Come and join us for an exciting and fulfilling meeting on building better communication skills through impromptu speaking exercises, listening to prepared speeches, and providing constructive feedback. We run our meetings at lunchtime every other Friday. Email oist.tm@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to receive further information.

Donation drive for menstrual care products, specifically, sanitary pads, to help single mothers and those who have financial difficulty in purchasing the products.

Onna×OIST Children's School of Science

Language: English

In this course, we will use the Julia programming language that provides many useful abstractions that make GPU computing easier than writing programs in native GPU languages, such as Nvidia's CUDA.

◆Target audience This course is suitable for people with some experience with either Julia or GPU computing in another language (such as C).

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This session will be in Japanese. The program will start off with OIST general introduction, PhD & Research Internship admission process, financial support and student life followed by the panel discussion by 2 OIST PhD students.

Theoretical Physics Seminar. Speaker: Yasha Neiman (Quantum Gravity). Title: "Precision science from magnetic moments: from the Dirac Equation to the movement of continents".

PhD Public Presentation

This is a K-12 educational outreach program: In Japanese and Broadcast Live from Hawai’i

Speaker: Dr. Yuko Kakazu, Astronomer and Outreach Expert, Subaru Telescope; Education Ambassador, OIST Foundation

Register here .

The best writers have a few basic guidelines for making their sentences easy to read.

Join us to find out the rules for writing simple, easy to read sentences that will provide the clarity reviewers are looking for.

RAM 2021 would like to invite all OIST Community for its Closing Ceremony, to be held on Friday, July 30th at 15:00. On this occasion, awards will be given to honor the achievements of winners of Best Researcher Blitz Talk and the SCIENCEART Contest & Exhibition. Join us for this final event as part of Researcher Appreciation Month 2021, in-person in L4E48 or Zoom ( https://oist.zoom.us/j/89866355909?pwd=RWpUYmNEZE54MUdMSEZTR3phNWNPZz09 ) Thank you everyone for making RAM 2021 a great success!

Making a good first impression is always difficult, and it becomes even more difficult when meeting people from other cultures. Join us to learn more about how to manage this situation successfully.

Friday, July 30th, 12 PM

Friday, August 6th, 12 PM

https://oist.zoom.us/j/97256113827

Journal Club is open for all neuroscience labs at OIST.

Join us for the last RAM 2021 Poster Session ! For printed posters, starting at 13:00 (right after Researcher Blitz Talks) in Lab4F Patio (terrace) and also in room L4F36 for digital posters. For more info: https://groups.oist.jp/orc/poster-sessions

Join us for the last Researcher Blitz Session on Thursday, July 29th at 12:00pm! Research Blitz Sessions are 3 minutes talks (max. 3 slides) to be held on Thursdays (July 8th, 15th, 29th), always at noon in L4E48 or Zoom. Sessions will last 1 hour + 30 min for discussion after all presentations. Judges will score the presentations and give awards for the best presenters. More info: https://groups.oist.jp/orc/researcher-blitz-sessions

Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/88116669511?pwd=NkZqOSsyU0lpT3hUMWxJL2xPV25iQT09

Speaker: Dr. Arang Rhie , Genome Informatics Section at NIH/NHGRI, USA

Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/84967336568?pwd=ZkhVWlRCdzBjM3VDSWRneDVXaUhVUT09

PhD Public Presentation

OIST-UT Joint talk series for future science-Season 4: Engineering RNA Gene Switches

QG group meeting. Speaker: Josh Kirklin. Title: "The (Semi-)Classical Limit of Entanglement".

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up soon and we need your contribution to make this event a success. In this meeting, we will discuss the ways you can contribute, such as planning meals or activities during TAW, help collect money, and general support.

Everyone is invited! On Tuesday, July 27th at 16:00, OIST's Science and Technology Group Associate Reina Komiya will share insights of her research & career with us during the Teatime with STG Series! This editions' topic is "It’s a small world – part II (Experimental Models)", in which our speaker will talk about reproductive mechanisms including long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNA) in rice! Join us in room L4F22c* or Zoom ( https://oist.zoom.us/j/87884412953?pwd=K2U1NENicHAyY0d1ai9sTGRaL1U0UT09 ) Passcode: 274806

With deep apologies, this talk will once again be postponed until further notice!

Professor Sara Solla will speak to us, live from Chicago, on Low Dimensional Manifolds for Neural Dynamics.

In this seminar, Dr. Ivan Soltesz will talk about the "Organization and control of hippocampal circuits". Dr. Soltesz is a James R Doty Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences, at Stanford University. His major research interest is focused on neuronal microcircuits, network oscillations, cannabinoid signaling, and the mechanistic bases of circuit dysfunction in epilepsy. Save the date: Tuesday, July 27th at 9:00 am, L4E48 or Zoom: https://oist.zoom.us/j/81290391054?pwd=Ykk2WDRmVU9iU3lHK1pzLzZRK3pzZz09 / Passcode: 271647. More info: RAM 2021 Invited speakers | OIST Groups

Join us for RAM 2021 Poster Session on Wednesday, July 26 th ! This time, starting at 15:00 in the Skywalks between Lab1 and Lab3, both levels B and C. For more info: https://groups.oist.jp/orc/poster-sessions

Miya Taillefer - Sensei

Miya-san is certified by the Japan Yoga Therapists Association & the Indian Central Government-accredited by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samshana (S-VYASA). She is a certified yoga instructor (YIC) and yoga/therapist (YTIC). Miya can focus on areas for maternity, after childbirth, handicapped children, people with diseases, as well as regular courses.

