Join us for an interactive presentation with Rik van Gorp, the co-founder of Heratec, as he shares his entrepreneurial journey and insights into developing groundbreaking green technologies.

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

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).

Speaker: Prof. Zhe Sun, University of Science and Technology of China

QG visitor seminar. Speaker: Adi Armoni (Swansea University). Title: 't Hooft model as a String Theory.

Speaker: Professor Ugur G. Abdulla, Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Unit, OIST

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

OIST Workshop | Website | Main organizer: Thomas Busch (Quantum Systems Unit) | OIST members are welcome to attend all scientific sessions. Meals are closed sessions for registered participants only.

Speaker: Professor Luiza Angheluta-Bauer, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Oslo

Hosted by Professor Mahesh Bandi Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit

Abstract:

Collective structural arrangements and cell migration are important physical processes underlying tissue development and regeneration. Understanding the complexity of cell-cell interactions and the emergence of collective behaviors at the tissue scale presents formidable challenges both experimentally and theoretically.

In this talk, I will discuss recent theoretical work on the dynamical patterns that emerge at the tissue scale from localized rearrangements and topological defects. Using a multi-phase field model, we demonstrate that tissue fluidity stems from cell neighbor exchanges, serving as transient sources of vortical flow. This flow emerges from the relative dispersion of cells at a rate proportional to the frequency of rearrangements. Balancing collective migration with relative cell motion appears to be essential for maintaining tissue shape and fluidity. Using a cell-based model, we study the tissue's response to the presence of a vortex. While solid-like behavior tends toward conical shapes, localized fluidization triggers the transition to a tube, which is fundamental in biological tissues.

Talk by Professor Mohsen Razavi (University of Leeds) Seminar Summary: Data security in the quantum era can be one of the key challenges that telecom operators will face in the coming years. With the recent trend in advanced quantum computing machines, the need for implementing alternative solutions for secure communications—those that do not rely on computational complexity assumptions—has become more urgent. Language: English / OPEN to OIST Community.

Speaker: Julio Carlos Magdalena De La Fuente Target Audience: Intern, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field.

Okinawa Microscope Workshop 2024 @ OIST

Keynote Seminar by Dr. Teng-Leong Chew

HHMI Janelia Research Campus

Language: English

Okinawa Microscope Workshop 2024 @ OIST

Keynote Seminar by Dr. Hari Shroff

HHMI Janelia Research Campus

QG visitor seminar. Speaker: Igor Bandos (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU). Title: "On amplitudes and superamplitudes of 10D SYM and 11D supergravity".

Nikon Day @ OIST

Initiatives for fostering awareness on sexual diversity and human rights in Okinawa by the University of the Ryukyus Emi Yano (Professor - University of the Ryukyus)

Activities of the NGO Okinawa Girls Empowerment IAm Wakana Maeda (NGO IAm)

Moderated by Ayano Ginoza (Associate professor, University of the Ryukyus)

Okinawa Microscope Workshop 2024 @ OIST

Keynote Seminar by Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki

RIKEN Center for Brain Science

Prof. Mats Andersson , Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Andor Demo

Fast and Easy Confocal Microscopy

Seminar by Dr. Jing Cai, Instructor at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

This brownbag session will introduce educators to tools and practical tips for creating effective and engaging online learning environments using the Zoom platform. Attendees will leave this session with actionable suggestions that they can immediately implement into their own online teaching.

Speaker: Dr. Philipp David Lösel, The Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia

Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Students and Researchers from related fields. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

“JIZAI Body: beyond human limits” by Dr. Inami, Monnai and Maekawa, RCAST, The University of Tokyo. Hosted by Cybernetic Humanity Studio (OIST - Sony CSL collaboration)

This interactive workshop will begin with Dr. Tan framing the current state of gender equity in STEM, including progress that has been made, challenges that remain, and efforts to support women in STEM. In the second part of the workshop, C-Hub Director Dr. Kathy Takayama will guide us in using a systems thinking approach to collaboratively identify concrete pathways towards change within the local OIST environment and beyond. Workshop participants will leave this session with stronger social and professional connections with colleagues and with greater awareness of local and global challenges and priorities for improving gender equity in STEM.

