Photofunctions based on Triplet Excited States in Molecular Materials" by Prof. Kiyoshi Miyata
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .
Cosmology with radio waves: from dark matter to the dark ages (Rennan Barkana)
QG visitor seminar for general OIST audience. Speaker: Rennan Barkana (Tel Aviv University). Title: "Cosmology with radio waves: from dark matter to the dark ages"
[Seminar] "First order mean field games on networks" by Prof. Claudio Marchi
Title: First order mean field games on networks
Speaker: Prof. Claudio Marchi (University of Padova)
The Provost Lecture Series 17
[Seminar] Dr. Mikhail Mamaev "Interacting spin-orbit coupled fermions in optical lattices"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
TSVP Symposium: Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing
Title : Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing
TSVP Symposium linked to Thematic Program on "Computational and Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing"
Beyond Publishing: Turning Research into Impact
In this talk, Bianca Oudshoff explores how to move beyond academic publishing to create real-world impact by collaborating with industry, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. It highlights pathways for translating research into practical solutions, the challenges of launching science-based businesses, and the importance of interdisciplinary and international collaboration. Through real-world examples and personal insights, the talk provides practical guidance on how to bridge the gap between research and innovation.
Speed-Friending
Are you new to OIST? Or have you been here for a while, but still enjoy meeting new people? Are you a family member looking to connect with other OISTers and their families? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then join us for a fun evening! We will kick things off with a short get-to-know-everyone game, followed by 1:1 chats.
【Seminar】"A closed-loop framework for investigating sensorimotor predictions and errors in head-fixed mice" by Dr. Florin Albeanu
Speaker: Dr. Forin Albeanu, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Talk title: "A closed-loop framework for investigating sensorimotor predictions and errors in head-fixed mice"
Hosted by Fukunaga Unit
【Seminar】"Seeing memories through the looking glass: towards brain-wide imaging of memory circuits and their impairments" by Dr. Simon R Schultz
Speaker: Dr. Simon R Schultz, Neurotechnology in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London
[Seminar] Mr. Yu-Ping Wang "On the analytic continuation of Ising Bethe-Salpeter System"
Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English
Proof of Concept (POC) Project Showcase
Learn about the best technologies that are currently moving from OIST labs to commercialization and meet the researchers from Proof of Concept (POC) projects and Technology Pioneer Fellows who are turning their innovative ideas into products and services that benefit society.
COI-NEXT Call for New Projects 2025
The OIST COI-NEXT Program is excited to announce the Call for New Projects 2025! We are looking for interdisciplinary projects that are dedicated to delivering tangible outcomes in support of the One World, One Health vision. Proposals are due by March 31, 2025 , at 12:00 PM.
OIST Machine Learning Workshop
OIST Workshop | Main organizer: Makoto Yamada (Machine Learning and Data Science Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants.
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .
[Seminar] "Self-organized organic and hybrid materials for optoelectronic applications" by Dr. Fabrice Mathevet (Research Director, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS))
Language: English. Registration: Not required.
[Seminar] "Precise Control of CT States Pioneering Advanced Organic Devices" by Prof. Chihaya Adachi (OPERA, Kyushu University)
Language: English. Registration: Not required.
[Seminar] Lattice Vibrations in Chiral Materials: Bridging Condensed Matter Physics and Mechanical Engineering
Speaker: Dr. Junichiro Kishine, Professor, The Open University of Japan, The University of Tokyo, and Institute for Molecular Science.
Language: English
[Seminar] "Interaction between action and perception" by Prof. Nobuhiro Hagura
Prof. Nobuhiro Hagura. Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Graduate School of Frontiers Biosciences, Osaka University
Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)
[Seminar] "Phospholipid Dependency in Buchnera-Aphid Symbiosis: A Bioinformatics and Biochemical Perspective" by Dr. Kathrine Tan
Dr. Kathrine Tan, Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics, National Institute for Basic Biology
Family and Community Orientation
University Community Services and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team will host a Family and Community Orientation on Thursday, February 27 from 10am-12pm in OIST Conference Center Meeting Room 1. This orientation is for OIST family members to foster networking, relationship building, and awareness of resources available to OIST family members. Whether you are new or have been here for years, please join us!
OIST Energy Launch: Roundtable
An interdisciplinary conversation to explore the latest breakthroughs, challenges, and opportunities in the transition toward a sustainable energy future.
OIST Energy Launch: Joint Session with COI-NEXT
Announcing the OIST Energy Open Center, a new interdisciplinary effort to address sustainable energy challenges.
TSVP Talk: "Can Legal Contracts be Smart or can Smart Contracts be Legal?" by Anna Katharina Suzuki-Klasen
Can Legal Contracts be Smart or can Smart Contracts be Legal? Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
Late Night Science (ONOS)
Neuroscience Online Seminar + Social Event at Lab 5 D23
Prof. Claudia Clopath on Engram dynamics during consolidation - Bioengineering Department at Imperial College London
Society for Neurodiversity Meeting
All OIST community is invited for one more meeting of the Society for Neurodiversity.
TSVP Talk: "Geometry, Optimal Transport and Statistical Physics" by Kohei Suzuki
TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
Seminar: “Biotremologist dreaming to be an insect: A brief introduction to a hidden world of vibrational communication” by Dr. Meta Virant-Doberlet
Speaker: Dr. Meta Virant-Doberlet, Department of Organisms and Ecosystems Research, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Convergence: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Solving Complex Problems
COI Annual Symposium 2025 Convergence: Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Solving Complex Problems
Time: 14:00 Feb 25 – 16:30 Feb 26 Venue: Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (B250)
QG seminar: Scattering amplitudes for entangled states
QG visitor seminar. Speaker: Yair Mulian (Academia Sinica) Title: "Scattering amplitudes for entangled states"
Neural Computation Workshop 2025 (FY2024)
Neural Computation Unit will hold a retreat/reunion at Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (Seminar Room B250) on OIST main campus. If you are interested in joining, please contact <ncus@oist.jp>.
TSVP Talk: "Investigating the Mysteries of Body Language" by Claire Wyart
TSVP Talk Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).
OIST Innovation Open Hour
OIST Innovation opens its doors to the OIST community every Friday .
Analysis on Metric Spaces Seminar 2025 | Periodic homogenization for non-local stable-like operators, Professor Takashi Kumagai, Waseda University
Homogenization has been a very active area of research in both PDE and probability theory for many years. In this talk, we will first review classical results on periodic homogenization for divergence form operators. We will then present our recent results on periodic homogenization for non-local, stable-like operators. Both qualitative and quantitative results will be discussed. Moreover, we will explore quantitative periodic homogenization on bounded domains, where the rate of convergence near the boundary slows down
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Sushi Making Workshop 【Registration is closed】
Optics Seminar: Principles and applications of optical and acoustic trapping combined with Raman spectroscopy
Title: Principles and applications of optical and acoustic trapping combined with Raman spectroscopy Speaker: Dr Silvie Bernatova, CNR Italy
[Seminar] "Dissecting the senescence regulatory network" by Dr. Chanhee Kang
[Affiliation] Associate Professor, SSTF Investigator, SUHF Young Investigator School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
[Seminar Title] Dissecting the senescence regulatory network