Past Events
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Proofreading
What do you do before finally submitting your text? We will discuss some strategies and reviewers responses.
Failed moonshots of the Axial Age
How various civilizations tried and failed to achieve the Scientific Revolution in the 6th century BC. Speaker: Yasha Neiman.
[Seminar] Topological Magnons from “nematicity”
TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!
Researcher Appreciation Month
Join us for Researcher Appreciation Month 2021 in July, where we celebrate the contribution of researchers at OIST, take the opportunity to share our work with the OIST community, and get to know our colleagues. There will be short talks, poster sessions, and lab tours, professional development events, invited speakers, a teatime series of panel/discussion style events, a science-art exhibition, and more
QG group meeting: Long and null strings
QG group meeting. Speaker: Aritra Banerjee. Title: "A short and dull tale of long and null strings"
【ONLINE】SCIENCE TALK Robotics and AI research to understand Humans
【Only ONLINE】SCIENCE TALK Robotics and AI research to understand Humans
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Flow part 2
Ever had someone say that your writing is difficult to read? In this seminar we will look at how to write in a way that makes your texts flow.
Orators Meeting for Communication & Public Speaking
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.
Bringing biotechnology to the market: one researcher's journey
Magali Soumillon, Co-Founder of Flexomics, will talk about how she has developed a genomic analysis technology, and why she developed it first in an academic and then as an entrepreneur.
2021 Summer Analysis on Metric Spaces Seminar
[Seminar] Quantum phase transitions between orthogonal and normal fermions in metals and semi-metals
TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!
Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Tell Me Something I Don't Know lunchtime event. All are welcome, but must be prepared to tell a cool science story.
Zeiss lattice light sheet (Lattice light sheet 7) demonstration
On-site Zeiss lattice light sheet ( lattice light sheet 7) demonsration
Date: From 23rd (Wed) to 29th (Tue) of June
Venue: B380, Lab1
Registration is required to attend the demonstration.
[Seminar] "Quantum Simulations Using the Motional States of Trapped Ions” by Prof. Norbert M. Linke
Prof. Norbert M. Linke is a Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland, working on quantum applications with trapped ions, including quantum computing.
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Flow part 1
Ever had someone say that your writing is difficult to read? In this seminar we will look at how to write in a way that makes your texts flow.
OIST Astronomy Club: Discussion on exoplanets, by Florian Lalande
The OIST Astronomy Club will host a discussion session on exoplanets presented by Florian Lalande.
We will cover the 2019 Nobel Prize of Physics (detection of the first exoplanet around Sun-like star), planet detection methods, current exoplanet knowledge.
Everyone is welcome to join!
[Seminar] Coherent versus incoherent excitons: Stability, time-dependent ARPES spectrum and Floquet topological phases
TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!
Mini Course: Algebraic geometry and topology of neural codes 4 of 4
This course will incorporate some “flipped classroom” content. There is a short video you should watch before coming to each session plus an optional reading.
◆Target audience The course is explicitly multi-disciplinary in its content, being a blend of neuroscience and mathematics. However, no prior knowledge in either discipline is expected or necessary and anyone interested is welcome to join.
Mini Course: Algebraic geometry and topology of neural codes 3 of 4
This course will incorporate some “flipped classroom” content. There is a short video you should watch before coming to each session plus an optional reading.
◆Target audience The course is explicitly multi-disciplinary in its content, being a blend of neuroscience and mathematics. However, no prior knowledge in either discipline is expected or necessary and anyone interested is welcome to join.
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
Fluxes and Charges in an Expanding Universe
Seminar hosted by QG Unit. Speaker: Prof. Marika Taylor , University of Southampton Title: Fluxes and Charges in an Expanding Universe
OIST NetCafé (Online Information Session) in June 2021
This session will be done in English only. 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. One of them has joined OIST Research Internship Program before becoming OIST PhD student so this session will be very exciting for those who are interested in Research Internship Program as well as PhD program.
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Style
In this seminar we will look at verbs, noun phrases and the types of choices that you will need to make to suit your discipline's specific style.
[Seminar] Coagulation driven turbulence in binary fluid mixtures
CFF unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!
[Seminar] Ferroelectricity in novel frustrated quantum magnets
TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!
Mini Course: Algebraic geometry and topology of neural codes 2 of 4
This course will incorporate some “flipped classroom” content. There is a short video you should watch before coming to each session plus an optional reading.
◆Target audience The course is explicitly multi-disciplinary in its content, being a blend of neuroscience and mathematics. However, no prior knowledge in either discipline is expected or necessary and anyone interested is welcome to join.
Mini Course: Graphic Design in Science 2 of 2
After Mini Course: Graphic Design in Science, your beautiful graph will make people forget about your poor fashion sense.
◆Target audience This course is suitable for anyone.
Webinar: "Nature Research Academies: Writing impressive grant applications" [Day 2].
These two 2-hr webinar series provided attendees with the necessary skills to successfully compete for grant funding . Upon completion of this workshop series, attendees were able to articulate relevant research questions, search for appropriate grant opportunities aligned with their research focus, and write impressive grant applications to help secure funding for their research to enhance their career.