OIST, in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara, is hosting a groundbreaking symposium entitled "Materials of Tomorrow: Harnessing Responsiveness, Intelligence, and Sustainability." This event will bring together leading researchers to explore cutting-edge advancements in material science. The symposium is structured into four Sessions, each delving into crucial topics such as unconventional electronic states, stable charge-separated states in organic semiconductors, energy technologies with polymers, and sustainable and responsive materials design. The discussions will underscore the importance of interdisciplinary approaches and the urgent need for sustainable solutions in materials science.

"Singing in the brain: learning to vocalize by communicating with others during development" Prof. Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama, Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit

Language: English

linked to TSVP Thematic Program: Response Diversity and Ecosystem Stability (TP23RD)

Language: Japanese with English interpretation

Audience: Parents and professionals supporting children in local community, OISTers

Research talk + panel discussion with community members: 14:00-16:00

Teatime gathering:16:00-17:00

A physics lecture for non-physicists. Title: Windows, Bubbles, Quantum-Schmantum. Speaker: Yasha Neiman.

OIST Innovation opens its doors to OIST community every Friday .

Seminar, as part of Thematic Program on Response Diversity Language: English (no interpretation). Target audience: Students and Researchers from related fields. Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration (also via Zoom).

During this brownbag session, Dr. Tan will describe her professional journey from graduate school studying neuroscience to her current position in higher education leadership. She will discuss some of the work that she does and will offer advice to trainees interested in further exploring career opportunities in the teaching / higher education administration space. Dr. Tan will be joined by Dr. Ian McLachlan, a Scientist at the Boston area-based Rgenta Therapeutics , who will similarly describe his career trajectory and his work in the biotech industry. Dr. McLachlan earned his PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at MIT before beginning his current role at Rgenta.

Registration deadline for OIST-UC Santa Barbara Mini Symposium "Materials of Tomorrow: Harnessing Responsiveness, Intelligence, and Sustainability"

Speaker: Professor Satoshi Mitarai, Marine Biophysics Unit Title: Developing the Marine Biophysics Unit Chair: Professor Amy Shen, Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit , Provost

Title: Nanoaperture Optical Tweezers: From single proteins to quantum emitters

Speaker: Dr Reuven Gordon , Ph.D., P. Eng., Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

[Seminar] “Axonal transport disfunctions in neurodegenerative diseases” by Prof. Giampietro Schiavo

National holiday

Title: Analytical Methods for Near-Field Optics

Speaker: Dr Reuven Gordon , Ph.D., P. Eng., Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan

Title: Atom-interferometry based Quantum gravimeter for field applications Speaker: Dr. Ravi Kumar, Atomionics Pte, Ltd, Singapore Ltd, Singapore

Join us at the Okinawa Sustainable City Summit 2024

Speaker: Prof. Nana Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityQuantum simulators were originally proposed to be helpful for simulating one partial differential equation (PDE) in particular – Schrodinger’s equation. If quantum simulators can be useful for simulating Schrodinger’s equation, it is hoped that they may also be helpful for simulating other PDEs. As with large-scale quantum systems, classical methods for other high-dimensional and large-scale PDEs often suffer from the curse-of-dimensionality (costs scale exponentially in the dimension D of the PDE), which a quantum treatment might in certain cases be able to mitigate. To enable simulation of PDEs on quantum devices that obey Schrodinger’s equations, it is crucial to first develop good methods for mapping other PDEs onto Schrodinger’s equations.

Title: Ultracold atoms carrying orbital angular momentum in lattices of rings

Speaker: Professor Verónica Ahufinger, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

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Target audience: Interns, Students, PostDocs, and those who are interested in the same research field. Language: English

Thermodynamics of accelerating AdS_4 black holes from the covariant phase space

Aaron Poole

Kyung Hee University, South Korea

The 1st International Workshop on Cognitive Neurorobotics March 18 - 19, 2024 @OIST Conference Center meeting rooms #1, 2, 3