Her classes will be taught in Japanese and little English. The Language exchange is welcomed!

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Mark your calendar! In this interactive seminar on Tuesday, July 20 ^th at 16:00 , Simona Cerrato (SISSA MediaLab, Italy) will tell us how to use public engagement in science and technology, with an approach focused on social inclusion and diversity, open to different approaches, cultures, values, styles, to ultimately make our institutions and activities more socially equitable. Join us in L4E48 or Zoom! [ https://oist.zoom.us/j/84151092360?pwd=TnozS2dyMXVTcytpQXl2QTJPRWN2QT09 ]

In our second Newest Technologies Showcase Seminar, Dr. Marie Engelene Obien will showcase the latest products in High-resolution Microelectrode Arrays (MEA) Technology developed at MaxWell Biosystems in Switzerland. Join us on Tuesday, July 20th, 2:00 pm JST, room L4E48 or Zoom: https://oist.zoom.us/j/86164259856?pwd=Ky9mbnQrVkNMSWxwWVlTRnB0N1htQT09 | Meeting ID: 861 6425 9856 | Passcode: 227882

Everyone is invited! On Monday, July 19 ^th at 16:00 , OIST's Science and Technology Group Associates Yohsuke Moriyama and Yuki Nakazawa will share insights of their research & career with us during the Teatime with STG Series! This editions' topic is " It’s a small world – part I (Intracellular diversity) ", in which our speakers will reveal the beauty, complexity, and diversity of the intracellular world! Join us in room L4F22c* or Zoom ( https://oist.zoom.us/j/88422464844?pwd=VW5WRlZPQkNkMDJYN3RMRkpJSXdxdz09 ) Passcode: 727724

Let's start our week with Dr. Dylan Brown (Nic Chormaic Unit) and Dr. Ryuta Nakajima (Miller Unit) sharing the latest research advancements in their respective fields here in OIST. Stay tuned! Monday, July 19th at 14:00 in Seminar Room L4E48 or Zoom. For more info: Scientific Talks | OIST Groups / Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/88096951315?pwd=blNNYm5Ib2NCYURiNjIyT0FYSXhBQT09 / Passcode: 005648

Language: English

The best writers have a few basic guidelines for making their sentences easy to read.

Join us to find out the rules for writing simple, easy to read sentences that will provide the clarity reviewers are looking for.

Hartmut Häffner is an Associate Professor for Physics at UC Berkeley. Language: English, no interpretation. Open to everyone.

Elm is A delightful language for building reliable web applications. It is a language that: has no runtime exceptions, makes refactoring easy, is easy to read, has friendly error messages and is fast. Elm is a functional language for front-end programming that compiles to JavaScript.

◆Target audience This course is suitable for anyone with basic programming experience. No web experience required.

TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar.

Join us for the second RAM 2021 Poster Session, on Thursday, July 15 ^th ! Starting at 13:30 after the Researchers Blitz Talks, in Lab4F Patio (terrace) for printed posters, and also in room L4F36 for digital posters. For more info: https://groups.oist.jp/orc/poster-sessions

Join us for the second Researcher Blitz Session on July 15 ^th at noon (L4E48)! Research Blitz Sessions are 3 minutes talks (max. 3 slides) to be held on Thursdays (July 8th, 15th, 29th), always at noon in room L4E48 (or via Zoom). Sessions will last 1 hour + 30 min for discussion after all presentations. Judges will score the presentations and give awards for the best presenters.

Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/82068087378?pwd=c2hIRnZoV2tSZlV5V3F4SXF1MkJ6QT09

OIST-UT Joint talk series for future science-Season 4: Nano- and micro-fabrication enabled lab-on-a-chip platforms for biotechnology applications and beyond

RAM 2021 Guest Speaker: Dr. Joseph E. LeDoux , PhD. Professor of Neural Science, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University; Director of the Emotional Brain Institute. Tuesday, July 13 at 21:30 JST . Zoom Link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/89512617921?pwd=MEpXTVgrKzZjSFhnNEE4WUw5QnVEZz09 / Passcode: 991202

The Imposter Syndrome - Why successful people often feel like frauds

Tuesday 13th July 2021, 3:00 - 4:00pm

C700 (also available on Zoom)

https://oist.zoom.us/j/92671423880?pwd=T3NlVGtWWndZWVJEbXdvREE3cW43dz09

Meeting ID: 926 7142 3880 Passcode: 793097

Are you curious about how to develop your technology into a business? Dr. Khaled will talk you through the principles of how you would create a plan to do that. His talk will be tailored to the needs of researchers taking their first steps in this area.

Join us for the first of the RAM 2021 Invited Guest speaker sessions!

NOTE: This talk has been moved to Tuesday, 9AM July 13th . Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Live from Brazil, Professor Miguel Nicolelis;

A View of the Future for BMI Basic Research and Clinical Applications