To register CLICK HERE.Food Drive - June 10th-11th, 2021
Food drive to help families in Okinawa, especially due to the closure of local schools! All collected items will be donated to HelpOki (an NPO), which will then distribute the items to people in Okinawa.
Mini Course: Algebraic geometry and topology of neural codes 1 of 4
This course will incorporate some “flipped classroom” content. There is a short video you should watch before coming to each session plus an optional reading.
◆Target audience The course is explicitly multi-disciplinary in its content, being a blend of neuroscience and mathematics. However, no prior knowledge in either discipline is expected or necessary and anyone interested is welcome to join.
2021 Summer Analysis on Metric Spaces Seminar
Webinar: "Nature Research Academies: Writing impressive grant applications" [Day 1].
These two 2-hr webinar series provided attendees with the necessary skills to successfully compete for grant funding . Upon completion of this workshop series, attendees were able to articulate relevant research questions, search for appropriate grant opportunities aligned with their research focus, and write impressive grant applications to help secure funding for their research to enhance their career.
To register CLICK HERE.Mini Course: Graphic Design in Science 1 of 2
After Mini Course: Graphic Design in Science, your beautiful graph will make people forget about your poor fashion sense.
◆Target audience This course is suitable for anyone.
Cyanotype Workshop - Solar Prints
Juan Carlos is a professional photographer and researcher from the Autonomous University of Mexico City, UACM. He has 28 years of experience. He began working on photography before the digital era. He learned the analog techniques and worked reproducing paintings for professional catalogs. He specialized in lab printing techniques. Currently, he is a researcher in the Autonomous University of Mexico City, UACM and belongs to the Communication and Culture Academy. He is specialized in narratives and photobook solutions.
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Organisation
Learn to see that there are common patterns for writing academic texts. We will consider response letters and look at the problem-solution pattern as an example before discussing others.
Artificial Intelligence in Pathology
In this talk we will discuss: 1) Data-efficient methods for weakly-supervised whole slide classification with examples in cancer diagnosis and subtyping, allograft rejection etc. (Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2021). 2) Harnessing weakly-supervised, fast and data-efficient WSI classification for identifying origins for cancers of unknown primary (Nature, 2021). 3) Discovering integrative histology-genomic prognostic markers via interpretable multimodal deep learning (IEEE TMI, 2020). 4) Deploying weakly supervised models in low resource settings without slide scanners, network connections, computational resources and expensive microscopes. 5) Bias and fairness in computational pathology algorithms.
Speaker: Dr. Faisal Mahmood, Assitant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Register here .
[Seminar] Two charge sectors in the strange metal regime of overdoped cuprates
TQM unit is pleased to invite you to the seminar!
[Zoom] Efficient, high-resolution bioinformatic approaches for integrative sequencing analyses of complex diseases
OIST Quantum/Cyber Security Initiative
OIST Quantum/Cyber Security Initiative The Science, the Opportunities, and the Real-World Challenges Co-hosted by Asia Society Japan Center & OIST
Climate Launchpad 21 - Join the Largest Green Business Idea Competition
You have a green idea? You want to create impact and scale this idea? You should apply to the EU backed initiative Climate Launchpad. Christian Schmitz, Founder/CEO of PDIE Group will tell us about this exciting program.
2nd Admissions Workshop 2021
Selection workshop for students seeking admission to the OIST PhD program in 2021
【Online】SCIENCE TALK The physics of flow in soap and water
【Online】SCIENCE TALK The physics of flow in soap and water
OIST Representation Theory Seminar
The Fundamentals of Academic Writing - Strategies, Audience and Purpose
Learn about the different purposes and strategies of different academic texts and see how this effects the vocabulary, the grammar and other characteristics.
Fireside Chat with "Hardy" Kagimoto
Fireside chat with Dr. Tadahisa “Hardy” Kagimoto, MD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Healios K.K., a biotechnology company leading the development of stem cell derived regenerative therapies.
Survival Japanese: Introductions
Learn how to introduce yourself, answer questions about your nationality and speak about your job in Japanese.
No Japanese experience necessary!
Watch the videos at this link , then join us on Zoom for more practice (Meeting link:https://oist.zoom.us/j/95811989706)
2021 Summer Analysis on Metric Spaces Seminar
[Seminar] Intrinsic Reward in Birdsong Learning, Prof. Hahnloser
Professor Richard Hahnloser
Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich
Zoom link: https://oist.zoom.us/j/98260915981?pwd=dWNFRVQrcUhCNWhrbGhtYWs0TEZPUT09
Meeting ID: 982 6091 5981Passcode: 959053
[Postponed] Innovation Seminar: Leap Before you Look - Professor Tamotsu Yoshimori
Professor Tamotsu Yoshimori Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience/Medicine Osaka University
Parenting Lunch - Keeping Children Safe: Child abuse and how to talk to children about this
Parenting Series Lunch - Keeping Children Safe: Child abuse and how to talk to children about this.
This will be a lunchtime presentation and discussion session for parents or anyone interested in the topic.
Bring your lunch and come and join us to learn about and discuss this important topic.